Virden weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Virden, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Duncan, 13 km from Virden; records cover 1901–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 10.4 in264 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 22
- First fall freeze
- Oct 26
- Heating degree days
- 3,091
- Cooling degree days
- 1,799
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 13°−11° (heating, 99%) and 107°42° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Virden in January
Highs average 60°16° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.94 in24 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1950)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 693
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Virden in February
Highs average 65°18° and lows 29°−2°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2026)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 512
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Virden in March
Highs average 73°23° and lows 33°1°, with 0.5 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2026)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 379
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Virden in April
Highs average 81°27° and lows 39°4°, with 0.17 in4.3 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2000)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1973)
- Heating degree days
- 179
- Cooling degree days
- 15
Virden in May
Highs average 89°32° and lows 47°8°, with 0.29 in7.4 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 108°42° (2000)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 37
- Cooling degree days
- 130
Virden in June
Highs average 98°37° and lows 57°14°, with 0.25 in6.4 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1994)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1902)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 380
Virden in July
Highs average 98°36° and lows 66°19°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 113°45° (2020)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1902)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 512
Virden in August
Highs average 96°35° and lows 65°18°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 111°44° (2025)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 466
Virden in September
Highs average 91°33° and lows 56°14°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (2020)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 260
Virden in OctoberThis month
Highs average 81°27° and lows 43°6°, with 0.71 in18 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1905)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 126
- Cooling degree days
- 36
Virden in November
Highs average 69°21° and lows 31°−1°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2020)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 449
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Virden in December
Highs average 59°15° and lows 25°−4°, with 1 in25 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2014)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1953)
- Heating degree days
- 711
- Cooling degree days
- 0