weather--SE NM and Big Bend, TX in December

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ebecker

Oct 1, 2012 7:00 PM
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weather--SE NM and Big Bend, TX in December

Big Bend, Marfa, White Sands... Camping in December? What kind of weather might I expect? Thx!

living

Oct 1, 2012 8:25 PM
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WE camped at Big Bend two years ago in December - lovely warm weather. Great time to hike around this area as it is not too hot - what I call t-shirt weather.

denver_mugwamp

Oct 1, 2012 8:41 PM
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November thru April is the only reasonable time to be down there. Otherwise it's way too hot. It can get as high as the 80's in the day and cools down quite a bit at night, as low as the 40's.

bzookaj

Oct 2, 2012 5:37 AM
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The lower areas of Big Bend will be fine, but it can get quite cool to cold at night in the Chisos.

CascadeBob

Oct 2, 2012 5:50 AM
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Agree with others - good time to go. I always did my camping in Big Bend in winter - brutally hot otherwise. At higher elevations it will get cold (Chisos Mountains and parts of New Mexico).

ebecker

Oct 2, 2012 12:11 PM
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