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Exactly! I'm sorry I wasn't more specific when I said "our", I did mean our Sandia Park area not down in town. And I did say average high not maximum high temperature.
I'm still looking for the article on New Mexico summer temperatures that was in one of my 1950s issues of New Mexico magazine, that stated the average July high temperature in the East Mountains was 78 degrees. I didn't dream it! But I can't find it either. I'm guessing the issue was before 1957 ... Of course, as a publication of the NM Dept. of Tourism that mag may not be considered a credible source (grin).
Meanwhile, I did find this compilation from the Sandia Park station 1939 - 2009, showing the highest mean temp for July over the 70-year period was 74.5 (in 1980) ... with a 100-degree recorded spike in 1957 as noted earlier.
Even in the 1950s, most of the average maximums were in the low to mid 80s. An article stating "78 degrees" may have been using an extreme year...it sounds like a tourist or chamber of commerce kind of thing. But, by "East Mountains," they may have also been averaging Sandia Park with Sandia Crest, which used to have a climate station.
Well...I see the link doesn't take you to the page I wanted it to. From the page it takes you to...you'll need to go to the menu on the left side. Under "Temperature" ...go to..."Monthly Temperatures listings," and "Average maximum.":
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While we were there from '06 - '08, we never saw triple digits in the heights (Juan Tabo & Eubank). July & Aug were high 80's to low 90's mostly once the monsoon started. Rainfall in our part of the heights was near 15 in/yr, including one storm that dropped 3 inches in a few hours. It was a freak thunderstorm cell that filled out backyard with about 1 foot of water for days, until the cinderblock allowed all that water to drain. I remember it was in late June of '06, after a 6 mos. spell of practically no rain. Hello, monsoon season. Looking back it seems like honeymoon wx compared to the drought being experienced now.
Mercury hits 100 for first time this year
By Rick Nathanson / Journal Staff Writer
PUBLISHED: Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The thermometer ticked up to 100 degrees on Monday, making it the hottest day thus far this summer, displacing Sunday’s seasonal high of 99 degrees.
Amanda Martin, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Albuquerque office, said the temperature reached 100 degrees about 4:35 p.m. but dropped back to 97 degrees shortly before 5 p.m., as recorded at the NWS official weather station at the Albuquerque Sunport.
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