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Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals

Coldest Winters in New Mexico

Average daily low in the coldest month, coldest counties first, with the heating degree days beside it. Figures are NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals from the weather station nearest each county seat, so they describe a thirty-year average rather than any single year.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

New Mexico ranked

#County Winter lowHeating degree daysMonthly to own
1 Taos County 7.9°F7,384$2,610
2 Rio Arriba County 8.6°F7,510$1,783
3 Sandoval County 8.7°F8,991$2,218
4 Colfax County 11.9°F6,233$1,315
5 Cibola County 13.9°F6,105$1,048
6 McKinley County 13.9°F6,105$763
7 Mora County 14.2°F5,683$1,019
8 Catron County 17.2°F4,694$1,357
9 Otero County 19.0°F7,031$1,232
10 Valencia County 19.0°F4,405$1,654
11 San Juan County 19.2°F5,268$1,501
12 San Miguel County 19.5°F5,713$1,430
13 Santa Fe County 19.5°F5,385$3,105
14 Torrance County 20.1°F5,736$1,189
15 Harding County 20.3°F4,776$772
16 Grant County 20.4°F4,278$1,323
17 Los Alamos County 20.5°F5,929$3,380
18 Union County 21.4°F4,848$1,136
19 Curry County 22.4°F4,221$1,311
20 De Baca County 22.8°F3,661$1,283
21 Socorro County 23.3°F3,909$1,186
22 Quay County 23.6°F3,827$759
23 Lincoln County 23.9°F4,600$1,671
24 Guadalupe County 24.6°F3,674$929
25 Roosevelt County 24.7°F3,613$1,122
26 Bernalillo County 26.4°F3,996$2,160
27 Luna County 27.0°F3,047$971
28 Chaves County 28.1°F2,876$1,187
29 Eddy County 29.5°F2,756$1,574
30 Doña Ana County 29.6°F2,675$1,648
31 Lea County 29.8°F2,696$1,405
32 Sierra County 30.0°F2,774$1,197
33 Hidalgo County 31.2°F2,793$971

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

Nationwide

Coldest Winters across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in New Mexico

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