Climate by Place

Albuquerque, NM climate: monthly averages and frost dates

Albuquerque, NM has cool winters and hot summers by this site's scale, with arid annual precipitation. The figures are the 1991–2020 climate normals for NOAA station USW00023050 (ALBUQUERQUE INTL AP), 5 mi (8 km) in a straight line from the city's center point (US Census).

Warmest month high
91.2°F
July
Coldest month mean
36.9°F
December
Precipitation
8.8 in
per year
Snowfall
7.9 in
per year
Median last frost
April 6
32°F, spring
Median first frost
November 3
32°F, autumn

Monthly averages in Albuquerque

Albuquerque, NM: normal high, low and precipitation by month Normal daily high and low by month and monthly precipitation for Albuquerque, NM. Highs peak in July at 91.2°F; the wettest month is July at 1.64 in. 20°F 40°F 60°F 80°F 100°F 32°F 48 54 63 70 80 90 91 89 82 71 57 47 26 30 36 43 52 62 66 65 58 46 34 27 2 in 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 1.6 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.6 0.5 J F M A M J J A S O N D Normal daily high Normal daily low Precipitation (in)
NOAA 1991–2020 monthly normals, station USW00023050. “–” means NOAA publishes no value.
MonthHigh °FLow °FMean °FPrecip. inSnow inDays ≥0.01 inDays ≥90°FNights ≤32°F
January 48.426.437.40.361.4 3.60.026.1
February 54.129.841.90.431.5 3.70.018.2
March 62.836.249.50.460.7 3.80.08.2
April 70.343.256.80.510.3 2.80.01.6
May 79.952.466.10.440.0 3.72.90.1
June 90.461.976.10.570.0 3.519.00.0
July 91.266.578.91.640.0 8.722.30.0
August 88.864.976.91.310.0 8.316.50.0
September 82.558.170.31.150.0 5.93.70.0
October 70.646.158.40.870.3 4.70.01.2
November 57.334.145.70.570.9 3.40.011.7
December 47.326.636.90.532.8 4.00.025.7
Year 70.345.557.98.847.9 56.164.492.8

How cold is winter in Albuquerque?

Winters in Albuquerque are cool by this site's scale (coldest-month mean 32 to under 45°F). The coldest month is December, with a mean temperature of 36.9°F (2.7°C), a normal daily high of 47.3°F (8.5°C) and a normal daily low of 26.6°F (−3.0°C).

The station averages 92.8 nights a year at or below 32°F and 2.1 days when the high stays at or below 32°F.

The normal daily low is at or below freezing in December to February.

How hot is summer in Albuquerque?

Summers in Albuquerque are hot by this site's scale (hottest-month high 90 to under 100°F). July has the highest normal daily high, 91.2°F (32.9°C), with nights averaging 66.5°F (19.2°C).

The high reaches 90°F or more on 64.4 days in a normal year.

The normal daily high itself is 90°F or above in June and July.

What is the wettest month in Albuquerque?

Albuquerque gets 8.84 in (225 mm) of precipitation in a normal year, which this site classes as arid (below 10 in a year). The wettest month is July with 1.64 in (42 mm); the driest is January with 0.36 in (9 mm).

Measurable precipitation (0.01 in or more) falls on 56.1 days a year.

Does it snow in Albuquerque?

Normal annual snowfall in Albuquerque is 7.9 in (20 cm), which this site classes as light (1 to under 12 in a year).

December is the snowiest month, with 2.8 in (7 cm).

A day with 1.0 in or more of snowfall comes 2.3 times a year on average.

Which months are mild in Albuquerque?

3 months in Albuquerque meet this site's comfort thresholds (normal high 65–85°F, low 45°F or higher, fewer than 10 days with 0.10 in or more of precipitation): May, September and October.

Thresholds and their limits: methodology.

Frost dates and growing season in Albuquerque

In Albuquerque the median last spring night at or below 32°F is April 6, and the median first autumn one is November 3 (NOAA P50 dates). NOAA's median length of the freeze-free season is 208 days. NOAA takes that median over each year's own season, so it need not equal the 211 days between the two median dates.

