Cold semi-arid
Santa Teresa, New Mexico
Doña Ana County, New Mexico · Population 6k · 3,780 ft elevation
Living in Santa Teresa
Santa Teresa has a cold semi-arid climate: very hot summers (July highs around 96°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 31°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 10″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (2″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (83% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 61, with about 48 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Santa Teresa: about 29% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 800 ft around town.
Santa Teresa at a glance
- Population
- 6k
- Elevation
- 3,780 ft
- Average daily high
- 79°F87th percentile
- Average daily low
- 50°F69th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 10″3th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 2″32th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,674 hrs95th percentile
- Median AQI
- 6195th percentile
- Median home value
- $217k38th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,259/mo55th percentile
- Median household income
- $61k31th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.80%36th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.078th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 24%15th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 39%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 29%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 29%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 787 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 59°F | 31°F | 0.5″ | 0.3″ | 254 hrs |
| Feb | 64°F | 34°F | 0.5″ | 0.2″ | 246 hrs |
| Mar | 72°F | 40°F | 0.3″ | — | 305 hrs |
| Apr | 80°F | 48°F | 0.2″ | — | 336 hrs |
| May | 88°F | 57°F | 0.4″ | — | 375 hrs |
| Jun | 97°F | 66°F | 0.8″ | — | 374 hrs |
| Jul | 96°F | 70°F | 2.3″ | — | 348 hrs |
| Aug | 94°F | 69°F | 1.7″ | — | 334 hrs |
| Sep | 89°F | 63°F | 1.5″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Oct | 80°F | 51°F | 0.8″ | 0.1″ | 297 hrs |
| Nov | 67°F | 38°F | 0.5″ | 0.2″ | 258 hrs |
| Dec | 58°F | 31°F | 0.7″ | 1.2″ | 243 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