Alamogordo/White Sands Rgnl
Weather station · 32.8°N 106.0°W · 1267 m above sea level
ICAO KALMStation data since 2011
Record high
32.8°C
in 2020
Record low
11.1°C
in 2018
Average high
30.5°C
all years on record
12.8°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 20.0°C against 32.8°C in 2020. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
42.2°C
- Date
- Friday, 23 June 2017
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Alamogordo/White Sands Rgnl, United States
- Position
- 32.84°N 105.99°W · 1267 m
Highest highest in available records since 2011. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−13.8°C
- Date
- Tuesday, 6 December 2011
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Alamogordo/White Sands Rgnl, United States
- Position
- 32.84°N 105.99°W · 1267 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 2011. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Alamogordo/White Sands Rgnl is
32.84°N 105.99°W
Alamogordo/White Sands Rgnl
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
View more on Google Maps- 1
Alamogordo/White Sands Rgnl has dropped below freezing on 849 nights since 2011. The desert remembers every one of them.
From our dataNights with a minimum below 0°C since 2011. - 2
Today is colder than 67% of all days recorded here since 2011.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 2011. - 3
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 89.2°C colder than Alamogordo/White Sands Rgnl. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 4
The coldest night Alamogordo/White Sands Rgnl has ever recorded, −13.8°C, would pass for a warm spell at Davis Lgb 46 Aws, which is −69.2°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Davis Lgb 46 Aws.
New facts every day. Report an error.
Every year on record
2011 to 2026
Annual average · °C
Trend over 13 years with data: +0.16 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
22.2°
−12.8°
Feb
27.8°
−12.7°
Mar
32.2°
−7.1°
Apr
33.9°
−3.8°
May
37.2°
0.0°
Jun
42.2°
6.1°
Jul
42.2°
12.8°
Aug
42.2°
8.9°
Sep
38.9°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 20.0°C | 02:55 UTC | 16.0°C | 07:35 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 31.0°C | 17:55 UTC | 20.0°C | 22:35 UTC |
Nearby stations
- Holloman AFBUnited States10.8 km
- Ruidoso RgnlUnited States82.5 km
- Spaceport AmericaUnited States92.7 km
- Las Cruces IntlUnited States105.5 km
- BiggsUnited States113.6 km
- EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTUnited States118.7 km
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 2011 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |