Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Bluewater 3 WSW (USC00291080), New Mexico, United States, with 64 years of record.
Key Facts for Bluewater 3 WSW
Bluewater 3 WSW (USC00291080) is a weather station in New Mexico, United States at 35.25 latitude and -108.03 longitude, 2,074 m (6,804 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1896 to 1959, 64 years of record.
1,464 records set at Bluewater 3 WSW still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Bluewater 3 WSW set a daily record high minimum temperature of 4.4 C (39.9 F) on 2 November 1959.
About the Station
Location: New Mexico, United States, 35.25 latitude, -108.03 longitude.
Elevation: 2,074 m (6,804 ft).
Period of record: 1896 to 1959, 64 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Bluewater 3 WSW. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Bluewater 3 WSW, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
20.0 C (68.0 F)
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
23.9 C (75.0 F)
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
30.6 C (87.1 F)
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
31.1 C (88.0 F)
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
n/a
n/a
May
37.8 C (100.0 F)
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
39.4 C (102.9 F)
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
40.6 C (105.1 F)
-0.6 C (30.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
37.2 C (99.0 F)
0.6 C (33.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
34.4 C (93.9 F)
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
29.4 C (84.9 F)
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
26.7 C (80.1 F)
-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
20.0 C (68.0 F)
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Bluewater 3 WSW still stand. 1902 holds the most, with 54.
Standing records at Bluewater 3 WSW by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1896
16
1897
34
1898
33
1899
43
1900
36
1901
43
1902
54
1903
1
1908
7
1909
35
1910
39
1911
50
1912
42
1913
44
1914
17
1915
47
1916
37
1917
32
1918
31
1919
5
1925
16
1926
25
1927
18
1928
24
1929
33
1930
25
1931
38
1932
20
1933
24
1934
21
1935
18
1936
15
1937
26
1938
19
1939
30
1940
16
1941
16
1942
20
1943
40
1944
17
1945
29
1946
22
1947
10
1948
33
1949
28
1950
39
1951
30
1952
20
1953
28
1954
19
1955
29
1956
25
1957
15
1958
13
1959
17
All-Time Record Progression
1 new records
1 all-time records were set at Bluewater 3 WSW between 19 January 1943 and 19 January 1943. Each dot is a new record.
When Bluewater 3 WSW set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1943-01-19
Record low minimum temperature
Record low minimum temperature -33.9 C (-29.0 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Jan: 52.3 mm (2.1 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Bluewater 3 WSW. The most was 52.3 mm (2.1 in) on 17 January 1916.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Bluewater 3 WSW
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
52.3 mm (2.1 in)
17 January 1916
Feb
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
11 February 1901
Mar
12.2 mm (0.5 in)
27 March 1940
Apr
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
16 April 1931
May
22.6 mm (0.9 in)
8 May 1917
Jun
39.9 mm (1.6 in)
11 June 1927
Jul
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
31 July 1931
Aug
39.4 mm (1.6 in)
7 August 1959
Sep
42.7 mm (1.7 in)
9 September 1927
Oct
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
4 October 1897
Nov
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
21 November 1931
Dec
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
19 December 1914
Period of Record Coverage
1896 to 1959
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
55 years of record at Bluewater 3 WSW, 1896 to 1959. 15 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1896, 1903, 1908, 1909, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 33 complete years at Bluewater 3 WSW, 1897 to 1953. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 8.8 C (47.8 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1912, at 7.2 C (45.0 F), and the warmest was 1940, at 10.1 C (50.3 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.6 C (2.9 F).
