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With a total area of 121,590 square miles (314,900 km 2), [1] New Mexico is the fifth-largest state, after Alaska, Texas, California, and Montana. Its eastern border lies along 103°W longitude with the state of Oklahoma , and 2.2 miles (3.5 kilometres) west of 103°W longitude with Texas (due to a 19th-century surveying error).
South central Alaska does not get nearly as much rain as the southeast of Alaska, though it does get more snow. On average, Anchorage receives 16 inches (406 mm) of precipitation a year, with around 75 inches (1,905 mm) of snow. The northern coast of the Gulf of Alaska receives up to 150 inches (3,800 mm) of precipitation annually. [7]
New Mexico State Road 516 is a southwest–northeast connector between Farmington and U.S. Highway 550 in Aztec. U.S. Highway 550 does not run through Farmington (nearby in Bloomfield and Aztec ), but is a commonly referenced arterial by Farmington as a means to connect with central New Mexico, Interstate 25 , Albuquerque, and (via I-25) the ...
Roswell was drenched in 5.78 inches of rain, setting an all-time daily record on Saturday, Oct. 19, the National Weather Service in Albuquerque reported. The previous record was 5.65 inches set on ...
That brought the year-to-date total at the airport to 1.67 inches, just shy of the 1.75 inches the airport normally sees by March 18. Breitreiter noted that on March 12, the airport had seen only ...
By Friday morning, snowfall totals in some northeastern New Mexico counties including Mora, San Miguel and Santa Fe, reached at least 24 inches, with an additional 4 to 20 inches expected during ...
New Mexico population density map. With just 17 people per square mile (6.6 people/km 2), New Mexico is one of the least densely populated states, ranking 45th out of 50; by contrast, the overall population density of the U.S. is 90 people per square mile (35 people/km 2).
Basins of the Rio Grande Rift Map of physiographic provinces of New Mexico. New Mexico is entirely landbound, with just 0.2% of the state covered with water, [1] and most of the state has an arid to semiarid climate. [2] Much of the state is mountainous, except for the easternmost Great Plains region. [3]