Gladstone, New Mexico facts for kids
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Gladstone
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 Gladstone
Location in New Mexico
Gladstone
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Union |
| Elevation | 5,883 ft (1,793 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 5 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP codes |
88422
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| Area code(s) | 575 |
| GNIS feature ID | 898549 |
Gladstone is a small, quiet place in Union County, New Mexico, in the United States. It's not a city or town with its own government. Instead, it is an "unincorporated community," meaning it's a group of homes and businesses without a local government. It was started in 1880.
Gladstone is located where US Route 56 meets Union County Road C001. It once had a post office, which opened in 1888 but closed in 2010. Today, Gladstone has just a general store that offers gas service, and two houses. Most of the land around it has returned to being private ranch land.
The Story of Gladstone: How It Began
Gladstone was founded in 1880 by a man named William H. Harris. He was from England and had a big dream. He wanted to create a special religious community called "Gladstone Colony." He hoped it would be a perfect, ideal place, like a "Utopian" society.
Mr. Harris named the community after William Ewart Gladstone. This person was a very important Liberal politician in Britain at the time. He was even the British Prime Minister.
Many people came to settle in Gladstone at first. However, many of them soon left because they were disappointed.
Gladstone's Climate: Weather Patterns
Gladstone has a type of weather called a semi-arid climate. This means it's usually dry, but not a complete desert. On climate maps, this is shown as "BSk."
The hottest temperature ever recorded in Gladstone was 104 °F (40.0 °C) degrees Fahrenheit. This happened on June 29, 1957. The coldest temperature recorded was −26 °F (−32.2 °C) degrees Fahrenheit. That very cold day was January 13, 1963.
| Climate data for Pasamonte, New Mexico, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1925–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 77 (25) |
80 (27) |
83 (28) |
90 (32) |
97 (36) |
104 (40) |
103 (39) |
101 (38) |
99 (37) |
89 (32) |
84 (29) |
78 (26) |
104 (40) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 67.2 (19.6) |
69.0 (20.6) |
77.0 (25.0) |
80.9 (27.2) |
88.3 (31.3) |
95.5 (35.3) |
96.7 (35.9) |
93.7 (34.3) |
90.5 (32.5) |
84.2 (29.0) |
75.1 (23.9) |
67.9 (19.9) |
98.2 (36.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 47.0 (8.3) |
50.0 (10.0) |
57.7 (14.3) |
65.1 (18.4) |
74.0 (23.3) |
84.0 (28.9) |
87.4 (30.8) |
87.6 (30.9) |
78.3 (25.7) |
67.5 (19.7) |
55.8 (13.2) |
46.7 (8.2) |
66.8 (19.3) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 31.9 (−0.1) |
34.2 (1.2) |
41.8 (5.4) |
48.5 (9.2) |
58.2 (14.6) |
67.9 (19.9) |
71.9 (22.2) |
70.0 (21.1) |
63.1 (17.3) |
51.6 (10.9) |
40.0 (4.4) |
31.9 (−0.1) |
50.9 (10.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 16.9 (−8.4) |
18.5 (−7.5) |
25.3 (−3.7) |
32.0 (0.0) |
42.4 (5.8) |
51.8 (11.0) |
56.4 (13.6) |
55.5 (13.1) |
48.0 (8.9) |
35.7 (2.1) |
24.1 (−4.4) |
17.0 (−8.3) |
35.3 (1.9) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 2.4 (−16.4) |
3.2 (−16.0) |
9.9 (−12.3) |
19.1 (−7.2) |
30.0 (−1.1) |
42.8 (6.0) |
50.8 (10.4) |
49.6 (9.8) |
35.8 (2.1) |
19.8 (−6.8) |
9.4 (−12.6) |
1.1 (−17.2) |
−3.5 (−19.7) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −26 (−32) |
−19 (−28) |
−11 (−24) |
5 (−15) |
16 (−9) |
32 (0) |
39 (4) |
35 (2) |
25 (−4) |
0 (−18) |
−15 (−26) |
−23 (−31) |
−26 (−32) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.30 (7.6) |
0.27 (6.9) |
0.68 (17) |
0.90 (23) |
1.81 (46) |
1.65 (42) |
2.97 (75) |
3.20 (81) |
1.73 (44) |
0.96 (24) |
0.36 (9.1) |
0.41 (10) |
15.24 (385.6) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 4.1 (10) |
3.1 (7.9) |
4.0 (10) |
1.6 (4.1) |
0.3 (0.76) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.2 (3.0) |
2.8 (7.1) |
3.4 (8.6) |
20.5 (51.46) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 2.0 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 59.4 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 9.8 |
| Source 1: NOAA | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service | |||||||||||||
