Vaughn weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Vaughn, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Pedernal 9 E, 24 km from Vaughn; records cover 1956–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 13.8 in351 mm
- Snow a year
- 26 in65 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 7
- First fall freeze
- Oct 7
- Heating degree days
- 5,422
- Cooling degree days
- 613
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 97°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Vaughn in January
Highs average 46°8° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1967)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1021
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Vaughn in February
Highs average 52°11° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.42 in11 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2018)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 801
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Vaughn in March
Highs average 60°16° and lows 26°−3°, with 0.58 in15 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2026)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 685
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Vaughn in April
Highs average 67°20° and lows 32°0°, with 0.44 in11 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1965)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1973)
- Heating degree days
- 459
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Vaughn in May
Highs average 76°25° and lows 41°5°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2000)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 212
- Cooling degree days
- 21
Vaughn in June
Highs average 87°31° and lows 51°11°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1994)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 24
- Cooling degree days
- 142
Vaughn in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 56°13°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1994)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 230
Vaughn in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 55°13°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1994)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 170
Vaughn in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 47°8°, with 1.8 in47 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1983)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 90
- Cooling degree days
- 49
Vaughn in OctoberThis month
Highs average 69°21° and lows 36°2°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 1.2 in3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1980)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 392
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Vaughn in November
Highs average 57°14° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.57 in14 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2025)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 716
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Vaughn in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.76 in19 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2025)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1012
- Cooling degree days
- 0