Climate averages 1991–2020
Las Cruces weather
in June.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a very hot month in Las Cruces: daytime highs average 35.8°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes June a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 14 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Paso (67 km away). In June its highs average 35.6°C, about as warm as Las Cruces, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Las Cruces ranks 18th of 498 for the warmest June highs and joint 124th of 498 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 498 cities is 27.9°C; Las Cruces is 7.9°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 35.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- El Paso in JuneUnited States · 67 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Ciudad Juárez in JuneMexico · 72 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Agua Prieta in JuneMexico · 283 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Albuquerque in JuneUnited States · 308 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Rio Rancho in JuneUnited States · 325 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Enchanted Hills in JuneUnited States · 337 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in JuneUnited States · 383 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Tucson in JuneUnited States · 390 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 4.6 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.