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Capulin Volcano National Monument visitation by month and year

July is the busiest month at Capulin Volcano, when the average temperature nearby is 70 degrees. January is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 31 degrees. An average July draws 21,153 visits where an average January draws 2,163. The crowd arrives with the warm weather and leaves with it. Annual visits rose 9.6 percent from 81,617 in 2019 to 89,489 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Capulin, 3 miles from the park's reference point at 6,840 feet, station USC00291450 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain and snow from the same station, also 1991 to 2020 averages.

Annual visits, 1979 to 2025

Recreation visits per calendar year. A year with a missing month is left blank rather than estimated.

The last ten years

Year	Recreation visits	Change on prior year
2025	89,489	-6.9%
2024	96,078	+8.5%
2023	88,514	-0.0%
2022	88,541	-17.0%
2021	106,623	+68.3%
2020	63,335	-22.4%
2019	81,617	+21.1%
2018	67,411	+13.1%
2017	59,615	-0.9%
2016	60,132	+8.3%

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Source: NPS Visitor Use Statistics, monthly recreation visits, as compiled for Publicopia Labs. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USC00291450, 6,840 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.