Annual mean 18°C · wettest around August · prevailing wind SW
Warmest
34.0 °C
Coldest
9.9 °C
Wettest
56%
Windiest
5.6 m/s
Prevailing
SW
3.8 m/s average
When this place is good five ratings · thirty-six ten-day sections · click a cell to read it
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The average temperature in Las Cruces over the whole year is 18°C. June is the hottest month, with highs of about 33°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about 0°C. Las Cruces has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 27% in May, the driest month, to 43% in August, the wettest. Winds in Las Cruces are highest in April, averaging 4.1 m/s (15 km/h), and lightest in September, at 2.6 m/s (9 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the SW. The clearest skies in Las Cruces come in May, when the sky is typically 10% covered; August is the cloudiest month, at 21%.
Month by month Las Cruces climate by month: average temperatures year round · click a month to read it
Month
High
Low
Feels like
Chance of rain
Cloud
Wind
Being outside
Sun
Walking
January
11°C
0°C
6°C
38%
17%
2.8 m/s
2
0
44
February
15°C
3°C
9°C
33%
16%
3.4 m/s
17
0
62
March
19°C
6°C
12°C
34%
16%
3.9 m/s
36
1
72
April
24°C
10°C
17°C
34%
11%
4.1 m/s
67
7
72
May
28°C
16°C
22°C
27%
10%
3.8 m/s
76
34
48
June
33°C
21°C
29°C
38%
14%
3.6 m/s
30
71
7
July
33°C
23°C
31°C
41%
21%
2.9 m/s
12
71
1
August
32°C
21°C
30°C
43%
21%
2.7 m/s
21
73
3
September
29°C
17°C
26°C
42%
18%
2.6 m/s
52
68
18
October
24°C
11°C
20°C
41%
15%
2.7 m/s
73
23
58
November
17°C
5°C
13°C
38%
14%
2.6 m/s
39
0
76
December
12°C
2°C
8°C
40%
18%
2.6 m/s
7
0
56
High and low are the warmest and coolest of four readings a day — midnight, 6am, noon and 6pm — so a true overnight low can sit a degree or two under them. Chance of rain, cloud and wind are the day’s average; feels-like and the three ratings (each out of 100: Good from 55, Ideal from 80) are read at midday.
Seasons, and the year in short Las Cruces weather by season
Year round, Las Cruces has days of about 11°C at their warmest in January, its coolest month, and 33°C in June, its warmest; the coolest hours of the day run from 0°C to 23°C through the year, and the average temperature over the year is 18°C around the clock. Rain is most likely around August and least likely around May. Every figure here is a decade of observations blended into one representative year, so it reads as what this date is usually like, not a forecast for one particular day.
Las Cruces weather in winterDecember to February
High 13°CLow 2°CRain 37%
Winter in Las Cruces has typical daily highs of about 13°C and lows of about 2°C, with a 37% chance of rain on a given day.
Las Cruces weather in springMarch to May
High 24°CLow 11°CRain 32%
Spring in Las Cruces has typical daily highs of about 24°C and lows of about 11°C, with a 32% chance of rain on a given day.
Las Cruces weather in summerJune to August
High 33°CLow 22°CRain 41%
Summer in Las Cruces has typical daily highs of about 33°C and lows of about 22°C, with a 41% chance of rain on a given day.
Las Cruces weather in autumnSeptember to November
High 23°CLow 11°CRain 40%
Autumn in Las Cruces has typical daily highs of about 23°C and lows of about 11°C, with a 40% chance of rain on a given day.
When is the rainy season in Las Cruces?
Las Cruces has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 27% in May, the driest month, to 43% in August, the wettest.
What time of year is Las Cruces windiest?
Winds in Las Cruces are highest in April, averaging 4.1 m/s (15 km/h), and lightest in September, at 2.6 m/s (9 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the SW.
What is the average temperature in Las Cruces year round?
The average temperature in Las Cruces over the whole year is 18°C. June is the hottest month, with highs of about 33°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about 0°C.