There is still a 10% chance of a 32°F night on or after April 23, and a 10% chance that the first one has come by October 21.

The chance that the last spring 32°F night comes on or after March 17 is 90%.

For a hard freeze (28°F or lower) the median dates are March 17 in spring and November 15 in autumn.

32°F frost dates by probability (NOAA PRBLST, PRBFST, PRBGSL). The 50% row is the median. Season lengths are NOAA’s own percentiles of each year’s season, so they need not equal the gap between the two dates in the same row.
ChanceLast spring 32°F night on or afterFirst autumn 32°F night byFreeze-free season, days
10%April 23October 21230
20%April 17October 25222
30%April 12October 29217
40%April 9November 1212
50%April 6November 3208
60%April 3November 6205
70%March 31November 9200
80%March 25November 13194
90%March 17November 16187
Median (P50) dates at each temperature threshold NOAA publishes.
ThresholdMedian last date (spring)Median first date (autumn or winter)Median season, days
36°F April 19October 25186
32°F April 6November 3208
28°F March 17November 15238
24°F March 1November 24267
20°F February 11December 7298
16°F January 23December 21337
Chance of at least one night at or below 32°F in the month (NOAA MLY-TMIN-PRBOCC-LSTH032).
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
100%100%98%67%3%0%0%0%0%39%100%100%

Nearby and similar places

Of the places on this site, the closest to Albuquerque by station distance are Tucson, AZ at 321 mi (516 km), Phoenix, AZ at 327 mi (527 km) and Denver, CO at 348 mi (560 km).

Among places whose winter, summer and precipitation words are each within one band of Albuquerque's (winter: cool, summer: hot, precipitation: arid), the closest monthly temperature and precipitation patterns are Boise, ID, Denver, CO and Salt Lake City, UT.

Compared with Tucson, AZ, Albuquerque's peak-month normal high is 10.0°F (5.6°C) lower, its coldest-month mean is 16.1°F (8.9°C) lower, and its annual precipitation is 1.77 in less.

PlaceListed asStation distanceColdest mean °FWarmest high °FPrecip. in/yrSnow in/yrLast frost
Albuquerque, NMthis page–36.991.28.87.9April 6
Tucson, AZnearby321 mi (516 km)53.0101.210.60.1February 5
Phoenix, AZnearby327 mi (527 km)55.8106.57.2–rare freeze
Denver, COnearby, similar348 mi (560 km)31.289.914.5–May 5
Boise, IDsimilar781 mi (1,257 km)32.192.711.517.6April 24
Salt Lake City, UTsimilar492 mi (792 km)31.494.015.551.9April 8

How nearby and similar places are chosen: methodology.

Source and station

The data for Albuquerque come from NOAA station ALBUQUERQUE INTL AP, NM US (USW00023050) at 35.0419, -106.6156, elevation 5,310 ft (1618 m). It lies 5 mi (8 km) in a straight line from the center point of Albuquerque city, the “internal point” in the US Census 2024 Gazetteer.

Each monthly normal used here rests on at least 25 years of data from 1991–2020 (NOAA's per-field year counts).

NOAA completeness flags on the monthly fields used here:

  • S: Standard: meets WMO standards for data availability for 24 or more years.

Cite the data as:

Palecki, Michael; Durre, Imke; Applequist, Scott; Arguez, Anthony; Lawrimore, Jay (2021). U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020). Station USW00023050 (ALBUQUERQUE INTL AP, NM US). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/wck8-er13. Accessed 2026-10-09.

Palecki, Michael; Durre, Imke; Applequist, Scott; Arguez, Anthony; Lawrimore, Jay (2021). U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals (1991-2020). Station USW00023050 (ALBUQUERQUE INTL AP, NM US). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/4ek7-fk11. Accessed 2026-10-09.

Files used: monthly normals CSV, annual/seasonal normals CSV (retrieved 2026-10-09). The values on this page as JSON: /us/nm/albuquerque/data.json.