Editing Lordsburg, New Mexico (section)

==Geography==
Lordsburg is in northern Hidalgo County, at the intersection of [[Interstate 10 in New Mexico|Interstate 10]] and [[U.S. Route 70 in New Mexico|U.S. Route 70]]. I-10 leads east {{convert|60|mi}} to [[Deming, New Mexico|Deming]] and {{convert|120|mi}} to [[Las Cruces, New Mexico|Las Cruces]], while to the west it leads {{convert|155|mi}} to [[Tucson, Arizona]]. US 70 follows I-10 to the east out of Lordsburg but leads northwest {{convert|153|mi}} to its terminus at [[Globe, Arizona]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Lordsburg has a total area of {{convert|21.7|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US3542180| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Lordsburg city, New Mexico| work=American Factfinder| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=August 24, 2017| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213102632/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US3542180| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Climate===
Lordsburg has a [[semi-arid climate#semi-arid climates|semi-arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BSk''), just avoiding designation as a [[desert climate#desert climates|desert climate]] (''BWk'').

Typical for the more southerly and lower elevations of the Intermountain West, summers are extremely hot during the daytime, with maxima above {{convert|90|F|C|1|disp=or}} for over four months on an average of 122 afternoons during a full year. {{convert|100|F|C|1|disp=or}} is exceeded on average during 30 afternoons each year, and the record high of {{convert|114|F|C|1}} was set during a notorious southwestern heatwave on June 27, 1994. Humidity in early summer is very low, but increases in late summer due to [[North American Monsoon|the monsoon]], which, between July and early October brings the majority of the year's limited precipitation. From October temperatures cool off rapidly, and by November most mornings are below {{convert|32|F|C|disp=or}}, but afternoons remains comfortable to warm all through the winter, with only 10.1 afternoons failing to reach {{convert|50|F|C|disp=or}} and only one afternoon every two years not topping freezing. Minima fall below freezing on an average of 108 mornings, but {{convert|0|F|C|1|disp=or}} has been reached only during two exceptional cold waves in January 1962 and December 1978, when the record low of {{convert|&minus;14|F|C|1|disp=or}} was reached on the 9th.

Except for the freakishly wet December 1991 when {{convert|4.55|in|mm|1}} fell from a series of subtropical cyclones, monthly rainfalls above {{convert|4.00|in|mm|1|disp=or}} are restricted to the monsoon season: the wettest month between 1971 and 2000 was July 1981 with {{convert|5.34|in|mm|1}}. The wettest day has been June 28 of 1981 with {{convert|3.00|in|mm|1|disp=or}}. Snowfall is very rare; the median for the year is zero and the mean only {{convert|3.5|in|m|2|disp=or}}; with the heaviest snowfall between 1971 and 2000 being of {{convert|11.0|in|m|2|disp=or}} during Christmas and Boxing Days, 1987.
{{Weather box|location = Lordsburg 4 SE, New Mexico (1991 to 2020; extremes 1948 to 2001)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 80
|Feb record high F = 85
|Mar record high F = 93
|Apr record high F = 100
|May record high F = 106
|Jun record high F = 114
|Jul record high F = 110
|Aug record high F = 109
|Sep record high F = 104
|Oct record high F = 98
|Nov record high F = 86
|Dec record high F = 76
|year record high F = 114
|Jan high F = 60.5
|Feb high F = 65.5
|Mar high F = 73.3
|Apr high F = 82.2
|May high F = 90.8
|Jun high F = 99.5
|Jul high F = 98.6
|Aug high F = 96.2
|Sep high F = 91.4
|Oct high F = 82.4
|Nov high F = 70.2
|Dec high F = 59.0
|year high F = 
|Jan low F = 25.2
|Feb low F = 28.2
|Mar low F = 32.8
|Apr low F = 37.9
|May low F = 47.8
|Jun low F = 58.1
|Jul low F = 65.1
|Aug low F = 63.2
|Sep low F = 56.1
|Oct low F = 43.4
|Nov low F = 30.7
|Dec low F = 25.6
|year low F = 
|Jan record low F = &minus;9
|Feb record low F = 3
|Mar record low F = 11
|Apr record low F = 12
|May record low F = 24
|Jun record low F = 35
|Jul record low F = 49
|Aug record low F = 42
|Sep record low F = 36
|Oct record low F = 19
|Nov record low F = 8
|Dec record low F = &minus;14
|year record low F = &minus;14
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain inch = 0.88
|Feb rain inch = 0.79
|Mar rain inch = 0.60
|Apr rain inch = 0.25
|May rain inch = 0.25
|Jun rain inch = 0.34
|Jul rain inch = 2.12
|Aug rain inch = 2.17
|Sep rain inch = 1.21
|Oct rain inch = 0.73
|Nov rain inch = 0.79
|Dec rain inch = 1.19
|Jan snow inch = 1
|Feb snow inch = 1
|Mar snow inch = 0
|Apr snow inch = 0
|May snow inch = 0
|Jun snow inch = 0
|Jul snow inch = 0
|Aug snow inch = 0
|Sep snow inch = 0
|Oct snow inch = 0
|Nov snow inch = 0
|Dec snow inch = 2
|Jan rain days = 4.7
|Feb rain days = 4.2
|Mar rain days = 4.2
|Apr rain days = 1.7
|May rain days = 2.1
|Jun rain days = 2.2
|Jul rain days = 8.0
|Aug rain days = 7.5
|Sep rain days = 4.8
|Oct rain days = 4.6
|Nov rain days = 2.9
|Dec rain days = 4.2
|unit rain days = 0.01 inch
|source 1 = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web |url=https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/lordsburg/new-mexico/united-states/usnm0178 |access-date=January 22, 2018 |publisher=Climate Lordsburg - New Mexico using data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |language=en |title=Climate Lordsburg - New Mexico and Weather averages Lordsburg}}</ref>
|date= October 2016
|source 2= Weather Atlas<ref name="NOAA-norms">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/ |title=Lordsburg 4 SE, New Mexico, USA - Monthly weather forecast and Climate data |publisher=NOAA |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
}}