Climate, 2000
                                    Temperature     Freeze Date    Annual Precipitation
                           Elevation   Years       Last   First     Years     Normal
                                         of       Spring    Fall      of           2000
 County      Station        (Feet)     Record     Freeze  Freeze   Record      (Inches)
 Bernalillo  Albuquerque1/  5,310        99          4/2     11/7    130    8.88   8.24

 Catron      Luna Ranger    7,050        67         6/12      9/1    77    16.12  19.54
             Station
 Chaves      Roswell FAA    3,649        30          4/4     11/7    30    12.58   8.19
             AP
 Cibola      Grants         6,520        48         5/17     9/25    48    10.80   7.33
             Airport
 Colfax      Raton Filter   6,932        48         5/12     9/25    48    16.80  16.00
             Plant
 Curry       Clovis         4,290        84         4/16     10/8    88    17.51      2/
 De Baca     Ft. Sumner     4,025        77          4/8     11/6    85    14.41  15.93
 Doņa Ana    Las Cruces3/   3,881       104         3/19     11/8    138    9.40   9.94

 Eddy        Carlsbad       3,120        97         3/20     11/7    102   13.32  11.74
 Grant       Ft. Bayard     6,142       114          4/2     11/1    123   15.69  14.37
 Guadalupe   Santa Rosa     4,600        83         5/19     9/25    94    14.45  17.57
 Harding     Roy            5,878        55            2/    9/25    87    15.74      2/
 Hidalgo     Animas 3 ESE   4,437        57          4/1     11/1    73        2/  13.00
 Lea         Hobbs          3,615        78         3/19     11/7    79    16.78      2/
 Lincoln     Carrizozo 1    5,405        84         4/15    10/21    90    12.83  13.10
             SW
 Los Alamos  Los Alamos     7,424        75         5/13     9/25    79    16.86  13.80
 Luna        Deming         4,300        81         3/23     11/1    108   10.58   9.21
 McKinley    Gallup FAA     6,466        29         5/21     9/24    29    12.87   9.81
             AP
 Mora        Ocate 2 NW     7,655        39         5/21     9/25    41    16.44      2/
 Otero       Alamogordo     4,350        74         3/17        2/   86    12.74      2/
 Quay        Tucumcari 4    4,086        92         4/16     9/25    96    15.37  12.18
             NE
 Rio Arriba  Chama          7,850        87         6/13     9/17    94    21.61      2/
 Roosevelt   Portales       4,010        76          4/8     9/25    82    16.28  19.29
 San Juan    Aztec Ruins    5,643        82        4/25      9/25    93    10.30   8.52
             Nat'l Mon
 San Miguel  Las Vegas FAA  6,866        61          5/1     9/25    61    16.96      2/
             AP
 Sandoval    Jemez          6,263        88         5/13     9/25    88    16.96  15.03
             Springs
 Santa Fe    Santa Fe 2     6,718        30         5/19     9/25    30        2/ 12.28
 Sierra      Elephant       4,576        93         3/24     11/8    93     9.64     2/
             Butte Dam
 Socorro     Socorro        4,585        98        4/4       11/2    102    9.53   8.80
 Taos        Taos           6,965        87        5/2       2/      98    12.44      2/
 Torrance    Estancia 7     6,120        77         5/20     9/25    77    13.18  16.26
             NE
 Union       Grenville      6,002        55         5/19     9/25    57    16.34  14.45
 Valencia    Los Lunas 3    4,840        44          4/3    10/30    44     8.90  10.79
             SSW
 1/ National Weather Service Forecast Office - International Airport.

 2/ Data not available.

 3/ Station is officially known as "State University."

SOURCE: Climatological Data Annual Summary, New Mexico, 2000, Volume
104-Number 13, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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