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Excessive Heat in Lowlands of the Bootheel, New Mexico

Excessive Heat July 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023 · Lowlands of the Bootheel, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

The average temperature at the Antelope Wells Cooperative Observer station was 84.6 degrees which was only 0.3 degrees cooler than the record set in 2003.

The wider storm

July was the hottest on record for Southern New Mexico as an upper ridge persisted around the Borderland throughout the month. High temperatures at New Mexico State University topped 100 degrees 28 of the 31 days and the average temperature was 88.2 degrees.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1124782. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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