Heavy Snow — Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains, New Mexico

2023-12-22 to 2023-12-24 · Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains, New Mexico

Event narrative

An estimated thirteen 13 inches of snow at Ski Santa Fe SNOTEL site on December 23rd.

Wider weather episode

A relatively warm winter storm system moved across New Mexico December 22nd through the 24th. The system provided widespread valley rain and mountain snow with only the high mountain peaks seeing high snow accumulations. Ski Santa Fe reported 13 inches of snow. Meanwhile, a line of storms developed across south-central New Mexico with strong winds causing a tree branch to fall on a house in Ruidoso. This line of storms continued eastward and produced a severe wind gust in Clovis.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1145612. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.