Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Official seal of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Location of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Location of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Truth or Consequences, New Mexico is positioned in the US Truth or Consequences, New Mexico - Truth or Consequences, New Mexico State New Mexico Truth or Consequences is a spa town/city and the governmental center of county of Sierra County, New Mexico, United States. In 2012, the populace was 6,411.

It is generally known inside New Mexico as T or C.

2.2 Hot springs Originally titled Hot Springs, the town/city changed its name to "Truth or Consequences", the title of a prominent NBC Radio program.

In March 1950, Ralph Edwards, the host of the radio quiz show Truth or Consequences, announced that he would air the program on its 10th anniversary from the first town that retitled itself after the show; Hot Springs won the honor, officially changing its name on March 31, 1950 (the program broadcast from there the following evening, April 1st).

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 12.8 square miles (33 km2), of which 12.6 square miles (33 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.86%) is water.

The town/city is served by the Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport, Interstate 25, I-25 Business, New Mexico State Road 51 (NM 51), NM 181 and NM 187 Truth or Consequences has a cool desert climate (Koppen BWk) with three chief seasons.

The summer season from April to June is very dry and generally hot with large diurnal temperature variation, giving way in July to the monsoon season which remains very hot and is more uncomfortable due to the hotter evenings but is much more humid and rainfall from thunderstorms is incessant.

On average over the year 88.6 days top 90 F or 32.2 C, 12.9 days top 100 F or 37.8 C, and 91.1 evenings fall below 32 F or 0 C.

Temperatures have declined below 0 F or 17.8 C only twice since 1951, amid 1987 and 2011, with the record low being 6 F ( 21.1 C) on February 3, 2011.

The lowest maximum temperature on record has been 20 F ( 6.7 C) on December 25, 1987, but amid most years every single day will top freezing and on average only 19.5 days fail to top 50 F or 10 C.

The hottest temperature on record is 112 F (44.4 C) on June 27, 1994, though minima virtually never stay above 75 F (23.9 C) due to the low humidity and hot sun, and only eighteen evenings remain above 68 F or 20 C amid an average year.

The wettest month on record has been July 2010 with 6.66 inches or 169.2 millimetres, but totals above 4.00 inches or 101.6 millimetres are confined to the monsoon season apart from an anomaly on December 1991 when three primary subtropical cyclones brought 4.94 inches (125.5 mm).

Snowfall is extremely rare, with a median of zero and mean of 5.0 inches or 0.13 metres; the heaviest snow known in Truth or Consequences is the 17.9 inches or 0.45 metres that fell amid the record cold spell of Christmas 1987.

Climate data for Truth or Consequences, New Mexico (1971-2000; extremes since 1951) Record high F ( C) 77 Average high F ( C) 55.9 Daily mean F ( C) 41.6 Average low F ( C) 27.3 Record low F ( C) 6 Truth or Consequences hosts a several small-town hot springs.

The combined flow of the hot springs complex in Truth or Consequences is estimated at 99 liters (3.5 cu ft) per second. Before World War II, there were about 40 hot springs spas in Truth or Consequences.

By 2008, the Hot Springs Association in Truth or Consequences had 10 spa facilities as members.

Five of those obtained their water from wells, and La Paloma Hot Springs & Spa (formerly Marshall Hot Springs), Indian Springs Bath House, Artesian Bath home and Hay-Yo-Kay Hot Springs are from no-charge flowing hot springs. The New Mexico Department of Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources created two demonstration projects using geothermal energy in Truth or Consequences in the 1980s.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 20.2% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 20.1% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 29.3% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $20,986, and the median income for a family was $28,750.

Spaceport America, 30 miles (48 km) east, is "the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport", to be the command posts of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority.

Virgin Galactic plans to furnish sub-orbital spaceflights to the paying public. An interim Spaceport America Visitor Center opened in downtown Truth or Consequences on June 24, 2015.

A postmark from Truth or Consequences Truth or Consequences is a prominent locale of primary parts of the action in the 2015 episode "The Zygon Invasion" of the British TV series Doctor Who where the name of the town plays a part in the plot of the episode, although the scenes themselves were shot in Fuerteventura. New Mexico portal "Truth or Consequences, New Mexico A Spa City" (PDF).

20: 1971-2000 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NM (COOP ID: 299128)" (PDF).

"Hay-Yo-Kay Hot Springs and Spa in Truth or Consequences".

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

"Spaceport America: First Looks at a New Space Terminal".

"Work starts on New Mexico spaceport".

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