Climate averages 1991–2020
Las Cruces weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Las Cruces: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Paso (67 km away). In December its highs average 13.8°C, about as warm as Las Cruces, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Las Cruces ranks joint 203rd of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 14th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Las Cruces is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 13.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Las Cruces climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 14 | 3.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.5°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 9.6 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 5.0 | 1.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 30.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 7.3 | 1.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 35.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 11 | 2.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 35.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 32 | 6.9 | 14.014 h |
| August | 34.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 26 | 6.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 29 | 3.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 20 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 14 | 2.2 | 10.511 h |
| December, selected | 13.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 19 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- El Paso in DecemberUnited States · 67 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in DecemberMexico · 72 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 1.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Agua Prieta in DecemberMexico · 283 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 2.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Albuquerque in DecemberUnited States · 308 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -2.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Rio Rancho in DecemberUnited States · 325 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -3.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Enchanted Hills in DecemberUnited States · 337 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -3.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in DecemberUnited States · 383 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -6.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Tucson in DecemberUnited States · 390 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 31 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Las Cruces) is explained once on the Las Cruces year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.