Average Temperatures for New Mexico in August

Average temperatures for August at cities, towns, parks and lakes throughout New Mexico are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Southern, Central and Northern New Mexico.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Southern New Mexico

Average August temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
91 68 Alamogordo 33 20
94 63 Bitter Lake Wildlife Refuge 34 17
95 69 Carlsbad 35 21
90 66 Carlsbad Caverns National Park 32 19
84 53 Cuba 29 11
93 69 Elephant Butte Lake Dam 34 20
87 53 Gila Hot Springs 31 12
92 68 Hobbs 33 20
94 68 Las Cruces 34 20
95 69 Roswell 35 20
79 50 Ruidoso 26 10
95 64 White Sands National Monument 35 18

Central New Mexico

Average daily temperatures in August
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
89 65 Albuquerque 32 18
91 64 Clovis 33 18
92 66 Conchas Lake Dam 33 19
82 50 El Morro National Monument 28 10
86 53 Gallup 30 12
86 56 Gran Quivira National Monument 30 13
89 53 Grants 32 12
81 53 Las Vegas 27 12
83 52 Pecos National Monument 28 11
83 54 Santa Fe 29 12
89 61 Socorro 32 16
92 64 Tucumcari 34 18

Northern New Mexico

August temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
85 57 Abiquiu Lake Dam 30 14
91 57 Aztec Ruins National Monument 33 14
87 53 Chaco Canyon National Monument 30 12
87 60 Clayton 30 15
77 43 Eagle Nest 25 6
82 48 El Vado Lake Dam 28 9
87 60 Farmington 31 15
76 48 Lake Maloya (Sugarite Canyon Park) 25 9
82 50 Raton 28 10
72 40 Red River 22 5
84 51 Taos 29 11
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

New Mexico Temperatures
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