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Pintada, supposedly the name wasn't copyrighted and Fla. swiped it. "No swiping, Swiper." I think NM has copyrighted the new nickname, and frankly, I like it better.
We had a thread about NM plates a while back & I posted a pic of the '32 license plate:
Yes i had a 32 N.M. license plate just like that it was made of Heavier Metal then the later ones and had the number of the County i think Santa Fe was number 1. you could tell where people were from by looking at the first numbers. Anyway i sold the plate and a 5 lb pertrified rock for about 30 bucks. I have all kinds of old N.M. plates its nice to know what color they are. pintada kid at webtv.net
After living in both New Mexico and Florida for extended periods of time I can definitely say New Mexico has more sunshine; I would call Florida the partly cloudy state most of the year due to its subtropical climate and associated humidity.
City % Sunshine
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Yuma, Arizona 90
Redding California 88
Phoenix, Arizona 85
Tucson, Arizona 85
Las Vegas, Nevada 85
El Paso, Texas 84
Fresno, California 79
Reno, Nevada 79
Flagstaff, Arizona 78
Sacramento, California 78
Pueblo, Colorado 76
Key West, Florida 76
Albuquerque, New Mexico 76
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That is an interesting list to me. Having been a resident of Albuquerque but a frequent visitor to El Paso, I am surprised to see El Paso ranked a good 8% ahead of Albuquerque. While El Paso is definitely the warmer climate, the proportion of sunshine "felt" (and feeling is not as accurate as good old statistics) just as sunny as El Paso. In fact, the sunshine feels a little stronger in Albuquerque often due to the higher elevation.
I imagine having a slightly lower percentage in Albuquerque maybe means that the much larger Sandias influence the climate more than the Franklins do in El Paso.
And it is also surprising to me to see Phoenix at 85% and ABQ at 76%, as perhaps it is just again a "feel" thing, but when I have been good time in Phoenix, the air pollution levels (i.e., smog) seemed always to make Albuquerque "feel" sunnier to me. But again, statistics are more accurate than "feel"...so overall, this chart is just interesting to me.
And overall, you couldn't go wrong as a sun worshipper in any of these cities.
great information here: As an X resident of NM, I think the number one thing going for the state is the weather and certainly the sunshine. The number 2 is beauty. That is why the name: Land of Enchantment is a perfect match. We have kid living in Florida, I would take NM for weather any day over anyplace in Florida. In fact I would take NM over Fl any day for a lot of reasons. Florida is a nice state though and can be very pretty, depending on where you are and what time of the year.
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32 N.M. license Plate
