This weather has a price Keeping the median Catron County home comfortable runs roughly $339 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Catron County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

91.9°

average daily high. The coldest month is December, averaging a low of 17.2°F.

Catron County gets 16.92" of precipitation a year, and 50% of it falls in Jul, Aug, Sep.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Precip
January	56.9°	17.3°	1.28"
February	60.9°	19.1°	1.06"
March	67.2°	24.2°	0.85"
April	74.8°	28.1°	0.54"
May	81.4°	35.3°	0.59"
June	91.0°	43.7°	0.55"
July	91.9°	53.3°	2.68"
August	89.1°	52.1°	3.43"
September	85.1°	44.7°	2.36"
October	75.9°	33.3°	1.39"
November	65.4°	24.5°	1.08"
December	56.9°	17.2°	1.11"

Rainfall by month

Catron County has a distinct wet season. 50% of the year's precipitation arrives in Jul, Aug, Sep.

January 1.28"

February 1.06"

March 0.85"

April 0.54"

May 0.59"

June 0.55"

July 2.68"

August 3.43"

September 2.36"

October 1.39"

November 1.08"

December 1.11"

Annual total 16.92"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 605

Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 4,694

Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.06¢/kWh, New Mexico average $91

Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $247

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Catron County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Catron County?

Catron County averages a high of 91.9°F in July and a low of 17.2°F in December. Annual precipitation is 16.92 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Catron County?

The wettest stretch is Jul, Aug, Sep, which accounts for 50% of the year's precipitation. That is a pronounced wet season rather than rain spread evenly through the year.

How hot does it get in Catron County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 91.9°F. That drives 605 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Catron County?

The weather station used for Catron County, RESERVE RS, NM US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 16.92 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station RESERVE RS, NM US (USC00297386), 25.6 miles from the county centroid.
Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, New Mexico residential average.
Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.