Annual mean temperature at Bluewater 3 WSW as warming stripes, 1897 to 1953
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1897
9.2 C
+0.40 C
1898
8.6 C
-0.16 C
1899
9.2 C
+0.42 C
1900
9.8 C
+1.00 C
1901
9.6 C
+0.85 C
1910
9.8 C
+1.04 C
1911
8.6 C
-0.20 C
1912
7.2 C
-1.52 C
1913
7.7 C
-1.07 C
1914
8.9 C
+0.13 C
1915
7.8 C
-0.94 C
1926
8.3 C
-0.44 C
1927
9.2 C
+0.40 C
1928
8.9 C
+0.14 C
1929
8.3 C
-0.47 C
1930
8.3 C
-0.45 C
1931
8.2 C
-0.57 C
1932
8.0 C
-0.80 C
1934
9.8 C
+1.07 C
1937
8.5 C
-0.22 C
1939
8.8 C
+0.06 C
1940
10.1 C
+1.38 C
1941
9.0 C
+0.26 C
1942
9.0 C
+0.28 C
1943
9.3 C
+0.53 C
1944
8.9 C
+0.15 C
1945
8.9 C
+0.09 C
1946
9.0 C
+0.25 C
1948
8.4 C
-0.39 C
1949
7.9 C
-0.87 C
1950
8.8 C
+0.02 C
1952
8.4 C
-0.33 C
1953
8.6 C
-0.20 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1897 to 1953 is -0.03 C (-0.17 to 0.10) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: -0.1 F (-0.3 to 0.2) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 33 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Bluewater 3 WSW
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
-0.03 C (-0.17 to 0.10) per decade
-0.1 F (-0.3 to 0.2) per decade
1897 to 1953
33
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
0.1 C (-0.1 to 0.2) per decade
0.2 F (-0.1 to 0.4) per decade
1897 to 1953
33
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
-0.16 C (-0.37 to 0.05) per decade
-0.3 F (-0.7 to 0.1) per decade
1897 to 1953
33
Not clearly different from zero
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1896 to 1959
Yearly extremes at Bluewater 3 WSW: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1900
35.0 C (95.0 F)
55
Coldest night (TNn)
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
1943
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
55
Wettest day (Rx1day)
52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1916
25.9 mm (1.0 in)
55
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1927
38.3 mm (1.5 in)
55
Longest dry spell (CDD)
107 days
1956
50 days
55
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Bluewater 3 WSW, 1896 to 1959. The record is 40.6 C (105.1 F) in 1900, marked on the chart; the median year is 35.0 C (95.0 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Bluewater 3 WSW by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1896
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1897
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1898
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1899
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1900
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1901
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1902
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1903
12.2 C (54.0 F)
1908
25.6 C (78.1 F)
1909
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1910
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1911
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1912
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1913
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1914
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1915
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1916
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1917
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1918
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1919
20.0 C (68.0 F)
1925
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1926
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1927
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1928
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1929
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1930
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1931
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1932
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1933
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1934
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1935
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1936
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1937
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1938
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1939
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1940
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1941
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1942
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1943
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1944
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1945
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1946
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1947
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1948
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1949
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1950
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1951
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1952
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1953
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1954
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1955
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1956
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1957
30.0 C (86.0 F)
1958
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1959
35.0 C (95.0 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Bluewater 3 WSW, 1896 to 1959. The record is -33.9 C (-29.0 F) in 1943, marked on the chart; the median year is -26.1 C (-15.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Bluewater 3 WSW by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1896
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1897
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1898
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1899
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1900
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1901
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1902
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1903
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1908
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1909
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1910
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1911
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1912
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1913
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1914
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1915
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1916
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1917
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1918
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1919
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1925
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1926
-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1927
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1928
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1929
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1930
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1931
-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
1932
-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1933
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1934
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1935
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1936
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1937
-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1938
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1939
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1940
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1941
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1942
-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
1943
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
1944
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1945
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
1946
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1947
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1948
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1949
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1950
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1951
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1952
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1953
