Planning a visit to White Sands and want to know what to expect from old Mother Nature? Below is a table of average temperatures recorded from 1971 to 2000. Temperatures can, of course, fluctuate to one or the other in extremes, so those are included as well.
Month
Average High
Average Low
Average Precip.
Highest Recorded
Lowest Recorded
January
57°F 13.8°C
23°F -5°C
0.60 inches
78°F 25.5°C
-25°F -31.6°C
February
64°F 17.7°C
26°F -3.3°C
0.39 inches
82°F 27.7°C
-14°F -25.5°C
March
71°F 21.6°C
31°F 0.5°C
0.27 inches
95°F 35°C
-19°F 28.3°C
April
79°F 26.1°C
40°F 4.4°C
0.29 inches
97°F 36.1°C
11°F -11.6°C
May
88°F 31.1°C
49°F 9.4°C
0.49 inches
104°F 40°C
20°F -6.7°C
June
96°F 35.5°C)
58°F 14.4°C
0.89 inches
111°F 43.8°C
38°F 3.3°C
July
97°F 36.1°C
63°F 17.2°C
1.41 inches
110°F 43.3°C
45°F 7.2°C
August
94°F 34.4°C
61°F 16.1°C
2.07 inches
107°F 41.7°C
38°F 3.3°C
September
88°F 31.1°C
54°F 12.2°C
1.44 inches
104°F 40°C
30°F -1.1°C
October
78°F 25.5°C
41°F 5°C
1.09 inches
97°F 36.1°C
13°F -10.5°C
November
64°F 17.7°C
28°F 2.2°C
0.68 inches
86°F 30°C
-12°F -24.4°C
December
57°F 13.8°C
22°F -5.5°C
0.79 inches
83°F 28.3°C
-8°F -22.2°C
Current weather forecast. If you would like to know the forecast for the next few days, click the link above to be taken to Weather.com's forecast for White Sands National Monument.