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Heavy Snow in Southwest Chaves County, New Mexico
Heavy Snow December 29, 2025 · Southwest Chaves County, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
A trained spotter 20 miles east-southeast of Dunken, NM reported 5 inches of snow.
The wider storm
A mesoscale band of snow developed west to east across a section of southeastern NM during the day of December 29th. Heavy snow fell across portions of southwest Chaves County and over Eddy County focusing over Carlsbad. A report of 5 inches of snow was reported by a trained spotter in southwest Chaves County.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1298732. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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