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1954
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1955
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1956
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1957
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1958
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1959
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Bluewater 3 WSW, 1896 to 1959. The record is 52.3 mm (2.1 in) in 1916, marked on the chart; the median year is 25.9 mm (1.0 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Bluewater 3 WSW by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1896
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1897
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1898
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1899
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1900
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1901
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1902
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1903
2.5 mm (0.10 in)
1908
5.1 mm (0.20 in)
1909
16.0 mm (0.6 in)
1910
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1911
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1912
16.3 mm (0.6 in)
1913
41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1914
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1915
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1916
52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1917
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1918
11.2 mm (0.4 in)
1919
7.1 mm (0.28 in)
1925
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1926
21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1927
44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1928
24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1929
37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1930
25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1931
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1932
19.1 mm (0.8 in)
1933
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1934
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1935
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1936
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1937
19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1938
31.2 mm (1.2 in)
1939
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1940
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1941
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1942
36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1943
19.1 mm (0.8 in)
1944
15.7 mm (0.6 in)
1945
25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1946
40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1947
27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1948
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1949
33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1950
14.5 mm (0.6 in)
1951
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1952
25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1953
19.1 mm (0.8 in)
1954
24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1955
32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1956
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1957
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1958
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1959
39.4 mm (1.6 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Bluewater 3 WSW, 1896 to 1959. The record is 95.8 mm (3.8 in) in 1927, marked on the chart; the median year is 38.3 mm (1.5 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Bluewater 3 WSW by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1896
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1897
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1898
61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1899
81.3 mm (3.2 in)
1900
69.8 mm (2.7 in)
1901
54.7 mm (2.2 in)
1902
36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1903
2.5 mm (0.10 in)
1908
5.4 mm (0.21 in)
1909
33.7 mm (1.3 in)
1910
35.3 mm (1.4 in)
1911
52.5 mm (2.1 in)
1912
23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1913
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1914
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1915
46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1916
78.2 mm (3.1 in)
1917
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1918
23.1 mm (0.9 in)
1919
11.6 mm (0.5 in)
1925
28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1926
25.1 mm (1.0 in)
1927
95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1928
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1929
91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1930
36.2 mm (1.4 in)
1931
64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1932
36.7 mm (1.4 in)
1933
57.5 mm (2.3 in)
1934
37.2 mm (1.5 in)
1935
53.5 mm (2.1 in)
1936
63.3 mm (2.5 in)
1937
25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1938
49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1939
30.6 mm (1.2 in)
1940
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1941
45.6 mm (1.8 in)
1942
39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1943
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1944
16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1945
38.3 mm (1.5 in)
1946
40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1947
24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1948
55.3 mm (2.2 in)
1949
50.6 mm (2.0 in)
1950
31.3 mm (1.2 in)
1951
25.2 mm (1.0 in)
1952
42.2 mm (1.7 in)
1953
33.2 mm (1.3 in)
1954
36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1955
62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1956
22.3 mm (0.9 in)
1957
27.5 mm (1.1 in)
1958
34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1959
75.5 mm (3.0 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Bluewater 3 WSW, 1896 to 1959. The record is 107 days in 1956, marked on the chart; the median year is 50 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Bluewater 3 WSW by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1896
33 days
1897
47 days
1898
50 days
1899
81 days
1900
43 days
1901
50 days
1902
79 days
1903
27 days
1908
21 days
1909
72 days
1910
82 days
1911
42 days
1912
72 days
1913
88 days
1914
96 days
1915
55 days
1916
100 days
1917
50 days
1918
33 days
1919
51 days
1925
27 days
1926
43 days
1927
66 days
1928
37 days
1929
74 days
1930
43 days
1931
33 days
1932
49 days
1933
36 days
1934
44 days
1935
53 days
1936
45 days
1937
53 days
1938
73 days
1939
32 days
1940
33 days
1941
26 days
1942
60 days
1943
35 days
1944
41 days
1945
72 days
1946
61 days
1947
2 days
1948
81 days
1949
48 days
1950
98 days
1951
85 days
1952
47 days
1953
59 days
1954
46 days
1955
71 days
1956
107 days
1957
45 days
1958
34 days
1959
56 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
33 years with a frost
Across 33 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Bluewater 3 WSW falls on 5 June and the median first autumn frost on 16 September, which leaves a median of 108 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by -0.9 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Bluewater 3 WSW
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1900 to 1953)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
5 June
n/a
5 June
n/a
+1.8 days per decade
First autumn frost
16 September
n/a
16 September
n/a
+0.9 days per decade
Growing days
108 days
n/a
107 days
n/a
-0.9 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
43 years, 1897 to 1959
A day with at least 26.7 mm (1.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 52.2 mm (2.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Bluewater 3 WSW: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
5 years
35.0 mm (1.4 in)
10 years
39.8 mm (1.6 in)
25 years
45.3 mm (1.8 in)
50 years
48.9 mm (1.9 in)
Longer than the 43 years of record
100 years
52.2 mm (2.1 in)
Longer than the 43 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 43 years of values from 1897 to 1959.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 45.7 mm (1.8 in) in 1931; 44.7 mm (1.8 in) in 1927; 41.9 mm (1.6 in) in 1913.
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Data for Bluewater 3 WSW standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Bluewater 3 WSW threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.