(STACKER) – It’s almost summer, and the weather is starting to heat up.
With this in mind, Stacker compiled a list of the counties with the warmest summers in New Mexico using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Data represents the average temperatures from June to August 2022; the historic average is the average for these months from 1901 to 2000.
#25. Torrance County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 70 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 68 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.3 degrees
#24. McKinley County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 70 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 67 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.7 degrees
#23. Sandoval County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 70 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 68 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.3 degrees
#22. San Miguel County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 72 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 70 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.4 degrees
#21. Union County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.7 degrees
#20. Bernalillo County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.3 degrees
#19. Lincoln County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 70 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 3.1 degrees
#18. Socorro County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.5 degrees
#17. Grant County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.9 degrees
#16. San Juan County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 3.8 degrees
#15. Harding County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.6 degrees
#14. Valencia County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.4 degrees
#13. Guadalupe County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 76 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 3.1 degrees
#12. Otero County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 76 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.7 degrees
#11. Sierra County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 76 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 74 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.2 degrees
#10. Hidalgo County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 78 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 76 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.5 degrees
#9. Curry County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 78 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 74 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 3.9 degrees
#8. Roosevelt County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 79 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 75 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 4.0 degrees
#7. Quay County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 79 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 76 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 3.4 degrees
#6. De Baca County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 79 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 75 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 4.3 degrees
#5. Luna County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 80 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 78 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.2 degrees
#4. Chaves County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 80 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 76 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 4.5 degrees
#3. Doña Ana County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 81 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 78 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 3.0 degrees
#2. Lea County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 77 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 4.5 degrees
#1. Eddy County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 78 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 3.9 degrees
