Climate
Gallup experiences four seasons with large daily temperature ranges. Winter mornings can be very cold, with temperatures in the 0s to low 10s F. However, by mid-afternoon, it is not uncommon for the temperature to be close to 45 F. Summer afternoons have temperatures near 90 F, and can fall into the 40s and 50s by dawn.
| Climate data for Gallup, New Mexico | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 67 (19) |
73 (23) |
81 (27) |
84 (29) |
95 (35) |
98 (37) |
100 (38) |
98 (37) |
93 (34) |
87 (31) |
78 (26) |
66 (19) |
100 (38) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 45 (7) |
50 (10) |
57 (14) |
65 (18) |
75 (24) |
86 (30) |
89 (32) |
86 (30) |
80 (27) |
69 (21) |
55 (13) |
46 (8) |
67 (19) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 11 (−12) |
16 (−9) |
20 (−7) |
24 (−4) |
33 (1) |
42 (6) |
51 (11) |
50 (10) |
42 (6) |
29 (−2) |
18 (−8) |
11 (−12) |
31 (−1) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −20 (−29) |
−19 (−28) |
−10 (−23) |
6 (−14) |
12 (−11) |
25 (−4) |
31 (−1) |
35 (2) |
20 (−7) |
5 (−15) |
−26 (−32) |
−34 (−37) |
−34 (−37) |
| Rainfall inches (mm) | 0.81 (20.6) |
0.65 (16.5) |
0.89 (22.6) |
0.51 (13) |
0.62 (15.7) |
0.45 (11.4) |
1.56 (39.6) |
1.99 (50.5) |
1.12 (28.4) |
1.19 (30.2) |
0.95 (24.1) |
0.71 (18) |
11.45 (290.8) |
| Snowfall inches (cm) | 6.5 (16.5) |
6.0 (15.2) |
3.8 (9.7) |
2.3 (5.8) |
0.5 (1.3) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.7 (1.8) |
4.1 (10.4) |
6.5 (16.5) |
30.4 (77.2) |
| Source: http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USNM0121
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?nm3422 |
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