WETTESTSINCE
New Mexico · precipitation record 1893–2026

Roswell, NM

THIS MONTH · 2026
DRIEST THIS MONTH SINCE 2023
0.24in
13th driest of 132 years · normal 1.23"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 131 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
0.24in
13th driest of 132 yrs
20% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
3.53in
65th driest of 133 yrs
97% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
4.79in
54th driest of 132 yrs
86% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

5.78in
on Oct 19, 2024 · in 134 years

Dry Streak

3days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 143 days (to Feb 10, 1967)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 10 days

Year to Date vs Normal

86%
4.79" of a normal 5.56" · wettest 19.17" (1941) · driest 0.94" (1974)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 131-year record (1895–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 12.31" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1194132.9in
2198624.8in
3198124.33in
4191921.89in
5199121.06in

Driest Years on Record

120032.9in
219564.35in
319274.83in
419104.87in
519245.2in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Jul (~1.5") and driest in Mar (~0.2"). Wettest calendar month ever: Aug 1916, 9.56".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Roswell — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Jul 28 ever

2.22in
set in 2014

Rain on Jul 28

25%
of 131 years had measurable rain
1894: 0.00″1895: 0.00″1896: 0.00″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.12″1901: 1.04″1902: 0.00″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.00″1906: 0.07″1907: 0.04″1908: 0.00″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.01″1916: 0.02″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.08″1922: 0.00″1923: 0.15″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.92″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.00″1929: 1.75″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.15″1939: 0.21″1940: 0.66″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.18″1955: 0.19″1956: 0.02″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.09″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.22″1963: 0.04″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.13″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.01″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.05″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.06″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.02″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.12″1994: 0.02″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.09″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.14″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.76″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.05″2010: 0.11″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 2.22″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.10″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″3″1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Roswell's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Roswell, NM — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Roswell's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Roswell, NM — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:09 AM
Sunset7:00 PM
Solar noon12:04 PM
Daylight13h 51m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

33.31°N, 104.51°W

Nearby Stations

El Paso, TX150 mi SWLubbock, TX156 mi EMidland-Odessa, TX163 mi SEAlbuquerque, NM169 mi NWAmarillo, TX207 mi NEClayton, NM230 mi NE

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