New Mexico Wind (Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Rio Rancho: live in, gardening, station)

[Pintada Kid]

I live in the center of New Mexico and people say that here at the 6000 foot elevation the Wind Never Stops but i tell them that WE have the Best Fresh Air in the World because of the Wind>>>>>> We get our First Snow the End of October our Last Snow in the Center of N.M. is usually the End of May. It snowed June 13th many years ago. The Temps in the Center of New Mexico and in Northern N.M. can stay in the 20s till the end of June. el pintada kid

[songinthewind7]

That's a nice way to put it.

[EnjoyEP]

"Central" New Mexico can mean many things though.

To many (most?), "Central" NM would be considered Albuquerque, where the temps and extremes you are talking about Pinata are extremely rare to happen.

I would say more accurate to describe your post here would be the "Central Mountains of New Mexico"...even then, say, very-high-mountain-altitude Cedar Crest doesn't average overnight lows in the 20s after March (not to say it never happens of course):

Average Weather for Cedar Crest, NM - Temperature and Precipitation

In Albuquerque itself - the area with 1/3+ of the population of the whole state of NM, it rarely even freezes overnight after April 1 (except for the foothills and the low portions of the valley) and is in a semi-tropical gardening zone of 7. ABQ only averages 7 to 11 inches of snowfall, although in 2006 admittedly ABQ picked up - for them - a whopping 30+ inches.

New Mexico is a very diverse state, so when factoring weather events and averages, it is important to consider not only where one is in the state, but the altitude of the region being described is. Albuquerque (along with Bernalillo, Rio Rancho, Los Lunas, Belen, and even Socorro) would be considered by most to be the heart of the center of New Mexico, and the region has some of the most mild temps of any region in the US that still does encounter a real winter.

[DOUBLE H]

Pintada Kid-what's up? I can personally vouch for the stretch from Willard to Vaughn to be one of the windiest in the state. I have been snowed in a few times in Vaughn. IMO, you're right in the middle of the state when you are traveling through there. Only two other places where I've seen worse wind; hwy. 285 out of Carlsbad heading to Pecos, and Interstate 10 coming out of Deming heading to Lordsburg.

[Pintada Kid]

Yes Double the Center of New Mexico which is Actually Willard N.M. gets to 20 below zero in the winter sometimes. The old timers say they seen it get to 25 below >>>>> In 1966 it got to 20 below at 2 in the Morning and you couldnt breathe the air it would burn your Lungs and your fingers would stick to metal. When the weather is given in Albuquerque they are off about 15 degrees sometimes 20 and we dont have anyone to measure wind speeds and temps here in the center of N.M. one of the Worst places for the Elements in N.M. where everyone and their Grandma have gotten stranded at one time in their life in these small towns in the center of N.M. because the TV weather Forecasters are not very Accurate in Reporting the Weather in the Center of N.M. I know because ive been keeping track over the last Quarter century on the weather. a couple of years ago the center of N.M. had over 50 inches of rain in a years time. This year we are lucky to have gotten 3 or 4 inches in the center of N.M. but it doesnt take much to turn the Landscape Green around here.>>>>>>> Silver City although 6000 feet elevation 300 miles south of the center of N.M. gets the same kind of Weather like Albuquerque i would think. pintada kid at webtv.net

[lisdol]

Hey Pintada Kid. Have you looked at the Weather Underground site? It has personal weather station data on it. I know there are a few stations around Edgewood, and I believe at least one at Clines Corners. I don't look any further East or South from there, but you never know who has put a weather station out on their property and has streaming data.

Its a pretty cool site.

[Pintada Kid]

Thanks for the Advice Lisdol never tried the site but it would be great to know theres other people out there that keep track of the weather in some critical places in N.M. pintada kid at webtv.net

[_yb]

I have walked on the sidewalk marking the center of NM in Willard.

[Pintada Kid]

Albuquerque if you look at the map is not in the very center of N.M. but anyway they are still 15 and 20 degrees warmer most of the Time in the winter then the center of N.M. and they dont get very much snow Center or not. Maybe the warmth comes from the Sandia Mountains or the shelter from the wind keeps the temps warm of course northern N.M. mountains are even colder then the center of N.M. pintada kid at webtv.net

[EnjoyEP]

Originally Posted by _yb

I have walked on the sidewalk marking the center of NM in Willard.

Originally Posted by Pintada Kid

Albuquerque if you look at the map is not in the very center of N.M. but anyway they are still 15 and 20 degrees warmer most of the Time in the winter then the center of N.M. and they dont get very much snow Center or not. Maybe the warmth comes from the Sandia Mountains or the shelter from the wind keeps the temps warm of course northern N.M. mountains are even colder then the center of N.M. pintada kid at webtv.net

Well, when we talk about regions, we typically aren't talking the *very point* of the region, rather, the sum of the region.

While ABQ isn't exactly the very center of NM, I would say it safely falls into the "Central" NM category, as it isn't Eastern, Western, Northern, or Southern.

It is just like Las Cruces isn't the exact point of "South New Mexico", however, it would still be considered part of "Southern NM"...however, Pinata, I do largely agree with most of the rest of this post.