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Excessive Heat in Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

Excessive Heat July 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023 · Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

The average temperature at the White Sands National Park Cooperative Observer station was 87.4 degrees which was 1.7 degrees warmer than the previous record set in 1951. The high temperature topped 100 degrees nearly every day during the month.

The wider storm

July was the hottest on record for Southern New Mexico as an upper ridge persisted around the Borderland throughout the month. High temperatures at New Mexico State University topped 100 degrees 28 of the 31 days and the average temperature was 88.2 degrees.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1124774. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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