Tajique weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Tajique, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Mountainair 8nw, 15 km from Tajique; records cover 2008–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 17 in431 mm
- Snow a year
- 37 in95 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 12
- First fall freeze
- Oct 10
- Heating degree days
- 5,524
- Cooling degree days
- 505
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 1°−17° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Tajique in January
Highs average 46°8° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.78 in20 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2013)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (2025)
- Heating degree days
- 1026
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tajique in February
Highs average 51°10° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.67 in17 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2025)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 794
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tajique in March
Highs average 58°14° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2026)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 696
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tajique in April
Highs average 66°19° and lows 32°0°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2012)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 479
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tajique in May
Highs average 76°24° and lows 41°5°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2022)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 225
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Tajique in June
Highs average 87°30° and lows 50°10°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2013)
- Record low
- 32°0° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 22
- Cooling degree days
- 124
Tajique in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 55°13°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2016)
- Record low
- 46°8° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 196
Tajique in August
Highs average 85°29° and lows 53°12°, with 2.6 in67 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2026)
- Record low
- 40°4° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 13
- Cooling degree days
- 132
Tajique in September
Highs average 79°26° and lows 46°8°, with 2.1 in52 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2011)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 115
- Cooling degree days
- 32
Tajique in OctoberThis month
Highs average 68°20° and lows 36°2°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 1.8 in4.6 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2024)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 410
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Tajique in November
Highs average 55°13° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.93 in24 mm of precipitation and 2.9 in7.4 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2025)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 747
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tajique in December
Highs average 47°8° and lows 19°−7°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 13 in33 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2025)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 993
- Cooling degree days
- 0