Middle Mesa weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Middle Mesa, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Navajo Dam, 22 km from Middle Mesa; records cover 1963–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 12.1 in307 mm
- Snow a year
- 8 in20 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 25
- First fall freeze
- Oct 25
- Heating degree days
- 5,213
- Cooling degree days
- 1,003
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 9°−13° (heating, 99%) and 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Middle Mesa in January
Highs average 42°5° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.88 in22 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 60°16° (1986)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1035
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Middle Mesa in February
Highs average 48°9° and lows 24°−5°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 1.6 in4.1 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2026)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 809
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Middle Mesa in March
Highs average 59°15° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.83 in21 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2026)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 639
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Middle Mesa in April
Highs average 67°19° and lows 36°2°, with 0.86 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1989)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 416
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Middle Mesa in May
Highs average 76°25° and lows 46°8°, with 0.76 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2004)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 160
- Cooling degree days
- 33
Middle Mesa in June
Highs average 88°31° and lows 54°12°, with 0.43 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2021)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 16
- Cooling degree days
- 195
Middle Mesa in July
Highs average 92°33° and lows 61°16°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2021)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 363
Middle Mesa in August
Highs average 89°32° and lows 60°16°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1980)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 302
Middle Mesa in September
Highs average 82°28° and lows 52°11°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1990)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 50
- Cooling degree days
- 106
Middle Mesa in OctoberThis month
Highs average 69°20° and lows 40°4°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2000)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 338
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Middle Mesa in November
Highs average 53°12° and lows 29°−1°, with 0.92 in23 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1983)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 712
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Middle Mesa in December
Highs average 41°5° and lows 22°−6°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 2.1 in5.3 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 60°16° (1998)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1037
- Cooling degree days
- 0