New Mexico

Mosquero, New Mexico Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Mosquero 1 Ne, 3 km from Mosquero

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 90°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 20°F. A normal year brings 15.7 in of precipitation and 19.5 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Tucumcari Municipal (TCC), since 1948. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Mosquero through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Normal high
  • Record high
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Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
79°F
Normal low
48°F
Record high
99°Fin 2020
Record low
29°Fin 2000
Chance of a wet day
19%
Daylight
12 h 02 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January50°F20°F81°F (1950)-19°F (1963)0.38 in3.32.8 in29.29280
February54°F22°F86°F (2017)-19°F (2011)0.32 in2.92.7 in24.87500
March63°F29°F98°F (2026)-14°F (1948)0.76 in4.03.2 in20.36050
April70°F35°F99°F (2012)14°F (1973)1.00 in4.82.0 in10.13672
May79°F45°F103°F (2020)27°F (2013)1.50 in5.70.2 in1.414943
June88°F55°F112°F (2022)39°F (1975)1.93 in7.00.0 in0.012203
July90°F60°F110°F (2020)47°F (2005)2.54 in9.10.0 in0.01307
August87°F58°F107°F (2012)50°F (2010)2.83 in10.00.0 in0.03243
September81°F51°F103°F (2021)29°F (2000)2.07 in6.20.0 in0.25698
October71°F39°F97°F (2000)12°F (2019)1.22 in4.91.1 in6.33086
November58°F28°F88°F (2006)-3°F (1976)0.69 in3.72.8 in20.76560
December49°F21°F83°F (2025)-12°F (1978)0.51 in3.14.7 in28.79410
Year70°F39°F15.75 in6519.5 in1424,776902

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

15.7 in in a normal year, most in August.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Mosquero, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Mosquero 1 Ne.

19.5 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Mosquero 1 Ne. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around May 3 and the first fall freeze around October 12, a growing season of about 160 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 13, first October 5
Median at 32°F
last May 3, first October 12
Median at 28°F
last April 24, first October 20

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Mosquero.

Days with a mean dew point of 65°F or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January19°F53%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February20°F50%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March23°F45%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April26°F40%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May35°F41%100%0%0%0%0%0%
June44°F41%92%8%0%0%0%0%
July53°F48%63%31%6%0%0%0%
August53°F51%61%34%5%0%0%0%
September45°F50%89%9%1%0%0%0%
October33°F49%99%1%0%0%0%0%
November24°F51%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December19°F54%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is September, with the sky 39 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 52 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is April, averaging 12.8 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 22, with 14 h 36 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 16, with 9 h 44 min.

Hours of daylight at Mosquero through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Harding County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Harding County: 78.7°F (+5.0 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Harding County: 1.43 in (-1.40 in against 1991-2020), the 18th driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Harding County: 61.0°F (+4.0 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Harding County: 6.38 in (-5.05 in against 1991-2020), the 4th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
78.7°F in 2026
Coolest August
68.9°F in 1971
Wettest August
6.57 in in 2006
Driest August
0.17 in in 1899

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Harding County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-4-20+2+41900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

New Mexico climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Mosquero in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1948. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00295937 (Mosquero 1 Ne), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023048, 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. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.