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Weather extremes
How extreme does Las Cruces's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Las Cruces has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Las Cruces has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 15°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Las Cruces (typical high near 95°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 26°F colder than a normal December night in Las Cruces (typical low near 31°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Las Cruces usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 0.4 in).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Las Cruces's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 110°F is about 15°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at EL Paso Intl AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00023044), about 67 km from the city centre.