TABLE B2 from Technical Report 32 New Mexico State Engineer Santa Fe, N. Mex Consumptive use and water requirements in New Mexico by Harry F. Blaney and Eldon G. Hanson  1965 p 1-82

Summary of computed normal seasonal consumptive use of water minus effective precipitation in inches by alfalfa, grass hay, and deciduous orchards during the frost-free period and spring grain, sorghum, corn, cotton, and beans for growing seasons in various irrigated areas in New Mexico.  Various other crops are also grown at many of the locations shown below. 

 

Area

  

Alfalfa

Grass

hay

 Deciduous

orchards

 Spring

small grain

  

Sorghum

  

Corn

  

Cotton

  

Beans
Alamogordo 31.38 26.90

-

-

16.62

 18.96 19.00

-
Albuquerque* 24.82

-

17.95

14.10

17.63

 17.30

-

-
Animas 27.77

-

-

14.98

16.64

 16.48 18.62

9.87
Artesia 28.37

-

-

12.40

16.70

-

 18.91

-
Aztec Ruins 21.35

-

15.31

-

15.47

 17.74

-

9.26
Belen 28.20

-

20.56

13.88

17.94

 17.86

18.21

-
Bernalillo 24.07

-

-

12.76

16.94

 16.95

-

9.80
Bloomfield 25.77

-

18.69

-

18.84

 19.82

-

 10.52
Carlsbad 29.61

-

-

12.66

16.42

-

 18.52

-
Cerro 13.98 11.71

-

9.59

-

-

-

6.80
Chama 11.41

-

-

8.79

-

9.30

-

-
Clayton 19.88 16.37

-

8.57

12.47

 14.23

-

-
Cliff 21.50 18.15

-

12.63

-

 15.77

-

-
Clovis 21.81

-

-

-

12.79

 12.87 11.38

6.57
Cuba 12.88

-

-

9.51

-

 10.36

-

6.75
Deming 29.99

-

-

14.33

16.29

 17.83

20.25

9.14
Des Moines 14.12 11.27

-

6.94

-

 10.05

-

-
Dilia 20.33 16.99

-

12.15

12.41

 13.63

-

7.84
Espanola 20.79

-

14.76

-

-

 16.07

-

-
Farmington 23.14

-

16.90

-

16.85

 18.54

-

 10.08
Fort Sumner 25.01

-

16.78

12.95

15.52

 17.55 13.93

-
Glenwood 23.93 20.18

-

13.10

12.12

 16.90

-

8.91
Gascon

5.15

3.55

-

-

-

4.64

-

-
Hatch 29.64 25.41

-

-

17.06

 17.36 19.82

-
Hobbs 26.98

-

-

11.34

13.72

 12.92 14.13

6.75
Jemez Springs 18.23

-

-

9.51

-

 12.19

-

5.60
Laguna 23.69

-

-

12.19

-

 17.39

-

 10.05
Las Vegas 15.14

-

-

8.36

10.23

 10.84

-

4.68
Lordsburg 31.68

-

-

14.32

17.57

 17.38 19.95

10.52
Los Lunas 25.67

-

18.68

13.29

17.52

 17.47 17.63

-
Luna R.S.

-

-

-

9.33

-

-

-

-
Maxwell 14.89 12.16

-

9.01

9.60

 11.04

-

6.43
McIntosh 16.01 13.31

-

-

11.30

 11.93

-

7.42
Pecos R.S. 13.67

-

-

8.49

-

 10.20

-

4.84
Picacho 23.83 19.98

16.14

-

13.47

 15.74

-

7.04
Portales 20.81

-

13.04

-

11.43

 12.95 11.09

-
Reserve 14.38 11.93

-

11.27

-

 10.97

-

7.83
Roswell 27.51

-

-

10.91

15.75

-

 17.50

-
Roy 18.39 15.05

-

9.13

11.35

-

-

-
Ruidoso

7.50

5.54

3.57

6.90

4.99

7.01

-

2.00
Santa Rosa 23.73 19.77

-

12.51

13.78

 14.80

-

8.39
Shiprock 26.18

-

19.21

-

19.42

 21.03

-

 11.31
Socorro 29.28

-

-

13.04

17.56

 18.30 19.13

-
Springer 16.15 13.14

-

9.25

10.03

 11.39

-

6.54
State Univ. 30.94 26.66

-

-

17.79

 18.08 20.89

-
Taos 16.58 14.03

11.48

10.70

-

 12.14

-

-
Tatum 22.82

-

-

10.70

12.73

 12.03 12.44

6.00
Tierra Amarilla 12.10

-

-

9.41

-

9.31

-

-
Truchas 13.32

-

-

8.81

-

10.44

-

-
T or C 33.29 28.72

-

-

18.26

 19.14 21.29

-
Tucumcari 24.10 19.99

-

10.31

13.69

 13.32 13.09

7.54
Tularosa 31.60 27.08

-

-

16.46

 18.77 18.85

-
Valmora 14.72 11.84

-

9.62

8.00

-

-

-
Virden Valley** 27.97

-

-

13.91

17.50

 17.27 18.99 10.42
Zuni 19.43

-

-

12.04

-

 14.95

-

 11.65

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*   Climatological data average of Bernalillo and Los Lunas

**  Climatological data for Duncan, Arizona