BITTER LAKES WL REFUGE, NM

Average of Maximum Temperature (Degrees Fahrenheit)

(290992)

File last updated on April 20, 2024
a = 1 day missing, b = 2 days missing, c = 3 days, ..etc..,
z = 26 or more days missing, A = Accumulations present
Long-term means based on columns; thus, the monthly row may not
sum (or average) to the long-term annual value.
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE NUMBER OF MISSING DAYS : 5
Individual Months not used for annual or monthly statistics if more than 5 days are missing.
Individual Years not used for annual statistics if any month in that year has more than 5 days missing.

YEAR(S)	JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC		ANN
1950	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	66.90	a	66.90	k
1951	61.29		64.54		70.55		78.33		88.68		97.50		99.58		96.32		92.47		82.58		65.97		60.52		79.86
1952	65.48		64.14		67.35		76.60		87.94		98.33		93.84		98.48		88.57		80.68		61.47		58.23		78.43
1953	68.32		63.68		74.39		79.30		85.23		100.47		97.00		94.42		91.38	a	78.39		67.57		55.37	a	79.62
1954	62.19		71.14		70.23		84.23		85.81		96.37		98.48		93.68	c	91.63		79.16		70.57		61.35		80.40
1955	55.58		67.96	d	76.77		81.47		-----	z	97.88	m	91.52		93.53	a	91.97		80.17	a	71.80		64.94		77.57	b
1956	62.93	b	56.24		75.23		80.00		92.03		98.53		97.07	a	96.03		94.70		83.94		67.30		63.74		80.65
1957	62.68		70.54		70.29		78.70		84.39		97.07		99.68		95.42		89.77		71.94		59.67		63.52		78.64
1958	55.03		62.16	c	61.00		75.70		88.07	a	99.07		100.65		97.03		87.31	a	72.77		65.90		62.97		77.30
1959	61.52		61.36		72.48		78.50		87.45		95.53		92.84		95.39		92.90		80.13		67.37		58.16		78.64
1960	53.90		59.00		71.03		84.20		89.26		97.45	a	92.57	a	94.68		90.77		79.35		68.30		47.77		77.36
1961	53.26		64.93		71.81		82.03		91.23		96.80		96.26		92.13		88.63		81.83	a	56.30		58.74		77.83
1962	53.47	a	71.78	a	67.29		82.38	a	94.30	a	94.63		95.00	a	97.65		86.70		80.41	b	70.63		60.97		79.60
1963	57.58		67.50		74.84		84.53		89.80	a	95.80		100.97		94.81		90.23		85.32		71.76	a	55.94		80.76
1964	58.48	b	55.29	a	72.71		80.83		91.10		96.30		98.77		96.53	a	88.10		81.90	a	65.75	j	58.50	g	82.00	b
1965	62.73	e	60.60	c	64.14	b	80.64	b	87.34	b	95.17	f	97.17	g	91.79	c	88.52	i	81.12	g	70.00	c	59.84		72.14	d
1966	48.86	b	58.00		73.90	a	79.93		84.95	j	92.37	c	99.94		90.17	b	86.86	h	79.67	j	73.65	m	60.57	q	77.60	e
1967	66.28	f	65.73	b	80.35	h	84.14	h	91.89	m	93.70	g	96.28	f	92.00		85.17	g	84.38	e	69.21	k	56.18	c	74.57	h
1968	56.50	g	63.96	b	68.15	d	76.00	b	88.91	i	99.24	m	90.71	g	92.35	k	85.73	o	82.64	i	65.79	a	58.43	c	66.47	g
1969	65.84		61.61		57.93	c	79.43		86.97		95.03	a	98.52		97.50	a	83.52	c	74.42	e	62.69	d	58.00	c	76.79
1970	53.56	d	61.93	a	63.73	e	78.04	c	86.42	e	90.63	c	93.97	b	95.38	g	85.04	d	73.70	h	65.04	d	67.04	h	75.37	c
1971	60.04	c	62.58	b	73.33	d	79.30	g	86.43	h	96.14	h	95.17	h	87.08	g	81.95	j	73.78	m	65.22	l	59.21	g	65.32	i
1972	62.55	k	66.39	f	76.04	e	82.77		85.52		93.67		93.61	c	89.48		83.40	e	75.64	c	56.79	b	54.07	d	79.10	b
