Gila Hot Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.[2]
Gila Hot Springs, New Mexico | |
|---|---|
  Gila Hot Springs  Gila Hot Springs | |
| Coordinates: 33°11′25″N 108°12′16″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Grant |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.65 sq mi (4.27 km2) |
| • Land | 1.65 sq mi (4.27 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,617 ft (1,712 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 35 |
| • Density | 21.21/sq mi (8.19/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | 88061 (Silver City) |
| Area code | 575 |
| FIPS code | 35-29230 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2806703[2] |
The community is on the northern edge of Grant County, in the valley of the West Fork of the Gila River. It is bordered to the north by Catron County. New Mexico State Road 15 passes through the community, leading northwest 5 miles (8 km) to its terminus at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument and south 40 miles (64 km) to Silver City, the Grant county seat.
Demographics
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Gila Hot Springs has a cold semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Gila Hot Springs was 104 °F (40.0 °C) on June 24–25, 1990 and June 14, 2021, while the coldest temperature recorded was −15 °F (−26.1 °C) on January 5, 1971.[5]
| Climate data for Gila Hot Springs, New Mexico, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1957–present | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 78 (26) |
79 (26) |
85 (29) |
91 (33) |
97 (36) |
104 (40) |
103 (39) |
102 (39) |
98 (37) |
92 (33) |
81 (27) |
73 (23) |
104 (40) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 67.2 (19.6) |
70.6 (21.4) |
76.7 (24.8) |
82.8 (28.2) |
90.0 (32.2) |
97.4 (36.3) |
96.8 (36.0) |
92.6 (33.7) |
90.1 (32.3) |
84.5 (29.2) |
75.1 (23.9) |
67.3 (19.6) |
98.9 (37.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 56.6 (13.7) |
60.0 (15.6) |
66.5 (19.2) |
73.4 (23.0) |
80.8 (27.1) |
89.6 (32.0) |
89.3 (31.8) |
87.1 (30.6) |
83.2 (28.4) |
75.4 (24.1) |
64.8 (18.2) |
55.9 (13.3) |
73.6 (23.1) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 37.0 (2.8) |
40.8 (4.9) |
46.0 (7.8) |
51.7 (10.9) |
58.4 (14.7) |
66.8 (19.3) |
71.2 (21.8) |
70.2 (21.2) |
64.3 (17.9) |
54.2 (12.3) |
44.3 (6.8) |
37.1 (2.8) |
53.5 (11.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 17.4 (−8.1) |
21.6 (−5.8) |
25.5 (−3.6) |
29.9 (−1.2) |
35.9 (2.2) |
44.0 (6.7) |
53.2 (11.8) |
53.3 (11.8) |
45.3 (7.4) |
33.1 (0.6) |
23.7 (−4.6) |
18.2 (−7.7) |
33.4 (0.8) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 6.4 (−14.2) |
10.6 (−11.9) |
15.5 (−9.2) |
20.1 (−6.6) |
27.0 (−2.8) |
34.6 (1.4) |
45.4 (7.4) |
45.3 (7.4) |
34.4 (1.3) |
22.3 (−5.4) |
11.3 (−11.5) |
5.9 (−14.5) |
3.5 (−15.8) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −15 (−26) |
−11 (−24) |
2 (−17) |
12 (−11) |
19 (−7) |
27 (−3) |
35 (2) |
37 (3) |
28 (−2) |
5 (−15) |
2 (−17) |
−13 (−25) |
−15 (−26) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.01 (26) |
0.95 (24) |
0.69 (18) |
0.41 (10) |
0.52 (13) |
0.66 (17) |
2.67 (68) |
3.07 (78) |
1.81 (46) |
1.18 (30) |
1.03 (26) |
1.17 (30) |
15.17 (386) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 3.0 (7.6) |
0.6 (1.5) |
0.3 (0.76) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.2 (0.51) |
0.3 (0.76) |
1.3 (3.3) |
5.8 (14.68) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 70.9 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| Source 1: NOAA[6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service[5] | |||||||||||||
References
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