Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
Snowiest Counties in New Mexico
Average annual snowfall by county, deepest first. Snow is the cost nobody budgets for: removal, roof load, the shorter life of a driveway that freezes and thaws all winter, and the heating demand in the column 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. Counties with no measurable snowfall in the normals are left out rather than listed as zero.
New Mexico ranked
| # | County | Annual snowfall | Heating degree days | Monthly to own |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otero County | 66.8" | 7,031 | $1,232 |
| 2 | Taos County | 61.5" | 7,384 | $2,610 |
| 3 | Los Alamos County | 42.1" | 5,929 | $3,380 |
| 4 | Rio Arriba County | 35.7" | 7,510 | $1,783 |
| 5 | Cibola County | 33.8" | 6,105 | $1,048 |
| 6 | McKinley County | 33.8" | 6,105 | $763 |
| 7 | Lincoln County | 27.3" | 4,600 | $1,671 |
| 8 | Mora County | 23.7" | 5,683 | $1,019 |
| 9 | Union County | 22.3" | 4,848 | $1,136 |
| 10 | Colfax County | 21.4" | 6,233 | $1,315 |
| 11 | Harding County | 19.5" | 4,776 | $772 |
| 12 | Roosevelt County | 12.6" | 3,613 | $1,122 |
| 13 | De Baca County | 11.8" | 3,661 | $1,283 |
| 14 | Guadalupe County | 11.3" | 3,674 | $929 |
| 15 | Chaves County | 9.6" | 2,876 | $1,187 |
| 16 | Curry County | 8.6" | 4,221 | $1,311 |
| 17 | Bernalillo County | 7.9" | 3,996 | $2,160 |
| 18 | Valencia County | 5.1" | 4,405 | $1,654 |
| 19 | Hidalgo County | 3.6" | 2,793 | $971 |
| 20 | Lea County | 1.4" | 2,696 | $1,405 |
| 21 | Doña Ana County | 1.0" | 2,675 | $1,648 |
| 22 | Sierra County | 0.9" | 2,774 | $1,197 |
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
Snowiest Counties across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in New Mexico