Santa Fe climate — normals and trends
Santa Fe (United States) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 316 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 (21.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Santa Fe averages 142 frost days, 19 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 69 rainy days per year.
Santa Fe has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 156 to 128 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 11 July 2020) and the coldest -32.9 °C (on 6 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
Santa FeNew Mexico
- coords
- 35.69°, -105.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.7°C
Average daily high
16.3°C
Average daily low
3.3°C
Annual rainfall
316mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
47%
Average peak wind
16.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
142 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
19 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
69 d/yr
Annual snowfall
63.2 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
0.0 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
36.0 °C
11 July 2020
Coldest day
-32.9 °C
6 January 1971
Wettest day
48 mm
22 September 1941
Windiest day
49.7 km/h
23 May 2019
Strongest gust
101.2 km/h
18 March 2012
Hottest feels-like
34.5 °C
14 July 2003
Coldest feels-like
-38.5 °C
6 January 1971
Snowiest day
21.1 cm
27 March 1984
Sunniest day
14.0 h
4 July 2024
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 | 4.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 9 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 12.2 °C | +5.7 °C | 5 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 14.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 11 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 17.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 23 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 20.6 °C | -0.5 °C | 62 mm | +38 mm |
| Jun | 28.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 23 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 28.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 21 mm | -17 mm |
| Aug | 29.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 15 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 24.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 14 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 19.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 40 mm | +11 mm |
| Nov | 14.3 °C | +4.2 °C | 19 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 11.3 °C | +6.1 °C | 10 mm | -13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa Fe?
Santa Fe has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 316 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Fe?
The hottest day measured in Santa Fe between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2020, reaching 36.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa Fe?
The coldest day measured in Santa Fe between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1971, at -32.9 °C.
Does it snow in Santa Fe?
Yes. Santa Fe gets on average 63.2 cm of snow per year and has around 142 frost days.
Has the climate of Santa Fe warmed?
Yes: Santa Fe warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa Fe?
The wettest day measured in Santa Fe between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1941, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa Fe?
The windiest day measured in Santa Fe between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 2019, with winds reaching 49.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa Fe?
The warmest month in Santa Fe is July (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa Fe?
Santa Fe receives on average 316 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 69 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa Fe?
Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Santa Fe between 1940 and 2025 was 27 March 1984, with 21.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Santa Fe?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Santa Fe.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Fe?
In Santa Fe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.5 °C on 14 July 2003, and the lowest was -38.5 °C on 6 January 1971.
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