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United States › New Mexico › Valencia County › Climate Station LOS LUNAS 3 SSW, NM US Distance 4.3 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Valencia County home comfortable runs roughly $451 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Valencia County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

93.3°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 19.0°F.

Valencia County gets 9.23" of precipitation a year and 5.1" of snow, and 46% 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.

20° 40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 51.4° 19.0° 0.45" 1.5"
February 57.7° 23.4° 0.42" 0.7"
March 65.7° 30.1° 0.54" 0.3"
April 73.1° 37.2° 0.55" 0.0"
May 81.7° 46.4° 0.49" 0.0"
June 91.8° 55.5° 0.52" 0.0"
July 93.3° 62.2° 1.55" 0.0"
August 91.1° 60.3° 1.53" 0.0"
September 85.0° 51.7° 1.15" 0.0"
October 74.3° 38.4° 0.92" 0.4"
November 60.9° 26.6° 0.57" 0.6"
December 50.2° 19.7° 0.54" 1.6"

Rainfall by month

Valencia County has a distinct wet season. 46% of the year's precipitation arrives in Jul, Aug, Sep.

January 0.45"
February 0.42"
March 0.54"
April 0.55"
May 0.49"
June 0.52"
July 1.55"
August 1.53"
September 1.15"
October 0.92"
November 0.57"
December 0.54"
Annual total 9.23"

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 1,192
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 4,405
Approximate annual cooling cost At 16.51¢/kWh, New Mexico average $197
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $255

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 Valencia County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Valencia County?

Valencia County averages a high of 93.3°F in July and a low of 19.0°F in January. Annual precipitation is 9.23 inches, including 5.1 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Valencia County?

The wettest stretch is Jul, Aug, Sep, which accounts for 46% 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 Valencia County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 93.3°F. That drives 1,192 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Valencia County?

Yes. Valencia County averages 5.1 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station LOS LUNAS 3 SSW, NM US (USC00295150), 4.3 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.