Ruidoso, NM Weather & Climate Normals
Ruidoso's real weather, in one number
Ruidoso, NM scores 51/100 on this site's reading of NOAA's own 30-year normals: strongly seasonal. Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. 5 of the year's 12 months average between 55 and 75°F, the range this site counts as mild.
Ruidoso's hottest and coldest months
Ruidoso's hottest month is Jul, averaging 66°F; its coldest is Jan, averaging 35°F, a 31.5°F swing across the year, a middling gap by national standards.
Rain and snow in Ruidoso
Ruidoso averages 22in of precipitation a year across roughly 86 days with measurable rain or snow, and 26.2in of snow a year.
Where Ruidoso ranks
Ruidoso ranks 1582 of 4876 US cities in this dataset for comfort score, and 8 of 35 within NM. About 7,640 people live there.
If you need tomorrow's forecast, not the 30-year average
Everything above is a 30-year average from RUIDOSO, NM US, 1.3 miles from Ruidoso, not a prediction for any specific day.
More on how this is worked out
How the comfort score is calculated · Why some cities show no snow or rain figure