Cold semi-arid
Meadow Lake, New Mexico
Valencia County, New Mexico · Population 4k · 5,449 ft elevation
Living in Meadow Lake
Meadow Lake has a cold semi-arid climate: very hot summers (July highs around 91°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 9″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (5″ 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 Meadow Lake: about 13% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,700 ft around town.
Meadow Lake at a glance
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 5,449 ft
- Average daily high
- 71°F65th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 9″2th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 5″40th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,519 hrs90th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4462th percentile
- Median home value
- $84k2th percentile
- Median rent
- $783/mo11th percentile
- Median household income
- $39k4th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.65%21th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 73%2th percentile
- Walkability index
- 3.30th percentile
- Average commute
- 39 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 19%10th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8235th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 13%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,690 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49°F | 17°F | 0.5″ | 1.5″ | 236 hrs |
| Feb | 56°F | 21°F | 0.4″ | 0.7″ | 225 hrs |
| Mar | 64°F | 28°F | 0.5″ | 0.3″ | 288 hrs |
| Apr | 71°F | 35°F | 0.6″ | — | 309 hrs |
| May | 80°F | 44°F | 0.5″ | — | 353 hrs |
| Jun | 90°F | 54°F | 0.5″ | — | 371 hrs |
| Jul | 91°F | 60°F | 1.6″ | — | 345 hrs |
| Aug | 89°F | 58°F | 1.5″ | — | 330 hrs |
| Sep | 83°F | 50°F | 1.1″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Oct | 72°F | 36°F | 0.9″ | 0.4″ | 289 hrs |
| Nov | 59°F | 25°F | 0.6″ | 0.6″ | 247 hrs |
| Dec | 48°F | 18°F | 0.5″ | 1.6″ | 223 hrs |
Near Meadow Lake
- El Cerro Mission, NM · 5.1k
- Peralta, NM · 3.4k
- El Cerro, NM · 3.1k
- Bosque Farms, NM · 4k
- Los Chaves, NM · 4.6k
- Los Lunas, NM · 18k
- Rio Communities, NM · 4.9k
- Belen, NM · 7.4k
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology