On June 12, the clearest day of the year, the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 80% of the time, and overcast or mostly cloudy 20% of the time. Best Time of Year to Visit To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Las Cruces throughout the year, we compute two travel scores. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest. On August 5, the cloudiest day of the year, the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 40% of the time, and clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 60% of the time. The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1. The day, twilights civil, nautical, and astronomical , and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray. The growing season in Las Cruces typically lasts for 8.
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible black line. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 30% on August 3. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed. The topography within 2 miles of Las Cruces contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 272 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,933 feet. The least rain falls around March 29, with an average total accumulation of 0. In Las Cruces, the summers are hot and partly cloudy; the winters are short, cold, and mostly clear; and it is dry year round. Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation 5,338 feet.
The calmest day of the year is August 15, with an average hourly wind speed of 6. Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies. Land Use data comes from the , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The clearer part of the year in Las Cruces begins around March 19 and lasts for 3. The stations contributing to this reconstruction are: 76%, 13 kilometers, west ; 15%, 64 kilometers, southeast ; and 9%, 87 kilometers, northeast. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night. The wetter season lasts 2.
Our tourism temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 50°F, rising linearly to 9 for 65°F, to 10 for 75°F, falling linearly to 9 for 80°F, and to 1 for 90°F or hotter. While having the tremendous advantages of temporal and spatial completeness, these reconstructions: 1 are based on computer models that may have model-based errors, 2 are coarsely sampled on a 50 km grid and are therefore unable to reconstruct the local variations of many microclimates, and 3 have particular difficulty with the weather in some coastal areas, especially small islands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Disclaimer The information on this site is provided as is, without any assurances as to its accuracy or suitability for any purpose. The darkest day of the year is December 23, with an average of 3. The area within 2 miles of Las Cruces is covered by artificial surfaces 50% and shrubs 49% , within 10 miles by shrubs 82% and cropland 13% , and within 50 miles by shrubs 92%.
The rainless period of the year lasts for 5. Based on the , the best times of year to visit Las Cruces for warm-weather activities are from early May to late June and from late August to mid October. The chance of wet days in Las Cruces varies throughout the year. The predominant average hourly wind direction in Las Cruces varies throughout the year. The solar day over the course of the year 2019. The perceived humidity level in Las Cruces, as measured by the percentage of time in which the humidity comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable, does not vary significantly over the course of the year, staying within 4% of 4% throughout. This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents.
The cool season lasts for 2. The smallest chance of a wet day is 3% on March 19. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Las Cruces for hot-weather activities is from early June to late August, with a peak score in the last week of June. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. We further caution that our travel scores are only as good as the data that underpin them, that weather conditions at any given location and time are unpredictable and variable, and that the definition of the scores reflects a particular set of preferences that may not agree with those of any particular reader. The brightest day of the year is June 6, with an average of 8.
Rainfall To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. The average of mean hourly wind speeds dark gray line , with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The horizontal axis is the day of the year, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day. The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed both rain and snow fell in the same day. For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Las Cruces according to the , and by the relative change present in the between the two locations. Based on growing degree days alone, the first spring blooms in Las Cruces should appear around February 6, only rarely appearing before January 27 or after February 18. The wind is most often from the west for 8.
The hottest day of the year is June 29, with an average high of 97°F and low of 70°F. For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Las Cruces are 32. In Las Cruces, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences mild seasonal variation over the course of the year. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages. The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the entire year of hourly average temperatures. The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65°F and 80°F. The wind is most often from the east for 2.
A wet day is one with at least 0. Las Cruces experiences some seasonal variation in monthly rainfall. Data Sources This report illustrates the typical weather in Las Cruces, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Temperature and Dew Point There are 3 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Las Cruces. This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid. The hot season lasts for 3. From bottom most yellow to top most gray , the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight civil, nautical, and astronomical , and full night.
The windiest day of the year is April 11, with an average hourly wind speed of 11. The coldest day of the year is January 4, with an average low of 32°F and high of 57°F. The drier season lasts 9. This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector speed and direction at 10 meters above the ground. The estimated value at Las Cruces is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Las Cruces and a given station.