McGaffey, New Mexico | |
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Coordinates: 35°22′30″N108°31′15″W / 35.37500°N 108.52083°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Mexico |
County | McKinley |
Area | |
• Total | 1.78 sq mi (4.6 km2) |
• Land | 1.75 sq mi (4.5 km2) |
• Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) |
Elevation | 7,796 ft (2,376 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 0 |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP Code | 87316 (Fort Wingate) |
Area code | 505 |
FIPS code | 35-45890 |
GNIS feature ID | 2806724 [2] |
McGaffey is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 0 as of the 2020 census. [2]
The community is in the southern part of the county, at the south end of New Mexico State Road 400, which leads north 11 miles (18 km) to Interstate 40 near Fort Wingate. McGaffey is within Cibola National Forest, and the Forest Service's McGaffey Campground is just south of the center of the community.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the McGaffey CDP has an area of 1.78 square miles (4.61 km2), of which 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2), or 1.46%, are water. [1] McGaffey Lake is a small reservoir in the northeast corner of the CDP. The lake drains south toward Tampico Draw and the Rio Nutria, a south-flowing tributary of the Rio Pescado and the Zuni River, part of the Little Colorado River watershed.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 0 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census [4] [3] |
McGaffey was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools. [5]
Climate data for McGaffey 5 SE, New Mexico, 1991–2020 normals, 1949-2020 extremes: 8000ft (2438m) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 69 (21) | 66 (19) | 72 (22) | 80 (27) | 88 (31) | 98 (37) | 99 (37) | 95 (35) | 89 (32) | 85 (29) | 73 (23) | 66 (19) | 99 (37) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 54.1 (12.3) | 55.7 (13.2) | 62.8 (17.1) | 70.4 (21.3) | 78.2 (25.7) | 87.8 (31.0) | 90.3 (32.4) | 86.1 (30.1) | 82.2 (27.9) | 75.6 (24.2) | 65.2 (18.4) | 56.5 (13.6) | 91.1 (32.8) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 43.5 (6.4) | 46.1 (7.8) | 52.9 (11.6) | 59.6 (15.3) | 69.7 (20.9) | 81.9 (27.7) | 84.0 (28.9) | 81.1 (27.3) | 76.5 (24.7) | 66.8 (19.3) | 53.7 (12.1) | 44.3 (6.8) | 63.3 (17.4) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 27.7 (−2.4) | 30.6 (−0.8) | 37.2 (2.9) | 43.3 (6.3) | 51.8 (11.0) | 61.7 (16.5) | 66.6 (19.2) | 64.8 (18.2) | 59.2 (15.1) | 48.3 (9.1) | 36.8 (2.7) | 28.1 (−2.2) | 46.3 (8.0) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 11.8 (−11.2) | 15.0 (−9.4) | 21.6 (−5.8) | 27.0 (−2.8) | 33.9 (1.1) | 41.5 (5.3) | 49.2 (9.6) | 48.4 (9.1) | 41.8 (5.4) | 29.7 (−1.3) | 19.9 (−6.7) | 11.9 (−11.2) | 29.3 (−1.5) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | −10.8 (−23.8) | −7.3 (−21.8) | −1.3 (−18.5) | 7.9 (−13.4) | 18.5 (−7.5) | 27.0 (−2.8) | 38.5 (3.6) | 38.4 (3.6) | 25.4 (−3.7) | 12.1 (−11.1) | −3.1 (−19.5) | −12.2 (−24.6) | −15.6 (−26.4) |
Record low °F (°C) | −32 (−36) | −25 (−32) | −19 (−28) | −3 (−19) | 10 (−12) | 15 (−9) | 28 (−2) | 27 (−3) | 17 (−8) | 0 (−18) | −21 (−29) | −30 (−34) | −32 (−36) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.79 (45) | 1.46 (37) | 1.51 (38) | 1.13 (29) | 0.98 (25) | 0.55 (14) | 2.82 (72) | 3.14 (80) | 1.64 (42) | 1.43 (36) | 1.63 (41) | 1.61 (41) | 19.69 (500) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 9.00 (22.9) | 8.70 (22.1) | 6.60 (16.8) | 2.40 (6.1) | 0.20 (0.51) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 2.50 (6.4) | 2.60 (6.6) | 10.10 (25.7) | 42.1 (107.11) |
Source 1: NOAA [6] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: XMACIS2 (records & 1981-2010 monthly max/mins) [7] |
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