Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Ojo Caliente (USC00296321), New Mexico, United States, with 39 years of record.
Key Facts for Ojo Caliente
Ojo Caliente (USC00296321) is a weather station in New Mexico, United States at 36.30 latitude and -106.05 longitude, 1,919 m (6,296 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1944 to 1982, 39 years of record.
0 records set at Ojo Caliente still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Ojo Caliente set a daily record precipitation of 2.5 mm (0.10 in) on 26 March 1982.
About the Station
Location: New Mexico, United States, 36.30 latitude, -106.05 longitude.
Elevation: 1,919 m (6,296 ft).
Period of record: 1944 to 1982, 39 years.
Eligible elements: prcp, snow, snwd.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
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The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Ojo Caliente. 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 Ojo Caliente, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records
0 standing records
0 records at Ojo Caliente still stand.
Standing records at Ojo Caliente by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
Wettest Day of Each Month
Dec: 61.0 mm (2.4 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Ojo Caliente. The most was 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 24 December 1945.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Ojo Caliente
Yearly extremes at Ojo Caliente: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1945
24.6 mm (1.0 in)
39
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
92.4 mm (3.6 in)
1967
35.7 mm (1.4 in)
38
Longest dry spell (CDD)
113 days
1956
42 days
39
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Ojo Caliente, 1944 to 1982. The record is 61.0 mm (2.4 in) in 1945, marked on the chart; the median year is 24.6 mm (1.0 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Ojo Caliente by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1944
21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1945
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1946
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1947
37.8 mm (1.5 in)
1948
0.8 mm (0.03 in)
1949
8.1 mm (0.32 in)
1950
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1951
17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1952
36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1953
21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1954
21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1955
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1956
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1957
38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1958
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1959
31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1960
18.3 mm (0.7 in)
1961
34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1962
18.3 mm (0.7 in)
1963
18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1964
25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1965
22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1966
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1967
42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1968
12.2 mm (0.5 in)
1969
24.6 mm (1.0 in)
1970
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1971
28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1972
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1973
14.7 mm (0.6 in)
1974
17.0 mm (0.7 in)
1975
34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1976
21.1 mm (0.8 in)
1977
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1978
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1979
27.4 mm (1.1 in)
1980
19.3 mm (0.8 in)
1981
24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1982
7.6 mm (0.30 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Ojo Caliente, 1944 to 1982. The record is 92.4 mm (3.6 in) in 1967, marked on the chart; the median year is 35.7 mm (1.4 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Ojo Caliente by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1944
43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1945
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1946
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1947
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1948
n/a
1949
10.9 mm (0.4 in)
1950
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1951
23.1 mm (0.9 in)
1952
42.9 mm (1.7 in)
1953
38.3 mm (1.5 in)
1954
49.1 mm (1.9 in)
1955
51.9 mm (2.0 in)
1956
23.3 mm (0.9 in)
1957
75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1958
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1959
35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1960
47.7 mm (1.9 in)
1961
36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1962
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1963
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1964
34.1 mm (1.3 in)
1965
43.9 mm (1.7 in)
1966
47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1967
92.4 mm (3.6 in)
1968
19.3 mm (0.8 in)
1969
28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1970
28.5 mm (1.1 in)
1971
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1972
43.3 mm (1.7 in)
1973
21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1974
32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1975
44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1976
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1977
44.6 mm (1.8 in)
1978
33.6 mm (1.3 in)
1979
41.7 mm (1.6 in)
1980
27.5 mm (1.1 in)
1981
41.4 mm (1.6 in)
1982
9.9 mm (0.39 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Ojo Caliente, 1944 to 1982. The record is 113 days in 1956, marked on the chart; the median year is 42 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Ojo Caliente by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1944
30 days
1945
53 days
1946
74 days
1947
47 days
1948
2 days
1949
55 days
1950
97 days
1951
66 days
1952
96 days
1953
42 days
1954
81 days
1955
49 days
1956
113 days
1957
38 days
1958
35 days
1959
38 days
1960
32 days
1961
38 days
1962
80 days
1963
37 days
1964
49 days
1965
23 days
1966
50 days
1967
61 days
1968
33 days
1969
23 days
1970
48 days
1971
68 days
1972
78 days
1973
42 days
1974
36 days
1975
40 days
1976
34 days
1977
40 days
1978
25 days
1979
27 days
1980
36 days
1981
42 days
1982
12 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.
Download the Data
Data for Ojo Caliente standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Ojo Caliente 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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.