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Wettest towns in New Mexico

Ranked by rain and melted snow in a normal year, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s gridded climate normals for each town. Neighboring towns on the same 5 km grid square have the same numbers, so each square is listed once, under its largest town. 72 towns with 2,500+ residents.

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#37of 72
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#1
Ruidoso20 in · Wettest month July
#2
Clovis17 in · Wettest month August
#3
Las Vegas16 in · Wettest month July
The race around Gallup

Just behind El Cerro Mission, just ahead of Rio Rancho

35Kirtland AFB11 in36El Cerro Mission10 in37Gallup10 in38Rio Rancho10 in39Holloman AFB10 in

All 72 towns

Rain + melted snow, highest first. Towns next door to Gallup are tagged.

#TownRain + melted snowWettest monthSnow a year
1 Ruidoso7,699 people 20 in July26 in
2 Clovis37,942 people 17 in August13 in
3 Las Vegas13,000 people 16 in July22 in
4 Portales11,968 people 16 in August8 in
5 Dulce3,218 people 16 in August56 in
6 Clayton2,753 people 16 in August22 in
7 Ruidoso Downs2,655 people 16 in August26 in
8 Silver City9,536 people 16 in July13 in
9 Raton6,026 people 16 in July25 in
10 Tucumcari5,160 people 16 in July15 in
11 Los Alamos13,317 people 15 in August42 in
12 Lovington11,498 people 15 in September1 in
13 Edgewood6,124 people 15 in July29 in
14 Sandia Heights3,160 people 15 in July12 in
15 North Hobbs6,034 people 15 in September2 in
16 Hobbs40,252 people 14 in September2 in
17 Eunice3,015 people 14 in September2 in
18 Eldorado at Santa Fe5,619 people 13 in July20 in
19 Santa Fe89,019 people 13 in July20 in
20 Placitas4,223 people 13 in July11 in
21 La Cienega3,543 people 13 in August20 in
22 White Rock5,716 people 13 in August20 in
23 Carlsbad31,746 people 13 in September3 in
24 Taos6,458 people 13 in July28 in
25 Agua Fria2,898 people 12 in July20 in
26 Ranchos de Taos2,536 people 12 in August28 in
27 Artesia12,576 people 12 in September4 in
28 Roswell47,638 people 12 in July10 in
29 La Mesilla2,697 people 11 in July11 in
30 Tularosa2,597 people 11 in July2 in
31 Alamogordo31,307 people 11 in July2 in
32 Meadow Lake4,259 people 11 in July5 in
33 Zuni Pueblo5,864 people 11 in August10 in
34 Española10,473 people 11 in July11 in
35 Kirtland AFB3,413 people 11 in July12 in
36 El Cerro Mission5,323 people 10 in July5 in
37 Gallup21,023 people 10 in August34 in
38 Rio Rancho108,515 people 10 in August8 in
39 Holloman AFB4,433 people 10 in July2 in
40 Crownpoint2,882 people 10 in August—
41 Los Lunas18,618 people 9.8 in August5 in
42 Grants8,951 people 9.8 in August8 in
43 Aztec6,150 people 9.8 in August11 in
44 Truth or Consequences6,019 people 9.7 in July0.9 in
45 Corrales8,555 people 9.6 in August8 in
46 Belen7,450 people 9.6 in August5 in
47 El Cerro2,923 people 9.6 in July5 in
48 Flora Vista2,770 people 9.6 in September11 in
49 Deming15,221 people 9.5 in July1 in
50 North Valley10,455 people 9.5 in August12 in
51 Bernalillo9,086 people 9.5 in August8 in
52 Peralta3,404 people 9.5 in July5 in
53 Santa Teresa6,041 people 9.4 in July2 in
54 Rio Communities4,925 people 9.4 in August5 in
55 Bosque Farms4,071 people 9.4 in August5 in
56 South Valley37,120 people 9.3 in July7 in
57 Chaparral18,186 people 9.3 in July0 in
58 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque5,857 people 9.3 in August12 in
59 Paradise Hills4,591 people 9.3 in July8 in
60 Las Cruces114,197 people 9.2 in July1 in
61 Los Chaves4,838 people 9.2 in August5 in
62 Albuquerque562,218 people 9.1 in July12 in
63 Sunland Park17,463 people 9.1 in July2 in
64 Vado2,895 people 9.1 in July1 in
65 University Park2,782 people 9.1 in July1 in
66 Anthony8,767 people 8.9 in July0 in
67 Socorro8,481 people 8.9 in July2 in
68 Farmington46,314 people 8.6 in September9 in
69 Bloomfield7,395 people 8.4 in August11 in
70 Crouch Mesa4,812 people 8.2 in September11 in
71 Lee Acres4,272 people 7.6 in August11 in
72 Shiprock7,610 people 7.2 in September9 in
How it works

How this ranking works

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We rank every town by rain and melted snow in a normal year, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s gridded climate normals for each town. The town with the highest figure ranks #1. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast, and each town’s Climate page shows its whole year month by month.

Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals, about 5 km (3 miles) square, read at each town’s center, so hills and coastlines are built in. Towns whose centers fall in the same square have the same numbers, so only the largest of them is listed.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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