Stanley weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Stanley, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Moriarty 1 NE, 17 km from Stanley; records cover 1998–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 12.7 in323 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Oct 8
- Heating degree days
- 5,893
- Cooling degree days
- 414
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −1°−18° (heating, 99%) and 95°35° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Stanley in January
Highs average 45°7° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.49 in12 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 68°20° (2000)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (2025)
- Heating degree days
- 1082
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Stanley in February
Highs average 51°10° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.42 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2025)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 851
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Stanley in March
Highs average 59°15° and lows 24°−5°, with 0.68 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2026)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 735
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Stanley in April
Highs average 67°19° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.59 in15 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2012)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 502
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Stanley in May
Highs average 76°24° and lows 39°4°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2000)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 250
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Stanley in June
Highs average 86°30° and lows 48°9°, with 0.68 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2013)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 35
- Cooling degree days
- 93
Stanley in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 54°12°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2003)
- Record low
- 37°3° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 177
Stanley in August
Highs average 85°29° and lows 52°11°, with 2 in52 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2026)
- Record low
- 41°5° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 114
Stanley in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 44°6°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2020)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 118
- Cooling degree days
- 19
Stanley in OctoberThis month
Highs average 69°20° and lows 33°0°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2015)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 440
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Stanley in November
Highs average 56°13° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.78 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2025)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 788
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Stanley in December
Highs average 45°7° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.65 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 67°19° (2007)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 1076
- Cooling degree days
- 0