New Mexico · THREADEX · 1893–2026

Roswell, NM

33.307°N, 104.508°W · station ROWthr · 134 years of record
63°F
forecast low · Jul 16

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Roswell.
66°TUE7/1466°WED7/1563°THU7/1663°FRI7/1765°SAT7/1866°SUN7/19

This Day in History · Jul 16

Today ranks

#15 / 131
coldest Jul 16 in 131 yrs of record

Coldest Jul 16 ever

58°F
set in 1935

Mildest Jul 16 ever

79°F
set in 2020

Coldest Jul 16 — Year by Year

Every year's low on Jul 16 at Roswell. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
5868791894: 67°F1895: 60°F1896: 67°F1897: 64°F1898: 61°F1899: 64°F1900: 67°F1901: 64°F1902: 64°F1904: 65°F1905: 60°F1906: 64°F1907: 68°F1908: 64°F1909: 65°F1910: 67°F1911: 65°F1912: 68°F1913: 65°F1914: 68°F1915: 68°F1916: 66°F1917: 68°F1918: 64°F1919: 63°F1920: 63°F1921: 66°F1922: 65°F1923: 72°F1924: 68°F1925: 63°F1926: 62°F1927: 69°F1928: 66°F1929: 64°F1930: 60°F1931: 66°F1932: 65°F1933: 66°F1934: 69°F1935: 58°F1936: 64°F1937: 67°F1938: 68°F1939: 69°F1940: 69°F1941: 66°F1942: 69°F1943: 65°F1944: 65°F1945: 66°F1946: 70°F1947: 58°F1948: 62°F1949: 67°F1950: 66°F1951: 65°F1952: 61°F1953: 66°F1954: 64°F1955: 64°F1956: 69°F1957: 65°F1958: 68°F1959: 62°F1960: 63°F1961: 60°F1962: 62°F1963: 66°F1964: 68°F1965: 64°F1966: 66°F1967: 63°F1968: 64°F1969: 71°F1970: 65°F1971: 62°F1972: 67°F1973: 65°F1974: 64°F1975: 64°F1976: 69°F1977: 72°F1978: 72°F1979: 71°F1980: 75°F1981: 66°F1982: 71°F1983: 70°F1984: 67°F1985: 63°F1986: 66°F1987: 64°F1988: 70°F1989: 69°F1990: 66°F1991: 68°F1992: 64°F1993: 67°F1994: 68°F1995: 71°F1996: 70°F1997: 66°F1998: 66°F1999: 69°F2000: 67°F2001: 73°F2002: 66°F2003: 70°F2004: 71°F2005: 67°F2006: 68°F2007: 65°F2008: 68°F2009: 70°F2010: 71°F2011: 70°F2012: 68°F2013: 62°F2014: 67°F2015: 65°F2016: 70°F2017: 66°F2018: 69°F2019: 77°F2020: 79°F2021: 72°F2022: 70°F2023: 73°F2024: 69°F2025: 69°F63° forecast189419352025

The Numbers

Forecast low · Jul 1663°F
Coldest this date since2013
This-date record58°F
This-date rank#15 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°F1893-24°F1962
Feb91°F2016-24°F1933
Mar100°F2026-5°F1948
Apr102°F201217°F1920
May107°F189627°F1913
Jun114°F199440°F1970
Jul112°F202352°F1947
Aug111°F201948°F1915
Sep106°F202330°F1901
Oct99°F200014°F1991
Nov94°F1894-6°F1906
Dec84°F1958-10°F1909
All-time114°F1994-24°F1933

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Roswell so far this year — through Jul 11.

Record Highs in 2026

8 broke
plus 3 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

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: 68°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

Sunrise4:58 AM
Sunset7:09 PM
Solar noon12:04 PM
Daylight14h 11m · losing 6 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 Jul 16 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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