Cerro, New Mexico
Unincorporated community in New Mexico, United States
36°45′25″N 105°37′16″W / 36.75694°N 105.62111°W / 36.75694; -105.62111[1]
(2000)
87519
Cerro is an unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, United States[2] located along New Mexico State Road 378. It was founded in 1854 by settlers from Taos and Questa and was named for Cerro Guadalupe.[3]
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Cerro has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Cerro was 100 °F (37.8 °C) on June 19, 1924, while the coldest temperature recorded was −34 °F (−36.7 °C) on January 29, 1919 and January 6, 1971.[4]
Climate data for Cerro, New Mexico, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1910–2022 | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 63 (17) | 65 (18) | 77 (25) | 82 (28) | 95 (35) | 100 (38) | 97 (36) | 98 (37) | 96 (36) | 88 (31) | 77 (25) | 68 (20) | 100 (38) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 50.3 (10.2) | 54.2 (12.3) | 67.3 (19.6) | 73.0 (22.8) | 80.4 (26.9) | 88.6 (31.4) | 90.4 (32.4) | 87.8 (31.0) | 84.2 (29.0) | 76.3 (24.6) | 64.3 (17.9) | 53.2 (11.8) | 91.5 (33.1) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 36.8 (2.7) | 42.1 (5.6) | 53.1 (11.7) | 61.7 (16.5) | 69.8 (21.0) | 80.1 (26.7) | 83.0 (28.3) | 80.5 (26.9) | 75.1 (23.9) | 64.6 (18.1) | 50.9 (10.5) | 37.9 (3.3) | 61.3 (16.3) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 22.3 (−5.4) | 28.1 (−2.2) | 37.1 (2.8) | 44.4 (6.9) | 52.4 (11.3) | 62.1 (16.7) | 66.1 (18.9) | 64.3 (17.9) | 58.3 (14.6) | 47.2 (8.4) | 34.9 (1.6) | 23.5 (−4.7) | 45.1 (7.2) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 7.9 (−13.4) | 14.0 (−10.0) | 21.0 (−6.1) | 27.0 (−2.8) | 35.1 (1.7) | 44.0 (6.7) | 49.2 (9.6) | 48.2 (9.0) | 41.4 (5.2) | 29.7 (−1.3) | 18.9 (−7.3) | 9.0 (−12.8) | 28.8 (−1.8) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | −10.7 (−23.7) | −5.6 (−20.9) | 3.2 (−16.0) | 13.4 (−10.3) | 22.5 (−5.3) | 32.2 (0.1) | 40.7 (4.8) | 40.6 (4.8) | 28.4 (−2.0) | 13.8 (−10.1) | 0.6 (−17.4) | −9.1 (−22.8) | −14.5 (−25.8) |
Record low °F (°C) | −34 (−37) | −33 (−36) | −16 (−27) | −6 (−21) | 11 (−12) | 22 (−6) | 25 (−4) | 30 (−1) | 18 (−8) | −3 (−19) | −20 (−29) | −30 (−34) | −34 (−37) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.67 (17) | 0.66 (17) | 0.91 (23) | 0.97 (25) | 1.12 (28) | 0.67 (17) | 1.68 (43) | 2.25 (57) | 1.68 (43) | 1.04 (26) | 0.81 (21) | 0.91 (23) | 13.37 (340) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 12.7 (32) | 11.7 (30) | 8.0 (20) | 4.3 (11) | 0.7 (1.8) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 3.4 (8.6) | 6.8 (17) | 13.9 (35) | 61.5 (155.4) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 63.6 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 18.9 |
Source 1: NOAA[5] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: National Weather Service[4] |
See also
Notes
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cerro, New Mexico
- ^ "Cerro, New Mexico". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. p. 73. ISBN 0826316891.
- ^ a b "NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Albuquerque". National Weather Service. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Cerro, NM". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
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