Alamogordo climate — normals and trends
Alamogordo (United States) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 300 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is June (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Alamogordo averages 72 frost days, 52 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 58 rainy days per year.
Alamogordo has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 90 to 54 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 27 June 1994) and the coldest -24.8 °C (on 3 February 2011).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AlamogordoNew Mexico
- coords
- 32.90°, -105.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.1°C
Average daily high
20.4°C
Average daily low
7.8°C
Annual rainfall
300mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
43%
Average peak wind
14.9km/h
Seasonal range
20.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
72 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
52 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
58 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.9 cm
Average feels-like high
17.8 °C
Average feels-like low
4.9 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
40.1 °C
27 June 1994
Coldest day
-24.8 °C
3 February 2011
Wettest day
74 mm
10 August 1984
Windiest day
54.3 km/h
22 February 1977
Strongest gust
112.3 km/h
22 February 1977
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
10 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-30.2 °C
3 February 2011
Snowiest day
9.2 cm
6 March 1958
Sunniest day
14.0 h
27 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 2 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 17.2 °C | +5.1 °C | 2 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 18.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 3 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 22.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 9 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 26.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 3 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 31.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 19 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 30.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 39 mm | -23 mm |
| Aug | 31.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 15 mm | -43 mm |
| Sep | 27.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 17 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 23.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 27 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 17.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 18 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 15.2 °C | +5.0 °C | 1 mm | -20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alamogordo?
Alamogordo has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 300 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alamogordo?
The hottest day measured in Alamogordo between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1994, reaching 40.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alamogordo?
The coldest day measured in Alamogordo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2011, at -24.8 °C.
Does it snow in Alamogordo?
Yes. Alamogordo gets on average 14.9 cm of snow per year and has around 72 frost days.
Has the climate of Alamogordo warmed?
Yes: Alamogordo warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alamogordo?
The wettest day measured in Alamogordo between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1984, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alamogordo?
The windiest day measured in Alamogordo between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1977, with winds reaching 54.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alamogordo?
The warmest month in Alamogordo is June (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Alamogordo?
Alamogordo receives on average 300 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 58 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alamogordo?
Alamogordo gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Alamogordo?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alamogordo between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 1958, with 9.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alamogordo?
Yes: Alamogordo has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alamogordo?
In Alamogordo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 10 July 2020, and the lowest was -30.2 °C on 3 February 2011.
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