Climate averages 1991–2020
Las Cruces weather
in February.
A mild, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Las Cruces: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 01 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Paso (67 km away). In February its highs average 17.4°C, about as warm as Las Cruces, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Las Cruces ranks joint 130th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 3rd of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Las Cruces is 5.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 9.6 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- El Paso in FebruaryUnited States · 67 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in FebruaryMexico · 72 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 3.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Agua Prieta in FebruaryMexico · 283 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Albuquerque in FebruaryUnited States · 308 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low -0.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Rio Rancho in FebruaryUnited States · 325 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low -1.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Enchanted Hills in FebruaryUnited States · 337 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -1.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 383 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -4.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Tucson in FebruaryUnited States · 390 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 28 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.