East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet storm history
Storm events recorded in East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet, New Mexico between 1950 and 2025.
102
Total events
0
Tornadoes
0
Hail
0
Floods
0
Deaths
$0
Property damage
Most significant events
Strongest tornadoes, deadliest events, and biggest damage in this county. Up to 50 shown.
Drought Drought
The zone started the month in Extreme(D3) drought and improved to Moderate(D1) drought on July 8th. The Cooperative Observer in Elk reported 4.81 inches of precipitation which was 1.67 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought in June. The Cooperative Observer in Elk reported 2.75 inches of precipitation which was 1.13 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought through the month of May. The Cooperative Observer in Elk reported 0.79 inches of precipitation which was 0.20 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
Extreme(D3) drought remained across the entire zone in April. The Elk Cooperative Observer reported 0.23 inches of precipitation which was 0.29 inches below normal.
High Wind High Wind
The Mayhill RAWS recorded a peak gust of 61 mph. The Mayhill Dimension Point site also recorded a 61 mph gust.
High Wind High Wind
A peak gust of 62 mph was recorded at Dimension Point near Mayhill. The Mayhill RAWS also recorded a peak gust of 60 mph.
High Wind High Wind
A peak gust of 61 mph was recorded at the Lincoln Portable Number 2 RAWS north of Mayhill.
Drought Drought
The entire zone started at Severe(D2) drought and finished in Extreme(D3) drought. The Cooperative Observer in Elk recorded a trace of precipitation which was 0.51 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought. There was no precipitation at the Elk Cooperative Observer which was 0.33 inches below normal.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Mayhill received a total of 7.0 inches of snow.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought in January. The Cooperative Observer reported 0.25 inches of precipitation which was 0.26 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month of December. The Elk Cooperative Observer reported just a trace of precipitation which was 0.70 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought during the month of November. The Elk Cooperative Observer reported 1.29 inches of precipitation which was 0.78 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
The month started out with Severe(D2) drought over the south and Moderate(D1) drought over the north. By the end of the month, the entire zone was in Severe(D2) drought. The Cooperative Observer in Elk reported 0.31 inches of precipitation which was 1.19 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The month started with Extreme(D3) drought over the south and Severe(D2) drought over the north. By the end of the month, the south was in Severe(D2) drought and the north in Moderate(D1) drought. The Cooperative Observer in Elk received 1.72 inches of precipitation which was 0.6…
Drought Drought
The southern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the north remained in Severe(D2) drought. The Cooperative Observer at Elk reported 1.48 inches of precipitation which was 1.26 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
Extreme(D3) drought continued across the south while Severe(D2) drought remained in place across the north during the month of July. The Elk Cooperative Observer reported 2.85 inches of precipitation which was 0.29 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The southern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the north continued to be in Severe(D2) drought. The Cooperative Observer in Elk reported 2.96 inches of precipitation which was 1.34 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
The southern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the north was in Severe(D2) drought. The Cooperative Observer in Elk reported 0.02 inches of precipitation which was 0.97 inches below normal.
High Wind High Wind
The Lincoln Portable RAWS #2 located about 5 miles north of Mayhill recorded a peak gust of 62 mph.
High Wind High Wind
A peak gust of 58 mph was recorded at the Lincoln Portable RAWS #2 located about 5 miles north of Mayhill.
High Wind High Wind
A peak gust of 65 mph was recorded at the Mayhill RAWS.
Drought Drought
The southern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought with Severe(D2) drought continuing over the north. The Cooperative Observer in Elk reported 0.08 inches of precipitation which was 0.44 inches below normal.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Social Media photos showed around 9 inches of snow in Sixteen Springs Canyon. Six inches of snow was also snow about 4 miles west-northwest of Mayhill where there were reports of cars sliding off of Highway 82 east of Cloudcroft.
Drought Drought
Extreme(D3) drought conditions remained across the south and Severe(D2) across the north during the month of March. The Cooperative Observer in Elk reported 0.95 inches of precipitation which was 0.44 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
The zone started in Extreme(D3) drought but the northern half improved to Severe(D2) drought by the end of the month. The Cooperative Observer in Elk reported 0.32 inches of precipitation which was just 0.01 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought in January. The Cooperative Observer in Elk reported just 0.08 inches of precipitation, which was 0.43 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought. The Elk Cooperative Observer reported just 0.23 inches of precipitation which was 0.47 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought through the month. The Elk Cooperative Observer reported 0.45 inches of precipitation which was 0.06 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought through the entire month. The Elk Cooperative Observer reported 0.80 inches which was 0.70 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought throughout the month. The Elk Cooperative Observer recorded 2.32 inches of precipitation which was 0.30 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The month started with Severe(D2) drought south and Moderate(D1) drought north but on August 1st was placed in Extreme(D3) drought. The Cooperative Observer just outside Otero county in Elk reported 3.66 inches of precipitation which was 0.92 inches above normal after 1.56 inches…
Drought Drought
The month with D0 to D1 drought over the zone, but on July 25th, the southern half of the zone was placed in Severe(D2) drought with Moderate(D1) drought north.
High Wind High Wind
The Mayhill RAWS recorded a peak gust of 58 mph.
High Wind High Wind
A Mesonet site in Mayhill recorded a peak gust of 62 mph.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
A total of 5.8 inches of snow fell 4 miles south-southeast of Mayhill. Another observer reported 5.1 inches of snow 3 miles west-northwest of Mayhill.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
An observer 3 miles west-northwest of Mayhill reported a total of 11.5 inches of snow.
Drought Drought
The entire zone improved from Severe(D2) drought to Moderate(D1) drought by the end of September.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month of August.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought continued through the month of July for the entire zone.
Drought Drought
June started out with the northern half of the zone in Extreme(D3) drought and Severe(D2) drought over the south. By the end of the month, the entire zone was in Severe(D2) drought.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought covered the entire zone to start May, but by the end of the month, the northern half was in Extreme(D3) drought.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month.
Drought Drought
On March 8th, the entire zone went from Moderate(D1) drought to Severe(D2) drought.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
A CoCoRaHS observer reported 5.5 inches of snow about 3 miles west-northwest of Mayhill.
Drought Drought
The month started with Severe(D2) drought over the northern half of the zone with Moderate(D1) drought across the south. On August 3rd, the north was placed into Abnormally Dry(D0) drought conditions and no drought across the south.
Drought Drought
The month started out with Extreme(D3) drought conditions over the south and Severe(D2) drought over the north. At the end of July, the north remained in Severe(D2) drought with Moderate(D1) drought conditions over the south.
Drought Drought
The zone started June in Exceptional(D4) drought and improved by the end of the month to Extreme(D3) drought south and Severe(D2) drought over the northern half of the zone.
Drought Drought
Exceptional(D4) drought continued through the month of May.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in exceptional(D4) drought through the month of April.
Events by year
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 0 |
| 2024 | 16 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 |
| 2013 | 12 | 0 |
| 2012 | 11 | 0 |