Elephant Butte Weather in January
Average highs run from 54°F on January 1 to 59°F on January 31, and lows from 29°F to 32°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.42 in over about 3 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 57°F
- Average low
- 30°F
- Precipitation
- 0.42 in
- Snowfall
- 0.2 in
- Record high
- 80°FJan 19, 1997
- Record low
- -5°FJan 11, 1962
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 10 h 01 min to 10 h 35 min
- Cloud cover
- 43%
- Humidity
- 53%
- Dew point
- 22°F
- Wind
- 7.8 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 54°F | 29°F | 66°F 1997 | 10°F 2011 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 2 | 55°F | 29°F | 67°F 1997 | 10°F 1979 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 3 | 55°F | 29°F | 71°F 2006 | 10°F 1975 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 4 | 55°F | 29°F | 71°F 2025 | 1°F 1975 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 5 | 55°F | 29°F | 68°F 2004 | 0°F 1971 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 6 | 55°F | 29°F | 67°F 1969 | -2°F 1971 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 7 | 55°F | 29°F | 70°F 2022 | 5°F 1971 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 8 | 55°F | 29°F | 76°F 1969 | 0°F 1971 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 9 | 55°F | 29°F | 69°F 2018 | 7°F 1967 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 10 | 55°F | 29°F | 72°F 2005 | 0°F 1962 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 11 | 56°F | 29°F | 68°F 1990 | -5°F 1962 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 12 | 56°F | 30°F | 71°F 2000 | 2°F 1962 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 13 | 56°F | 30°F | 70°F 1957 | 3°F 1963 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 14 | 56°F | 30°F | 71°F 1980 | 8°F 1963 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 15 | 56°F | 30°F | 67°F 1957 | 9°F 1964 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 16 | 56°F | 30°F | 69°F 2000 | 12°F 1964 | 10% | 1% |
| Jan 17 | 57°F | 30°F | 75°F 2011 | 13°F 1964 | 10% | 0% |
| Jan 18 | 57°F | 30°F | 72°F 1971 | 15°F 1960 | 10% | 0% |
| Jan 19 | 57°F | 30°F | 80°F 1997 | 15°F 2008 | 10% | 0% |
| Jan 20 | 57°F | 30°F | 75°F 1997 | 12°F 1963 | 10% | 0% |
| Jan 21 | 57°F | 30°F | 78°F 1997 | 8°F 2025 | 10% | 0% |
| Jan 22 | 57°F | 30°F | 74°F 1967 | 0°F 1966 | 10% | 0% |
| Jan 23 | 58°F | 31°F | 73°F 1970 | 5°F 1966 | 10% | 0% |
| Jan 24 | 58°F | 31°F | 70°F 1999 | 13°F 2025 | 10% | 0% |
| Jan 25 | 58°F | 31°F | 73°F 2000 | 16°F 1964 | 10% | 0% |
| Jan 26 | 58°F | 31°F | 74°F 1975 | 15°F 1966 | 10% | 0% |
| Jan 27 | 58°F | 31°F | 73°F 1970 | 16°F 1966 | 9% | 0% |
| Jan 28 | 59°F | 31°F | 71°F 2003 | 17°F 1979 | 9% | 0% |
| Jan 29 | 59°F | 31°F | 70°F 1963 | 18°F 1970 | 9% | 0% |
| Jan 30 | 59°F | 32°F | 74°F 2014 | 15°F 1969 | 9% | 0% |
| Jan 31 | 59°F | 32°F | 75°F 1963 | 10°F 1951 | 9% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:12 AM, sunset 5:13 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:05 AM, sunset 5:40 PM
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.