Cold desert
Deming, New Mexico
Luna County, New Mexico · Population 15k · 4,350 ft elevation
Living in Deming
Deming has a cold desert climate: very hot summers (July highs around 96°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 28°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 9″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (1″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (84% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 17, with about 18 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Deming is an outdoor hub: about 35% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,400 ft around town.
Deming at a glance
- Population
- 15k
- Elevation
- 4,350 ft
- Average daily high
- 78°F84th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 9″2th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 1″25th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,733 hrs96th percentile
- Median AQI
- 171th percentile
- Median home value
- $113k9th percentile
- Median rent
- $596/mo1th percentile
- Median household income
- $36k2th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.61%17th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 81%10th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.670th percentile
- Average commute
- 16 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 20%11th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 20%
- Violent crime rate
- 85 per 100k26th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 320 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5212th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9089th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 13%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 35%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,411 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58°F | 28°F | 0.6″ | 0.5″ | 259 hrs |
| Feb | 64°F | 31°F | 0.5″ | 0.1″ | 251 hrs |
| Mar | 72°F | 36°F | 0.3″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Apr | 80°F | 42°F | 0.3″ | — | 346 hrs |
| May | 88°F | 50°F | 0.2″ | — | 383 hrs |
| Jun | 97°F | 60°F | 0.4″ | — | 381 hrs |
| Jul | 96°F | 66°F | 1.9″ | — | 347 hrs |
| Aug | 93°F | 64°F | 1.5″ | — | 332 hrs |
| Sep | 89°F | 58°F | 0.9″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Oct | 79°F | 46°F | 0.8″ | — | 302 hrs |
| Nov | 67°F | 34°F | 0.7″ | — | 264 hrs |
| Dec | 57°F | 28°F | 0.8″ | 0.4″ | 253 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology