Cerro, New Mexico facts for kids
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The Village of Cerro
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Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Catholic Church in Cerro, March 2021
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 Cerro, New Mexico
Location in New Mexico
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| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Taos |
| Elevation | 7,602 ft (2,317 m) |
| Population
(2000)
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| • Total | 428 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code |
87519
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| Area code(s) | 575 |
| GNIS feature ID | 904926 |
| Website | http://www.laplaza.org/government/cerro/ |
Cerro is an unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, United States located along New Mexico State Road 378. It was founded in 1854 by settlers from Taos and Questa and was named for Cerro Guadalupe.
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Cerro has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Cerro was 100 °F (37.8 °C) on June 19, 1924, while the coldest temperature recorded was −34 °F (−36.7 °C) on January 29, 1919 and January 6, 1971.
| Climate data for Cerro, New Mexico, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1910–2022 | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 63 (17) |
65 (18) |
77 (25) |
82 (28) |
95 (35) |
100 (38) |
97 (36) |
98 (37) |
96 (36) |
88 (31) |
77 (25) |
68 (20) |
100 (38) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 50.3 (10.2) |
54.2 (12.3) |
67.3 (19.6) |
73.0 (22.8) |
80.4 (26.9) |
88.6 (31.4) |
90.4 (32.4) |
87.8 (31.0) |
84.2 (29.0) |
76.3 (24.6) |
64.3 (17.9) |
53.2 (11.8) |
91.5 (33.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 36.8 (2.7) |
42.1 (5.6) |
53.1 (11.7) |
61.7 (16.5) |
69.8 (21.0) |
80.1 (26.7) |
83.0 (28.3) |
80.5 (26.9) |
75.1 (23.9) |
64.6 (18.1) |
50.9 (10.5) |
37.9 (3.3) |
61.3 (16.3) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 22.3 (−5.4) |
28.1 (−2.2) |
37.1 (2.8) |
44.4 (6.9) |
52.4 (11.3) |
62.1 (16.7) |
66.1 (18.9) |
64.3 (17.9) |
58.3 (14.6) |
47.2 (8.4) |
34.9 (1.6) |
23.5 (−4.7) |
45.1 (7.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 7.9 (−13.4) |
14.0 (−10.0) |
21.0 (−6.1) |
27.0 (−2.8) |
35.1 (1.7) |
44.0 (6.7) |
49.2 (9.6) |
48.2 (9.0) |
41.4 (5.2) |
29.7 (−1.3) |
18.9 (−7.3) |
9.0 (−12.8) |
28.8 (−1.8) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −10.7 (−23.7) |
−5.6 (−20.9) |
3.2 (−16.0) |
13.4 (−10.3) |
22.5 (−5.3) |
32.2 (0.1) |
40.7 (4.8) |
40.6 (4.8) |
28.4 (−2.0) |
13.8 (−10.1) |
0.6 (−17.4) |
−9.1 (−22.8) |
−14.5 (−25.8) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −34 (−37) |
−33 (−36) |
−16 (−27) |
−6 (−21) |
11 (−12) |
22 (−6) |
25 (−4) |
30 (−1) |
18 (−8) |
−3 (−19) |
−20 (−29) |
−30 (−34) |
−34 (−37) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.67 (17) |
0.66 (17) |
0.91 (23) |
0.97 (25) |
1.12 (28) |
0.67 (17) |
1.68 (43) |
2.25 (57) |
1.68 (43) |
1.04 (26) |
0.81 (21) |
0.91 (23) |
13.37 (340) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 12.7 (32) |
11.7 (30) |
8.0 (20) |
4.3 (11) |
0.7 (1.8) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
3.4 (8.6) |
6.8 (17) |
13.9 (35) |
61.5 (155.4) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 63.6 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 18.9 |
| Source 1: NOAA | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service | |||||||||||||
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