Climate averages 1991–2020
Las Cruces weather
in January.
A cool, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Las Cruces: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Paso (67 km away). In January its highs average 14.1°C, about as warm as Las Cruces, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Las Cruces ranks joint 177th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 6th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Las Cruces is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- El Paso in JanuaryUnited States · 67 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in JanuaryMexico · 72 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Agua Prieta in JanuaryMexico · 283 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 2.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Albuquerque in JanuaryUnited States · 308 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Rio Rancho in JanuaryUnited States · 325 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -3.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Enchanted Hills in JanuaryUnited States · 337 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -3.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 383 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -6.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Tucson in JanuaryUnited States · 390 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.0°C · 29 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.