Faywood, New Mexico
# Faywood, New Mexico

Faywood is a census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 33 as of the 2010 census. Faywood has a post office with ZIP code 88034. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of US 180 on NM 61.

## History

The area was the site of hot springs which drew visitors from 1859, when a hotel and bath house was built by William Watts. By 1900, the Faywood settlement was created and named for the developers of the Faywood Hot Springs, J.C. Fay, William Lockwood. A third developer was T.C. McDermott. The post office was moved northeast to Dwyer, but is still named the Faywood Post Office.

## Climate

Faywood has a cool semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) with hot summers and mild winters.

Climate data for Faywood, New Mexico (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1962–2013) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °F (°C) | 79 (26) | 80 (27) | 87 (31) | 92 (33) | 100 (38) | 105 (41) | 104 (40) | 101 (38) | 98 (37) | 93 (34) | 82 (28) | 74 (23) | 105 (41) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 68.2 (20.1) | 72.1 (22.3) | 78.8 (26.0) | 85.0 (29.4) | 93.2 (34.0) | 100.1 (37.8) | 98.9 (37.2) | 95.7 (35.4) | 91.5 (33.1) | 86.6 (30.3) | 76.6 (24.8) | 68.4 (20.2) | 101.1 (38.4) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 56.4 (13.6) | 60.4 (15.8) | 67.8 (19.9) | 75.2 (24.0) | 83.0 (28.3) | 92.3 (33.5) | 90.9 (32.7) | 88.0 (31.1) | 83.9 (28.8) | 76.0 (24.4) | 64.5 (18.1) | 55.9 (13.3) | 74.5 (23.6) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 41.9 (5.5) | 44.8 (7.1) | 51.1 (10.6) | 57.3 (14.1) | 64.7 (18.2) | 74.3 (23.5) | 76.1 (24.5) | 74.0 (23.3) | 69.0 (20.6) | 59.8 (15.4) | 49.2 (9.6) | 41.5 (5.3) | 58.6 (14.8) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 27.4 (−2.6) | 29.3 (−1.5) | 34.4 (1.3) | 39.3 (4.1) | 46.4 (8.0) | 56.2 (13.4) | 61.4 (16.3) | 59.9 (15.5) | 54.2 (12.3) | 43.6 (6.4) | 33.8 (1.0) | 27.0 (−2.8) | 42.7 (5.9) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 17.1 (−8.3) | 19.0 (−7.2) | 22.3 (−5.4) | 27.6 (−2.4) | 35.5 (1.9) | 46.8 (8.2) | 55.0 (12.8) | 54.2 (12.3) | 44.3 (6.8) | 30.8 (−0.7) | 21.0 (−6.1) | 14.9 (−9.5) | 12.9 (−10.6) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 3 (−16) | −2 (−19) | 3 (−16) | 17 (−8) | 23 (−5) | 35 (2) | 44 (7) | 40 (4) | 30 (−1) | 18 (−8) | 8 (−13) | 0 (−18) | −2 (−19) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.94 (24) | 0.74 (19) | 0.31 (7.9) | 0.25 (6.4) | 0.37 (9.4) | 0.74 (19) | 2.55 (65) | 2.71 (69) | 1.63 (41) | 1.08 (27) | 0.69 (18) | 0.87 (22) | 12.88 (327) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.3 (0.76) | 0.3 (0.76) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.2 (3.0) | 1.8 (4.52) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 inch) | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 46.5 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Source: NOAA (snow/snow days 1981–2010) ||||||||||||||
