Elephant Butte climate

Elephant Butte Weather in February

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Elephant Butte Dam, 0.3 km from Elephant Butte

Average highs run from 59°F on February 1 to 65°F on February 28, and lows from 32°F to 37°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.33 in over about 2 wet days.

February day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Elephant Butte, in °F, with the record for each date.-200204060801001510152025
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

February at a glance

Average high
62°F
Average low
34°F
Precipitation
0.33 in
Snowfall
0.3 in
Record high
83°FFeb 25, 2026
Record low
-6°FFeb 3, 2011
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
10 h 37 min to 11 h 27 min
Cloud cover
44%
Humidity
48%
Dew point
23°F
Wind
8.9 mph

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Feb 159°F32°F80°F 19638°F 19519%0%
Feb 260°F32°F71°F 20030°F 20119%0%
Feb 360°F32°F75°F 2018-6°F 20119%0%
Feb 460°F32°F80°F 20251°F 20119%0%
Feb 560°F32°F80°F 202512°F 19569%0%
Feb 660°F33°F79°F 202519°F 19649%0%
Feb 761°F33°F80°F 202515°F 19649%0%
Feb 861°F33°F80°F 202514°F 19649%0%
Feb 961°F33°F80°F 195711°F 19569%0%
Feb 1061°F33°F82°F 20177°F 19568%0%
Feb 1161°F33°F80°F 201714°F 19558%0%
Feb 1261°F34°F75°F 196113°F 19638%0%
Feb 1362°F34°F76°F 195410°F 19638%0%
Feb 1462°F34°F78°F 195710°F 19658%0%
Feb 1562°F34°F82°F 201411°F 19518%0%
Feb 1662°F34°F78°F 201116°F 19648%0%
Feb 1762°F35°F78°F 197018°F 20238%0%
Feb 1863°F35°F80°F 201619°F 19608%0%
Feb 1963°F35°F79°F 199913°F 19558%0%
Feb 2063°F35°F76°F 197214°F 19558%0%
Feb 2163°F35°F76°F 201611°F 19648%0%
Feb 2264°F35°F78°F 201711°F 19558%0%
Feb 2364°F36°F77°F 201215°F 19558%0%
Feb 2464°F36°F79°F 200914°F 19608%0%
Feb 2564°F36°F83°F 202612°F 19608%0%
Feb 2664°F36°F83°F 202618°F 19528%0%
Feb 2765°F36°F78°F 202622°F 19718%0%
Feb 2865°F37°F79°F 200618°F 19628%0%
Feb 2965°F37°F77°F 201621°F 19648%0%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Elephant Butte, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.024681011020
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MST).

February 1
sunrise 7:04 AM, sunset 5:41 PM
February 28
sunrise 6:38 AM, sunset 6:05 PM

Every day of February: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00292848 (Elephant Butte Dam), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093045, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.