1973	50.52		55.04	b	66.19		72.07	c	85.39	c	94.13		93.97		95.10		86.23		81.03		71.37		62.39		76.12
1974	57.13	a	63.68		78.35		80.13		92.10	b	96.67		96.26		87.87		76.31	a	72.40	a	63.24	a	54.68		76.57
1975	56.19		56.29		67.13		73.89	c	84.13		94.83		88.58		94.32		82.80		81.00		68.97		60.84		75.75
1976	59.38	e	70.54	a	70.23		78.33		82.27	a	94.46	b	90.32	c	94.40	a	82.87		71.83	a	57.76	a	56.97		75.78
1977	51.16		62.79		67.58		77.03		87.48		97.30		97.85	e	95.39		90.60		77.90	a	69.83		63.19		78.18
1978	50.32		53.07		70.23		83.03		87.63	a	91.83		95.90		92.32		82.07		76.48		59.57		52.94		74.62
1979	46.42		59.68		67.19		78.48	a	82.58		90.03		96.48		91.35		87.97		82.81		60.93		55.71		74.97
1980	55.59	b	58.59		69.06		75.07		83.87		102.53		102.00	a	93.61		85.00		74.23	a	60.53		59.74		76.65
1981	56.17	a	64.50		66.94		80.07		83.58		97.07		94.06		89.74		85.30		75.00		71.60		62.40	a	77.20
1982	54.83	a	57.64		71.67	a	77.47		84.81		92.83		97.20	a	96.06		88.67		75.26		61.10		50.60	a	75.68
1983	53.03		59.07	a	68.48		71.00		85.68		92.86	a	98.45	b	97.97	b	91.68	b	75.90	b	66.54	b	49.23	a	75.82
1984	52.23	e	64.56	b	68.71	c	76.97		87.04	d	89.92	e	92.32	c	88.65	e	85.63	k	70.81	e	65.89	c	54.20	a	73.75	a
1985	54.26	d	57.00	d	72.42	e	81.81	c	87.14	c	91.25	b	96.32	c	96.90	a	86.61	b	74.96	d	71.08	d	59.62	e	77.45
1986	62.60	a	63.50		73.11	c	83.00	b	88.59	b	89.20	e	93.45	b	93.22	d	85.72	e	72.17	b	61.86	i	52.21	b	77.89	a
1987	56.46	e	61.26	a	67.09	i	76.57	g	82.92	f	92.00	e	96.76	b	93.38	b	85.52	a	79.88	e	64.08	e	53.63	d	75.89	c
1988	54.35	e	60.79	a	70.00	f	77.32	e	83.86	j	92.41	h	92.04	g	92.25	k	88.17	l	81.84	l	72.94	n	54.35	k	64.15	i
1989	63.95	l	57.16	i	74.33	p	81.88	f	91.52	b	94.52	a	94.85	d	93.29		85.76	e	80.37	a	67.62	a	51.68		82.45	d
1990	57.97		64.07		66.13		76.48	a	84.68		101.90		92.35		90.10	a	87.07		78.32		67.81	c	58.50	g	78.81	a
1991	51.61		64.36		69.27	a	80.50		90.23		94.80		88.77		89.10	a	78.60		79.23		59.27		53.44	d	74.93
1992	50.13		61.41		71.23		78.37		80.03		89.41	a	95.00		92.84		89.10		80.32		61.48	a	54.19		75.29
1993	54.93	c	59.47	i	67.96	c	78.10		86.29		95.50		96.16		93.57	a	86.83		77.77	a	62.90		59.29		78.12	a
1994	57.81		60.25		68.97	a	80.07	a	84.39		99.83		99.16		97.26	h	89.57		77.90	j	70.42	r	64.17	m	80.01	d
1995	56.17	s	71.71	n	72.13	h	77.95	j	87.64	i	95.78	l	99.88	n	95.78	h	85.82	h	83.87	p	71.03		61.94	m	71.03	k
1996	63.56	o	72.00	n	66.46	e	82.11	k	97.50	o	96.82	h	95.43	c	91.53	l	87.35	m	76.87	h	71.00	k	59.82	t	80.95	j
1997	49.90	u	50.17	v	-----	z	70.59	c	81.00	i	89.21	b	96.42		94.93	c	89.30		74.80	f	63.61	b	49.59	d	79.09	e
1998	55.63	d	60.61	e	68.33	d	74.53		92.69	b	99.77		100.41	d	93.87		94.56	c	78.50	g	68.04	e	57.52	d	78.72	a
1999	67.55	k	70.05	g	72.71	g	80.44	e	83.48	d	91.96	d	93.71	j	95.87		87.32	b	79.74	d	75.12	e	57.64	f	84.85	e
2000	63.57	a	72.75	e	73.19	e	81.09	g	94.53	a	93.58	d	98.97		96.82	c	94.10	a	74.59	d	60.14	h	53.68	f	84.68	c
2001	50.86	i	64.65	b	64.81	e	81.28	a	87.87		97.10	a	101.04	d	96.77	e	90.13		80.60	a	67.50		58.81	e	80.96	a
