Farmington climate — normals and trends
Farmington (United States) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 293 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 July (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Farmington averages 131 frost days, 66 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 62 rainy days per year.
Farmington has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 148 to 114 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 10 July 2021) and the coldest -34.5 °C (on 7 January 1971).
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
FarmingtonNew Mexico
- coords
- 36.73°, -108.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
18.0°C
Average daily low
4.3°C
Annual rainfall
293mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
47%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
28.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
131 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
66 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
62 d/yr
Annual snowfall
46.7 cm
Average feels-like high
14.7 °C
Average feels-like low
0.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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
39.5 °C
10 July 2021
Coldest day
-34.5 °C
7 January 1971
Wettest day
36 mm
23 July 1954
Windiest day
52.6 km/h
17 March 1954
Strongest gust
99.7 km/h
14 November 1955
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
21 July 2005
Coldest feels-like
-39.7 °C
7 January 1971
Snowiest day
13.2 cm
5 January 1995
Sunniest day
14.4 h
28 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 3 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 13.8 °C | +6.8 °C | 10 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 15.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 27 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 19.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 20 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 23.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 43 mm | +26 mm |
| Jun | 31.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 43 mm | +32 mm |
| Jul | 33.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 2 mm | -23 mm |
| Aug | 32.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 20 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 26.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 35 mm | +7 mm |
| Oct | 20.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 70 mm | +38 mm |
| Nov | 14.6 °C | +4.0 °C | 19 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 10.2 °C | +5.8 °C | 8 mm | -17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Farmington?
Farmington has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 293 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Farmington?
The hottest day measured in Farmington between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2021, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Farmington?
The coldest day measured in Farmington between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1971, at -34.5 °C.
Does it snow in Farmington?
Yes. Farmington gets on average 46.7 cm of snow per year and has around 131 frost days.
Has the climate of Farmington warmed?
Yes: Farmington warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Farmington?
The wettest day measured in Farmington between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1954, with 36 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Farmington?
The windiest day measured in Farmington between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1954, with winds reaching 52.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Farmington?
The warmest month in Farmington is July (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Farmington?
Farmington receives on average 293 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 62 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Farmington?
Farmington gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Farmington?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Farmington between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1995, with 13.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Farmington?
Yes: Farmington has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Farmington?
In Farmington, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 21 July 2005, and the lowest was -39.7 °C on 7 January 1971.
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