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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2 / 25#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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3 / 25#23. Sandoval County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 70 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 68 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.3 degrees
#22. San Miguel County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 72 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 70 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.4 degrees
#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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7 / 25#19. Lincoln County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 70 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.1 degrees
#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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9 / 25#17. Grant County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.9 degrees
#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
#14. Valencia County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.4 degrees
#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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14 / 25#12. Otero County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 76 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.7 degrees
#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
#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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18 / 25#8. Roosevelt County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 79 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 75 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 4.0 degrees
#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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21 / 25#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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22 / 25#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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23 / 25#3. Doña Ana County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 81 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 78 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.0 degrees
#2. Lea County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 77 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 4.5 degrees
