More Weather and Climate Data for the East Mountains

What is the difference between weather and climate? Weather describes storm systems happening right now, and includes information that can be read from a thermometer this very minute, while climate describes weather patterns over time. Anything involving a set of weather data points is considered climate, including record highs and record lows for temperature and average precipitation. Below are graphs of temperature and precipitation for Tijeras, NM for the year 2013:

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/87059

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/87059

 

Each of these graphs for 2013 can be compared to the monthly average from 1914-2005, a range of 91 years:

 

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?nmalbu

 

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?nmalbu

 

 The record temperatures for each month between 1914-2005 are recorded in the table below along with the year the record was set:

 

Month	Record	Year	Record	Year
	High	Recoded	Low	Recorded
January	66°F	1950	-19°F	1949
February	69°F	1986	-20°F	1951
March	75°F	1989	-14°F	1948
April	83°F	1981	5°F	1983
May	92°F	2000	20°F	1967
June	99°F	1981	31°F	1953
July	100°F	1980	38°F	1990
August	95°F	1972	38°F	1968
September	92°F	1958	21°F	1999
October	85°F	1957	6°F	1996
November	74°F	1980	-11°F	1976
December	65°F	1980	-21°F	1990

Another website with helpful climate graphs for the East Mountains is: http://www.usa.com/tijeras-nm-weather.htm