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In surfing around in Google Earth and such, it is pretty amazing how high some of the towns are. Most places are above 3,000' and some up to 9,000.' Hard for me to imagine is places would be more hot desertlike, temperate, or pretty darn cold, like Colorado.
How do you like the climate in your corner of New Mexico? What are your favorite and least favorite parts?
Fence Lake area: Summer's 90's/50's, winters 40'sor so days/nights as low as -35 yep.)
Spring very windy, fall (favorite time of the year).Summer monsoon (muddy) humid.
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I have always been curious about Ruidoso/Cloudcroft. Pretty amazing monsoon there. Must stay wonderfully green in summer!
I didn't see ANY greening of native grasses until the 2nd week of August this year. Rains were very anemic this year, as they were last rainy season. Oddly, the land along US-70 through the Mescalero Reservation greened up a good month before the Ruidoso area proper. Must have something to do with knowing how to do a rain dance!
It was up to 92F yesterday according to the automated weather station at the Smokey Bear ranger station in Ruidoso. A brief shower about 5pm cooled it to 62F within a few minutes. It's in the low 50s this morning early (Wed).
Mid 80's in the summer with almost no humidity.
Winters can get cold (i.e. -19 degrees one freaky day last year), but for the most part not too bad.
Snowfall usually between 10"-20", but usually melts quickly in the afternoon sun.
I didn't see ANY greening of native grasses until the 2nd week of August this year. Rains were very anemic this year, as they were last rainy season. Oddly, the land along US-70 through the Mescalero Reservation greened up a good month before the Ruidoso area proper. Must have something to do with knowing how to do a rain dance!
It was up to 92F yesterday according to the automated weather station at the Smokey Bear ranger station in Ruidoso. A brief shower about 5pm cooled it to 62F within a few minutes. It's in the low 50s this morning early (Wed).
Sounds perfect! Love those afternoon storms and how they break the heat.
Sorry the monsoons are being flaky. Bummer about that!
Wow Hunter's Wold, pretty chilly in the north and west highlands! I was amazed to read about the Gavilan area, where the record is -50, and a number of -40 readings have occurred repeatedly. That is colder than Alamosa and Gunnison, CO!
Anyone from the high plains, bootheel? Don't know as much about those areas.
I did interview for a faculty position at NM Highlands a couple years ago, and I was very impressed by the scenery of the Las Vegas area, and the climate seems pretty cool too.
7,000 elevation and love the weather. It took time to adjust to the elevation the first time I moved here, mostly noticable after hiking and muscles hurting that shouldn't. My favorite season is summer and fall. I do not miss the hot and humid summers of PA. I lived in Oly WA for five years so now I really appreciate the sun in the winter even though it can get cold. My least favorite is the wind in spring especially this year. It seemed to go on and on. I love the mountains and sense of space due to awesome views of distant mountains. When I first moved here I felt like I lived in a painting. Now I have to remember to take notice because I'm so use to living in the painting.
Speaking for the High Plains in Eastern New Mexico (Clovis) sitting at 4,200 feet on the Caprock or llano; most clouds from the monsoonal flow pass overhead us probably due to our elevation, only to release rain in close by flatter West Texas. We have gotten our fair share for the last six years..... Speaking of the monsoons, some information: Winds shift from a west or northwest direction to a south or southeasterly direction. This allows moisture from the Gulf of California and the Gulf of Mexico to stream into the states of Arizona and New Mexico. We are always ready to get the monsoons and look forward to it; this year in particular because there was so much of a drought before the monsoons came.
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40'sor so days/nights as low as -35 yep.)
