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Roswell, NM

33.307°N, 104.508°W · station ROWthr · 134 years of record
70°F
forecast low · Sep 2

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Roswell.
70°WED9/272°THU9/372°FRI9/471°SAT9/571°SUN9/670°MON9/770°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Roswell — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#130 / 131
coldest Sep 2 in 131 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 2 ever

40°F
set in 1899

Mildest Sep 2 ever

72°F
set in 1977
Forecast low 70°F — 130th coldest Sep 2 of 131 years · record 40°F (1899) · coldest since 2025.
1894: 58°F1895: 56°F1896: 69°F1897: 59°F1898: 65°F1899: 40°F1900: 67°F1901: 61°F1902: 60°F1904: 56°F1905: 64°F1906: 55°F1907: 60°F1908: 57°F1909: 59°F1910: 59°F1911: 54°F1912: 65°F1913: 62°F1914: 61°F1915: 53°F1916: 59°F1917: 60°F1918: 60°F1919: 58°F1920: 60°F1921: 64°F1922: 70°F1923: 67°F1924: 62°F1925: 63°F1926: 65°F1927: 62°F1928: 59°F1929: 61°F1930: 62°F1931: 62°F1932: 56°F1933: 65°F1934: 61°F1935: 60°F1936: 65°F1937: 63°F1938: 63°F1939: 57°F1940: 64°F1941: 63°F1942: 64°F1943: 63°F1944: 58°F1945: 63°F1946: 64°F1947: 59°F1948: 59°F1949: 60°F1950: 52°F1951: 62°F1952: 64°F1953: 66°F1954: 63°F1955: 51°F1956: 54°F1957: 59°F1958: 60°F1959: 57°F1960: 62°F1961: 64°F1962: 62°F1963: 61°F1964: 64°F1965: 62°F1966: 61°F1967: 63°F1968: 52°F1969: 61°F1970: 62°F1971: 66°F1972: 63°F1973: 66°F1974: 55°F1975: 64°F1976: 64°F1977: 72°F1978: 65°F1979: 67°F1980: 65°F1981: 58°F1982: 68°F1983: 70°F1984: 63°F1985: 70°F1986: 60°F1987: 58°F1988: 64°F1989: 67°F1990: 66°F1991: 63°F1992: 64°F1993: 59°F1994: 68°F1995: 63°F1996: 64°F1997: 60°F1998: 65°F1999: 64°F2000: 62°F2001: 60°F2002: 62°F2003: 61°F2004: 60°F2005: 62°F2006: 59°F2007: 62°F2008: 64°F2009: 63°F2010: 60°F2011: 63°F2012: 63°F2013: 71°F2014: 63°F2015: 64°F2016: 66°F2017: 62°F2018: 62°F2019: 66°F2020: 68°F2021: 70°F2022: 65°F2023: 64°F2024: 66°F2025: 65°F70° forecast40455055606570751900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 270°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record40°F
This-date rank#130 of 131
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-24°F (1933)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1893–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Roswell in each calendar month, and for the whole 1893–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan88°FJan 31, 1893-24°FJan 11, 1962
Feb91°FFeb 18, 2016-24°FFeb 8, 1933
Mar100°FMar 26, 2026-5°FMar 11, 1948
Apr102°FApr 25, 201217°FApr 4, 1920
May107°FMay 30, 189627°FMay 11, 1913
Jun114°FJun 27, 199440°FJun 2, 1970
Jul112°FJul 19, 202352°FJul 29, 1947
Aug111°FAug 26, 201948°FAug 31, 1915
Sep106°FSep 7, 202330°FSep 27, 1901
Oct99°FOct 2, 200014°FOct 31, 1991
Nov94°FNov 6, 1894-6°FNov 21, 1906
Dec84°FDec 4, 1958-10°FDec 20, 1909
All-time114°FJun 27, 1994-24°FFeb 8, 1933

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Roswell so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

8 broke
plus 6 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (100°F)

Record Lows in 2026

3 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

81°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 2, 1994

Coldest high ever

5°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 12, 1963
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan57°FJan 11, 19115°FJan 12, 1963
Feb60°FFeb 25, 202610°FFeb 8, 1933
Mar59°FMar 26, 200419°FMar 1, 1922
Apr66°FApr 30, 193033°FApr 8, 1928
May77°FMay 12, 189439°FMay 4, 1935
Jun80°FJun 20, 202356°FJun 12, 1903
Jul81°FJul 2, 199462°FJul 6, 1906
Aug80°FAug 11, 202364°FAug 23, 1966
Sep74°FSep 1, 198344°FSep 29, 1945
Oct68°FOct 2, 195429°FOct 27, 2020
Nov60°FNov 2, 200320°FNov 19, 1906
Dec57°FDec 6, 196612°FDec 24, 1983
All-time81°FJul 2, 19945°FJan 12, 1963

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

71 days
record run, ended Feb 12 1961

So far in 2026

37 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Roswell's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 64°F · forecast is +6° vs normal.
Jan: 57°FJan: 26°FFeb: 62°FFeb: 31°FMar: 70°FMar: 38°FApr: 79°FApr: 45°FMay: 87°FMay: 55°FJun: 96°FJun: 64°FJul: 96°FJul: 68°FAug: 94°FAug: 67°FSep: 87°FSep: 60°FOct: 77°FOct: 47°FNov: 65°FNov: 35°FDec: 56°FDec: 27°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:32 AM
Sunset6:23 PM
Solar noon11:58 AM
Daylight12h 51m · losing 14 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

33.31°N, 104.51°W

Nearby Stations

El Paso, TX150 mi SWLubbock, TX156 mi EMidland-Odessa, TX163 mi SEAlbuquerque, NM169 mi NWAmarillo, TX207 mi NEClayton, NM230 mi NE

The Last 6 Weeks

Roswell's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Roswell, NM — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Roswell's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Roswell, NM — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1893

Each cell is one day's low at Roswell, coloured by temperature — 134 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Roswell, NM daily low heat map 1893–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Roswell — counted through Sep 2 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
37 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 126th most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 56. Record: 91 in 1964.

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