Los Lunas climate — normals and trends
Los Lunas (United States) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 207 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 (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Los Lunas averages 95 frost days, 78 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 47 rainy days per year.
Los Lunas 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 114 to 77 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 25 June 1994) and the coldest -27.6 °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
Los LunasNew Mexico
- coords
- 34.81°, -106.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.8°C
Average daily high
20.5°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
207mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
42%
Average peak wind
16.5km/h
Seasonal range
24.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
95 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
78 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
47 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.7 cm
Average feels-like high
17.6 °C
Average feels-like low
4.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
20 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 = 0.58 · 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
39.8 °C
25 June 1994
Coldest day
-27.6 °C
3 February 2011
Wettest day
42 mm
13 September 2013
Windiest day
53.6 km/h
18 March 2012
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
18 March 2012
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
14 July 2003
Coldest feels-like
-32.5 °C
3 February 2011
Snowiest day
19.8 cm
15 December 1959
Sunniest day
14.0 h
24 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.1 °C | -0.8 °C | 5 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 17.2 °C | +5.9 °C | 2 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 18.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 3 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 22.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 14 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 25.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 11 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 32.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 28 mm | +16 mm |
| Jul | 32.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 12 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 33.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 12 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 27.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 24 mm | +0 mm |
| Oct | 23.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 23 mm | +0 mm |
| Nov | 17.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 13 mm | -0 mm |
| Dec | 13.7 °C | +5.4 °C | 4 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Los Lunas?
Los Lunas has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 207 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Los Lunas?
The hottest day measured in Los Lunas between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1994, reaching 39.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Los Lunas?
The coldest day measured in Los Lunas between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2011, at -27.6 °C.
Does it snow in Los Lunas?
Yes. Los Lunas gets on average 19.7 cm of snow per year and has around 95 frost days.
Has the climate of Los Lunas warmed?
Yes: Los Lunas warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Los Lunas?
The wettest day measured in Los Lunas between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2013, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Los Lunas?
The windiest day measured in Los Lunas between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2012, with winds reaching 53.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Los Lunas?
The warmest month in Los Lunas is July (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Los Lunas?
Los Lunas receives on average 207 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 47 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Los Lunas?
Los Lunas 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 Los Lunas?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Los Lunas between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1959, with 19.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Los Lunas?
Yes: Los Lunas has on average 20 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Los Lunas?
In Los Lunas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 14 July 2003, and the lowest was -32.5 °C on 3 February 2011.
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