Altitude varies from 6,500 to about 8,000 feet in Ruidoso and 12,003 at the top of Sierra Blanca mountain.
Summers here are cool.
And winters are relatively mild. Temperature on summer days averages 78 to 81 degrees, falling to the 40's at night. Rainfall averages 22 inches with July normally being the rainy month. Afternoon showers don't last long.