Sausal weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Sausal, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at LOS LUNAS 3 SSW, 10 km from Sausal; records cover 1923–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 9.2 in234 mm
- Snow a year
- 5 in13 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 25
- First fall freeze
- Oct 13
- Heating degree days
- 4,407
- Cooling degree days
- 1,191
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 7°−14° (heating, 99%) and 102°39° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Sausal in January
Highs average 51°11° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.45 in11 mm of precipitation and 1.5 in3.8 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2000)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 924
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sausal in February
Highs average 58°14° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.42 in11 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2009)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 685
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sausal in March
Highs average 66°19° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2026)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 530
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sausal in April
Highs average 73°23° and lows 37°3°, with 0.55 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1989)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 298
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Sausal in May
Highs average 82°28° and lows 46°8°, with 0.49 in12 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2000)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 92
- Cooling degree days
- 62
Sausal in June
Highs average 92°33° and lows 56°13°, with 0.52 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (2013)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 264
Sausal in July
Highs average 93°34° and lows 62°17°, with 1.6 in39 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2023)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 395
Sausal in August
Highs average 91°33° and lows 60°16°, with 1.5 in39 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2025)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 332
Sausal in September
Highs average 85°29° and lows 52°11°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2005)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 29
- Cooling degree days
- 129
Sausal in OctoberThis month
Highs average 74°24° and lows 38°4°, with 0.92 in23 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1996)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 274
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Sausal in November
Highs average 61°16° and lows 27°−3°, with 0.57 in14 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2006)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 638
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sausal in December
Highs average 50°10° and lows 20°−7°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation and 1.6 in4.1 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1995)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 931
- Cooling degree days
- 0