2002	60.46	c	60.08	c	69.86	c	82.50		91.48	h	99.57	b	98.74		97.75	c	89.05	j	75.00	k	62.39	b	55.77	a	76.35	c
2003	62.54	c	62.45	f	72.86	c	82.63		90.45	b	94.07		99.53	a	97.07	d	89.03	a	82.10	b	67.55	a	62.27	i	83.78	b
2004	58.74	d	58.15	b	71.10	b	74.61	g	89.00		94.64	b	93.10		91.83	b	87.14	a	75.43	c	61.75	b	59.14	j	78.09	b
2005	65.29	n	58.41	a	68.39		78.18	b	83.87	a	-----	z	98.76	b	92.23		91.30		75.93	a	70.04	e	59.00	d	77.61	b
2006	64.59	b	64.30	a	72.32		85.13		92.50	c	98.00		97.68		90.67	a	82.83	f	75.39		71.90	a	56.00	a	78.95	a
2007	48.97		61.61		71.55		76.00	a	79.32		93.10		92.90		94.90		90.34	a	83.84		67.57		60.19		76.69
2008	57.17	a	68.41	b	72.77	e	80.61	b	88.45		100.76	a	92.07	b	92.87		83.60		77.65	h	66.19	d	61.16		78.55	a
2009	65.94		68.82		77.30	h	78.57		87.87		95.50		95.48		94.45		84.48	a	77.07	a	68.56	c	51.48		78.93	a
2010	54.32		55.39		65.30	a	77.60		84.97		98.85	d	92.58	l	96.63	a	93.03		79.19		66.60		60.33	d	75.66	a
2011	57.87	a	60.21		78.29		83.53		86.87		101.10	a	98.91	h	98.66	b	90.34	a	82.00	a	68.36	e	43.39		77.33	a
2012	63.45		59.57	a	78.55		83.93		87.48		-----	z	94.97		96.23		88.93	b	79.78	d	71.04	c	59.03	a	78.45	a
2013	56.43	c	62.07	a	73.38	b	78.18	b	87.47	a	98.32	b	90.69	b	95.03	b	85.17	a	75.00	o	60.68	e	53.96	c	76.49	a
2014	56.93	a	62.81	a	69.26		77.90	a	85.77		93.81	c	93.90		91.48		80.93	a	77.73	a	61.53		56.00		75.67
2015	49.71		60.43		67.39		76.37		79.65		92.73		96.47	a	97.29		91.53		76.13		61.93	a	57.97	a	75.63
2016	52.32		65.07		72.48		76.40		84.13	a	96.83		102.55		92.96	e	85.00	o	84.00	v	66.68	e	58.28	m	78.83	c
2017	60.95	l	68.24	k	77.14	j	78.81	n	84.38	r	94.80	o	98.00	w	89.94	m	87.17	l	77.64	q	67.92	q	59.73	t	-----	z
2018	54.21	q	63.46	o	65.92	r	81.17	r	92.44	o	98.29	p	97.14	q	95.82	n	87.53	o	71.47	n	57.81	n	51.45	t	-----	z
2019	57.09	t	63.25	l	64.84	l	78.39	l	85.17	m	93.12	m	97.90	k	99.78	m	93.05	j	79.86	q	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z
2020	60.06	n	54.28	k	68.65		79.88	d	91.00	e	98.40	e	102.21	c	100.75	g	88.24	e	78.56	f	70.54	d	58.96	d	82.24	d
2021	54.79	g	58.62	d	72.42	e	75.81	d	85.82	c	95.27	d	88.67	a	92.69	e	91.73	h	84.15	d	71.35	d	68.50	e	79.33	b
2022	60.46	c	59.24	g	70.79	g	84.57		94.82	c	97.67	c	101.20	a	93.38	b	89.47		74.39	c	-----	z	-----	z	86.99	d
2023	53.46	r	57.44	l	75.10	u	79.24	m	86.46	r	99.29	p	102.19	j	98.68	l	91.71	m	80.16	l	66.62	n	60.87	p	-----	z
2024	51.30	u	68.83	q	70.50	u	76.00	q	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z	-----	z
Period of Record Statistics
MEAN	57.10		62.28		70.19		79.14		87.22		95.57		96.13		94.11		87.86		78.28		66.04		57.46		77.30
S.D.	5.03		4.40		4.01		3.31		3.53		3.31		3.50		2.62		3.85		3.69		4.43		4.82		1.82
SKEW	0.14		0.38		-0.28		-0.34		0.08		-0.06		-0.22		-0.37		-0.60		-0.14		-0.31		-0.34		0.46
MAX	68.32		72.75		78.55		85.13		94.82		102.53		102.55		98.66		94.70		85.32		75.12		68.50		80.76
MIN	46.42		53.07		57.93		70.59		79.32		89.20		88.58		87.87		76.31		70.81		56.30		43.39		74.62
YRS	57		59		60		61		58		59		60		61		56		53		59		55		30