Counties with the warmest summers in New Mexico

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May 23, 2023
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Counties with the warmest summers in New Mexico

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.

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#25. Torrance County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 70 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 68 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.3 degrees
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#24. McKinley County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 70 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 67 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.7 degrees
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#23. Sandoval County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 70 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 68 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.3 degrees
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#22. San Miguel County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 72 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 70 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.4 degrees
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#21. Union County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.7 degrees
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#20. Bernalillo County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.3 degrees
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#19. Lincoln County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 70 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.1 degrees
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#18. Socorro County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.5 degrees
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#17. Grant County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.9 degrees
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#16. San Juan County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.8 degrees
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#15. Harding County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.6 degrees
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#14. Valencia County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.4 degrees
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#13. Guadalupe County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 76 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.1 degrees
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#12. Otero County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 76 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.7 degrees
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#11. Sierra County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 76 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 74 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.2 degrees
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#10. Hidalgo County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 78 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 76 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.5 degrees
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#9. Curry County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 78 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 74 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.9 degrees
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#8. Roosevelt County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 79 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 75 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 4.0 degrees
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#7. Quay County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 79 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 76 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.4 degrees
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#6. De Baca County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 79 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 75 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 4.3 degrees
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#5. Luna County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 80 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 78 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.2 degrees
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#4. Chaves County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 80 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 76 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 4.5 degrees
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#3. Doña Ana County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 81 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 78 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.0 degrees
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#2. Lea County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 77 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 4.5 degrees
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#1. Eddy County

- Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 78 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.9 degrees

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