Valencia weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Valencia, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Pecos National Monument, 10 km from Valencia; records cover 1919–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 16.2 in411 mm
- Snow a year
- 26 in67 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 16
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 5,795
- Cooling degree days
- 345
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 2°−17° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Valencia in January
Highs average 47°8° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.68 in17 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1950)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1014
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valencia in February
Highs average 50°10° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.62 in16 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1986)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 826
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valencia in March
Highs average 57°14° and lows 26°−4°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2026)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 735
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valencia in April
Highs average 64°18° and lows 31°0°, with 0.72 in18 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1950)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 519
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valencia in May
Highs average 73°23° and lows 39°4°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2000)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 278
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Valencia in June
Highs average 84°29° and lows 48°9°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1994)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 50
- Cooling degree days
- 78
Valencia in July
Highs average 85°30° and lows 54°12°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2023)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 146
Valencia in August
Highs average 83°28° and lows 52°11°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2026)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (2017)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 96
Valencia in September
Highs average 78°25° and lows 45°7°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1956)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 128
- Cooling degree days
- 18
Valencia in OctoberThis month
Highs average 67°19° and lows 35°1°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2026)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 446
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valencia in November
Highs average 55°13° and lows 25°−4°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1949)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 756
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valencia in December
Highs average 47°8° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.97 in25 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1939)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 1015
- Cooling degree days
- 0