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Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals

Highest Heating Demand in New Mexico

Heating degree days measure how far and how long the outside temperature sits below 65°F across a year, which is the closest single number to how much heat a house has to make. 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 Heating degree daysWinter lowMonthly to own
1 Sandoval County 8,9918.7°F$2,218
2 Rio Arriba County 7,5108.6°F$1,783
3 Taos County 7,3847.9°F$2,610
4 Otero County 7,03119.0°F$1,232
5 Colfax County 6,23311.9°F$1,315
6 Cibola County 6,10513.9°F$1,048
7 McKinley County 6,10513.9°F$763
8 Los Alamos County 5,92920.5°F$3,380
9 Torrance County 5,73620.1°F$1,189
10 San Miguel County 5,71319.5°F$1,430
11 Mora County 5,68314.2°F$1,019
12 Santa Fe County 5,38519.5°F$3,105
13 San Juan County 5,26819.2°F$1,501
14 Union County 4,84821.4°F$1,136
15 Harding County 4,77620.3°F$772
16 Catron County 4,69417.2°F$1,357
17 Lincoln County 4,60023.9°F$1,671
18 Valencia County 4,40519.0°F$1,654
19 Grant County 4,27820.4°F$1,323
20 Curry County 4,22122.4°F$1,311
21 Bernalillo County 3,99626.4°F$2,160
22 Socorro County 3,90923.3°F$1,186
23 Quay County 3,82723.6°F$759
24 Guadalupe County 3,67424.6°F$929
25 De Baca County 3,66122.8°F$1,283
26 Roosevelt County 3,61324.7°F$1,122
27 Luna County 3,04727.0°F$971
28 Chaves County 2,87628.1°F$1,187
29 Hidalgo County 2,79331.2°F$971
30 Sierra County 2,77430.0°F$1,197
31 Eddy County 2,75629.5°F$1,574
32 Lea County 2,69629.8°F$1,405
33 Doña Ana County 2,67529.6°F$1,648

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

Highest Heating Demand across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in New Mexico

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