NM weather

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by ABQConvict

Any of them. Of, course you might want to define what a "city" is to you. I consider New Mexico to have one urban Metro area plus about 2-3 other small cities.

Here's something, from one of the OP's other threads:

I need to be in a city that has everything to offer but with a small town personality. I don't like big city rudeness, fastness, high crime and all the mess associated...

It also depends on what the OP can afford. Santa Fe has a lot to offer, but may not be affordable. Taos--ditto. OP is looking to rent.

[80skeys]

Santa Fe is pretty cool, I lived there for a couple years while working in state govt. One of the cool things about it is the ability to be hiking on trails literally within a five or ten minute drive from your home, no matter where you live in town. We lived in the center and I could be at a trailhead at 9,000 feet surrounded by wooded forests in ten minutes.
That kind of easy accessibility is hard to come by.

[grad_student200]

Originally Posted by Vancouver7

I want to move to New Mexico but I cannot stand high and wet humidity.

What city in NM should I move to?2

NM does not have humidity like many places in the southeast. I went to HS in NM but was born and raised in AZ. I have lived in humid places such as Florida. The upper midwest also gets very humid in the summer - Michigan, Indiana, Chicago, etc. I still recall the first time I felt extreme humidity in Northern Michigan near Mackinaw City. At that time, another student from the southeast told me Florida was worse and more humid. Years later, I moved to FL for an engineering job and lived there for about 13 years mostly in Tallahassee. But I also lived in Miami. Both places are really humid. That I-10 stretch from New Orleans to Tallahassee can get humid "smog" in the summer. Hurricanes are fierce. During one tropical storm I drove through southern Georgia and recall the water levels rising so high near the rural highway that I literally though alligators might appear (they often do).

New Mexico is not humid by comparison to FL or the uppder midwest in the summer. NM is mostly dry. It has the four seasons. As a guy who spent a lot of time in Phoenix, I do not see Albuquerque or Santa Fe as the "desert" but at a plateau at higher altitude that tends to be dry with snow in the winter and monsoons in the summer. So, to me NM is just right with the four seasons at a higher elevation than Phoenix or Tallahassee.

My house got hit by a hurricane in 2016. I left in 2017. Then Hurricane Michael landed in 2018. I am glad I left FL. Now, they have another hurricane season on the way back in the Sunshine State.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/wea...232455417.html

[Poncho_NM]

Originally Posted by Vancouver7

I want to move to New Mexico but I cannot stand high and wet humidity.

High Altitude Health Tips

The weather is one of Albuquerque's greatest attractions. Albuquerque is the "high desert" with an elevation of 5,500 ft. Albuquerque has four distinct seasons, low humidity and more than 310 days of sunshine a year.

Here are some health tips for those arriving from lower altitudes:

Take it easy. Albuquerque's high altitude means air is rarefied, thinner. It usually takes about 48 hours to adjust.
Drink plenty of water! 64 ounces a day is recommended.
Watch your alcohol intake. One drink is the equivalent of three at sea level.
Use sunscreen and wear a hat.

Seniors: Check with your doctor regarding any physical condition that could be affected by Albuquerque's high altitude.

2007 IEEE Pulsed Power and Plasma Science Conference --- High Altitude Tips



New Mexico

Wheeler Peak 13,167 ft
Red Bluff Reservoir on Texas border 2,844 ft

New Mexico Average Elevation: 5,700 ft
New Mexico Elevation Span: 10,323 ft

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...s_by_elevation