Heavy Snow — Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet, New Mexico

2022-02-02 to 2022-02-03 · Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet, New Mexico

Event narrative

Total snowfall around Cloudcroft was a consistent 9 inches with 8 inches at Sunspot.

Wider weather episode

An upper low was moving across the Southern Rockies with a back door cold front moving in from the northeast into Otero County. Snow started the evening of the 2nd and continued into the morning of the 3rd. Snowfall amounts of up to 16 inches were reported in the Sacramento Mountains.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1010063. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.