July 4th, 2014 Precipitation and temperatures in New Mexico.

The 4^th of July is just around the corner and with that, all the cookouts and parties. Below you will find last year's temperature and precipitation data, as well as normals and extremes for several locations in New Mexico.  As I’m sure you have noticed, we don't get lots precipitation in New Mexico on the 4^th, however we do get some. Last year we got very little rain or none at all on the 4^th of July, and in many cities, 2014 has been the year with the lowest precipitation in record for the 4^th of July.  Having no precipitation is usually something we are not very happy about, but considering all the festivities that come with that specific date it is good news. Hopefully we will not be getting any rain this year so we can celebrate the 4^th of July with our typical barbeques. In temperature July 4^th, 2014 did not differ much from normal. It is usually a hot sunny day but we should be used to it in New Mexico.

The data is collected from NWS Coop weather stations and since these stations are usually manually read in the mornings, I used July 5^th data to get the maximum temperature and total precipitation data.  To get the minimum temperature data, I used July 4^th.  Data is retrieved from http://scacis.rcc-acis.org/.

Have a Happy 4^th of July.