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White Sands National Monument
Climate Averages

Average Temperatures and Precipitation

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.

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Last Updated: December 31, 2011 at 15:19 MST