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Heavy Snow in Central Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

Heavy Snow February 2, 2022 – February 3, 2022 · Central Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

A spotter reported 4 inches of snow 2 miles north-northeast of Boles Acres.

The wider storm

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 1010070. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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