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| Back to New Mexico, United States. Do you have any pictures of this city? ![]() Planning a vacation? Current weather forecast for Portales, NM Elevation: 4009 feet County: Roosevelt Land area: 6.9 square miles Zip code: 88130 Median resident age: 27.3 years New: Portales, NM residents, houses, and apartments details Races in Portales:
New: Political contributions by individuals in Portales, NM Ancestries: United States (8.9%), Irish (8.8%), German (7.8%), English (5.8%), Scotch-Irish (1.7%), Italian (1.5%). |
![]() For population 25 years and over in Portales
For population 15 years and over in Portales city
6.0% Foreign born (5.0% Latin America, 0.6% Asia). |
![]() Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lubbock, TX (109.1 miles, pop. 199,564). Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Albuquerque, NM (233.8 miles, pop. 448,607). Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (460.2 miles, pop. 1,188,580). Nearest cities: Cannon AFB, NM (15.0 miles), Clovis, NM (18.4 miles), Texico, NM (24.6 miles), Farwell, TX (24.9 miles), Melrose, NM (26.2 miles), Bovina, TX (38.6 miles), Muleshoe, TX (42.0 miles), Morton, TX (50.9 miles). Single-family new house construction building permits:
Area code: 505 Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (34.4%), Retail trade (14.4%). |
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Average temp. (°F) | 38.6 | 43.1 | 50.2 | 57.9 | 66.9 | 75.3 | 77.7 | 75.9 | 69.8 | 59.2 | 46.8 | 38.9 |
| High temperature (°F) | 54.1 | 59.7 | 67.7 | 75.3 | 83.2 | 90.6 | 91.5 | 89.2 | 84.2 | 75.0 | 62.3 | 54.2 |
| Low temperature (°F) | 23.0 | 26.5 | 32.7 | 40.5 | 50.6 | 60.0 | 63.9 | 62.6 | 55.3 | 43.4 | 31.3 | 23.6 |
| Precipitation (in) | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Based on data reported by main weather stations
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Days with precip. | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Wind speed (mph) | 12.0 | 13.2 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 11.9 |
| Morning humidity (%) | 72 | 71 | 67 | 66 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 76 | 78 | 75 | 73 | 72 |
| Afternoon humidity (%) | 52 | 51 | 44 | 41 | 46 | 47 | 47 | 51 | 53 | 49 | 49 | 51 |
| Sunshine (%) | 66 | 67 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 77 | 77 | 76 | 72 | 75 | 70 | 66 |
| Days clear of clouds | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 13 |
| Partly cloudy days | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Cloudy days | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
| Snowfall (in) | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
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