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Portales, NM vs Elko, NV

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- Elko has 39.5% less rainy days than Portales.
- Elko has 15.4% less Sunny Days than Portales.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Elko scores 15.0% worse than Portales
 Portales, NMElko, NVUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock1138
 Snowfall8  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock74106
 Sunny273  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low23  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock6.87
 UV Index6.2  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock50662443
Reviews for Portales    10 Reviews

In a single sentence, this is a town that is slowly dying in the desert- and nobody here cares. Why- because the people who run this town were born in the 1940's or  More

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Over 6 years ago

I love portales new.Mexico they have nice people I like boys cute boys that the high school  More

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If you like boring, low wages, and high unemployment for mediocre jobs, and ultra-conservatism then this is the place for you.  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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