Ponderosa weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ponderosa, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Jemez Springs, 14 km from Ponderosa; records cover 1910–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 15.2 in385 mm
- Snow a year
- 23 in58 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 5
- First fall freeze
- Oct 8
- Heating degree days
- 5,254
- Cooling degree days
- 564
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 6°−14° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ponderosa in January
Highs average 48°9° and lows 19°−7°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1950)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 984
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ponderosa in February
Highs average 52°11° and lows 22°−5°, with 0.83 in21 mm of precipitation and 2.7 in6.9 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1986)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 781
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ponderosa in March
Highs average 60°16° and lows 28°−2°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2026)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 654
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ponderosa in April
Highs average 68°20° and lows 33°0°, with 0.86 in22 mm of precipitation and 1.6 in4.1 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1928)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 447
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ponderosa in May
Highs average 76°25° and lows 41°5°, with 0.78 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2002)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 213
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Ponderosa in June
Highs average 87°31° and lows 50°10°, with 0.68 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2013)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 22
- Cooling degree days
- 130
Ponderosa in July
Highs average 89°31° and lows 55°13°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2003)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 216
Ponderosa in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 54°12°, with 2.6 in67 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1951)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1973)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 162
Ponderosa in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 47°8°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1950)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 81
- Cooling degree days
- 39
Ponderosa in OctoberThis month
Highs average 70°21° and lows 36°2°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1980)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 365
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ponderosa in November
Highs average 56°14° and lows 26°−3°, with 0.88 in22 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1924)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 710
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ponderosa in December
Highs average 47°8° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.94 in24 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1949)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 992
- Cooling degree days
- 0