Cold semi-arid
Edgewood, New Mexico
Santa Fe County, New Mexico · Population 6.1k · 6,650 ft elevation
Living in Edgewood
Edgewood has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 14°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 13″ a year, and it gets light snow (29″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (79% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 44 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Edgewood: about 9% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,400 ft around town.
Edgewood at a glance
- Population
- 6.1k
- Elevation
- 6,650 ft
- Average daily high
- 66°F50th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 13″6th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 29″69th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,519 hrs90th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4462th percentile
- Median home value
- $278k53th percentile
- Median rent
- $938/mo28th percentile
- Median household income
- $81k57th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.56%13th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 4.32th percentile
- Average commute
- 36 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 12%3th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 24%
- Violent crime rate
- 130 per 100k39th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,767 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8641th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 9%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,362 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44°F | 14°F | 0.5″ | 5.6″ | 236 hrs |
| Feb | 49°F | 17°F | 0.4″ | 2.5″ | 225 hrs |
| Mar | 58°F | 22°F | 0.7″ | 6.2″ | 288 hrs |
| Apr | 65°F | 29°F | 0.6″ | 1.2″ | 309 hrs |
| May | 74°F | 38°F | 1.1″ | — | 353 hrs |
| Jun | 85°F | 46°F | 0.7″ | — | 372 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 52°F | 2.7″ | — | 345 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 50°F | 2.0″ | — | 331 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 42°F | 1.4″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Oct | 67°F | 32°F | 1.2″ | 1.1″ | 289 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 20°F | 0.8″ | 3.9″ | 247 hrs |
| Dec | 44°F | 14°F | 0.7″ | 8.1″ | 223 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