Northwest Highlands storm history

Snowfall amounts ranged from three to nine inches along the Continental Divide region of U.S. Highway 550. Severe travel conditions due to snow, low visibility, and frigid temperatures were reported across much of the area. 12-year old Alexander Steven Madsen was killed when two …

Between 4 and 12 inches of snow fell across the Northwest Highlands. The heaviest snow fell around Cuba. However, the effects of the cold and snow were felt elsewhere. A 31 year old man died of exposure in Crownpoint on the 23rd. His body was found north of the chapter house with…

Widespread snow amounts of 2 inches or greater coated the northwest highlands. The greatest amounts were near Lindrith, where 8 inches of snow was reported. The heavy snow resulted in one fatality. Jimmy Shendo, of Jemez Pueblo, was driving a Toyota truck southbound on U.S. 550 i…

Extreme drought remained persistent over the far northwestern portion of the zone.

Extreme drought remained persistent over the far northwestern portion of the zone.

Extreme drought remained persistent over the far northwestern portion of the zone.

Extreme drought was reduced to the northwest portion of the zone.

Extreme drought was reintroduced to the northern half of the zone.

Extreme drought was removed across the zone.

Extreme drought persisted over the southwestern tier of the zone.

Extreme drought persisted over the southwestern tier of the zone.

A trained spotter at Ojo Encino measured 7 inches of snowfall. Elsewhere in the zone, a COOP and CoCoRaHS observer in Cuba measured around 6 inches of snowfall.

Extreme drought was introduced to the southwestern tier of the zone.

Severe drought was introduced to the western two-thirds of the zone.

A COOP observer in Torreon Navajo measured 8 inches of snow. Several snowfall reports of 4 inches were observed across the rest of the zone.

Severe drought was removed from the zone.

Severe drought coverage was reduced to the northern part of the zone.

Severe drought persisted over the northern portion of the zone.

Severe drought persisted over the northern portion of the zone.

Severe drought was reduced to the northern portion of the zone.

Extreme drought was removed from the zone while severe drought persisted.

A COOP observer reported 7 inches of snow just southwest of Cuba, while there was a CoCoRaHS report of 5.7 inches in Cuba.

Severe to extreme drought conditions persisted across the zone. The southern half of the zone did see an improvement from extreme drought to severe drought.

Severe to mainly extreme drought conditions persisted across the zone, despite receiving some beneficial snowfall from several winter storms.

A CoCoRaHS station in Cuba measured 8.7 inches of snow.

Near to slightly above normal precipitation resulted in the removal of exceptional drought in the zone. Extreme drought remained persistent across the entirety of the zone.

A dry and warm October resulted in the persistence of severe drought conditions in the far northern part of the zone and extreme drought conditions for central and southern parts of the zone. A patch of exceptional drought conditions was introduced to the east central part of the…

A continuation of a dry monsoon season and above normal temperatures allowed for the expansion of extreme drought conditions.

A continuation of a dry monsoon season and above normal temperatures allowed for the expansion of severe drought conditions and introduction of extreme drought conditions.

A very dry start to the monsoon season along with record heat in July resulted in the introduction of severe drought across a majority of the zone.

Heavy snow impacted an isolated section of the zone where the Torreon Navajo Mission COOP station measured 7 inches of snow.

Severe drought conditions improved to moderate drought through a majority of the Northwest Highlands.

Heavy snow impacted a small portion of the zone in Cuba where a trained spotter measured 6 inches of snow. There was another report of 4 inches in Cuba with 2.1 inches at Torreon Navajo Mission.

Severe drought conditions persisted through a portion of the zone during February.

Localized heavy snow impacted the eastern fringe of the zone with a trained spotter in Cuba, NM reporting 9 inches of snow.

Moderate to severe drought conditions persisted across the area through January 2023.

Moderate to severe drought conditions persisted across the area through December 2022.

Moderate to severe drought conditions persisted across the area through November 2022.

Moderate to severe drought conditions persisted across the area through October 2022.

Severe drought conditions from August 2022 improved in September with moderate to severe drought conditions across the area.

Severe drought conditions from July 2022 continued in August.

Severe drought conditions from June 2022 continued in July.

Extreme drought conditions from May 2022 improved to severe drought conditions across the area in June.

Extreme drought conditions from April 2022 continued in May.

A trained spotter near Cuba estimated peak wind gusts of 60 mph.

Severe to extreme drought conditions from March 2022 worsened in April with widespread extreme drought conditions.

Severe to extreme drought conditions from February 2022 continued in March.

A COOP observer near Cuba measured seven inches of new snow. This two-day total is the second highest snowfall measurement for these days for the COOP station that has been reporting since 1946.

Severe to extreme drought conditions from January 2022 continued in February.

Severe to extreme drought conditions from December 2021 continued in January 2022.