A low pressure center tracking across the Great Lakes and its associated cold front extending across the Southern Plains will focus occasional showers and thunderstorms through tonight. A few of these thunderstorms may become severe alongside heavy rainfall that may cause flash flooding; Portions of the Southern Plains would be the greatest threat for these hazards through tonight. Read More >
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES
IN SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO
From 1997 through 2024, the high temperature has reached 100 degrees F or higher 634 times.
On average, Santa Teresa experiences 22 days of triple digits per year.
The record for most triple digit days in a year is 46 days in 2023.
Since 1997, no year has gone without at least 8 triple digit days.
The hottest ever recorded in Santa Teresa was 108 degrees on several occasions, most recently on July 13, 2020.
The most triple digit days in one month was 23 days in July 2023.
The most consecutive triple digit days was 15 days, from June 24 - July 8, 2005 and July 3 - 17, 2023.
Calendar day most likely to reach triple digits: June 19th (64.3% of years).
The earliest occurrence of 100 degrees was on May 15, 2000.
The latest occurrence of 100 degrees was on Sep 14, 1998.
The latest start time of 100 degrees was July 8, 2009.
The average starting date for triple digits is June 6.
The average ending date for triple digits is August 13.
The most days between the first and last triple digit days was 115 in 2000.
The average # of days between the first and last triple digit days is 69.
Number of Triple Digit Days by Month In Santa Teresa
Monthly Distribution of Triple Digits
| May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | |
| Monthly total | 19 | 272 | 213 | 119 | 11 |
| Average per year | 0.68 | 9.71 | 7.61 | 4.25 | 0.39 |
| Monthly record | 5 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 5 |
| % of total (634) | 3.0 | 42.9 | 33.6 | 18.8 | 1.7 |
| % of years hit | 32.1 | 96.4 | 89.3 | 71.4 | 17.8 |
Hottest Temperature by Month
| May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | |
| Monthly record | 106 | 108 | 108 | 107 | 102 |
| Year | 2005 | 2017 | 2020 | 2023 | 2023 |
Frequency of Exact Triple Digit Highs
| Temp | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 |
| Total # | 195 | 159 | 87 | 79 | 42 | 35 | 17 | 18 | 2 |
| % of total | 30.76 | 25.08 | 13.72 | 12.46 | 6.62 | 5.52 | 2.68 | 2.84 | 0.32 |
The Probability Density Function of the Triple Digits Can Be Represented by an
Exponential Decay Function of the Form:
P(T) = A*e(B/T)
Where T = Temperature in Deg F; A = 2.433*10(-18); e=2.71; B=44.01.735
**Last updated 12/2/24
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