The climate of Farmington (New Mexico
- United States of America)
Farmington is a medium sized city located in the most northwestern
part of New Mexico in the vicinity of the borders with the states of
Arizona, Utah and Colorado. The city is located in the vicinity of the
Four Corners region of four states. Farmington is located in San Juan
County at the junction of the San Juan River, the Animas River and the
La Plata River. Several Indian reserves can be found in the vicinity
of the city. Mesa Verde National Park is a Unesco preservation site
and can be found just over the border with Colorado. Farmington has a
cold steppe climate with extremely low annual precipitation figures.
The climate of Farmington has many characteristics of a cold desert
climate. However, precipitation figures are just too high to be
classified as such. Winters are cool to cold. During the winter longer
periods with subzero temperatures (during the night) are not uncommon.
Summers are very warm. Temperatures may even rise above 40 degrees
Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records.
They are an average for Farmington:
average maximum
temperature (°C)
average
minimum
temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine
per day
average days with
precipitation
per month
average
mm precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January
5
-10
7
5
n/a
February
10
-6
8
5
n/a
March
14
-3
9
6
n/a
April
20
0
10
5
n/a
May
25
5
11
5
n/a
June
31
10
12
5
n/a
July
34
15
11
8
n/a
August
32
14
10
8
n/a
September
28
9
10
6
n/a
October
21
3
9
5
n/a
November
13
-3
7
4
n/a
December
7
-9
7
5
n/a
= 0-5 mm ●
= 6-30 mm ●
= 31-60 mm ●
= 61-100 mm ●
= 101-200 mm ●
=
over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches
More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression
of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain
period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather,
extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate
information for each month of the year:
Disclaimer
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= 0-5 mm ●
= 6-30 mm ●
= 31-60 mm ●
= 61-100 mm ●
= 101-200 mm ●
=
over 200 mm
= 0-0.2 inches ● 
= 0.2-1.2 inches ● 
= 1.2-2.4 inches ● 
= 2.5-4 inches ● 
= 4.1-8 inches ● 
= over 8 inches
