Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains storm history

A storm spotter in Chacon reported 34 inches of snow had fallen just north of town. Snow totals ranged from 6 to 14 inches elsewhere in the zone. The heavy snow experienced rapid melting and rain and snow producing high rises in area creeks and streams in the subsequent days.

Extreme drought conditions were removed from the zone.

The SNOTEL site at Wesner Springs observed an estimated 17 inches of snowfall.

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

The Sipapu Ski area measured 21 inches of snow.

Ski Santa Fe measured 21 inches of snowfall. Elsewhere in the zone, other ski areas and SNOTEL sites measured 11 to 20 inches of snowfall.

Ski Santa Fe observed 27 inches of snow. SNOTEL sites in the zone observed 1 to 2 feet of snow.

The Rio Barbara SNOTEL recorded an estimated 11 inches of snow.

Severe drought was removed from the zone.

Severe drought remained across nearly all of the zone.

Severe drought remained across nearly all of the zone.

Ski Santa Fe measured 26 inches of snow. Two to 26 inches of snow fell elsewhere in the zone.

The Wesner Springs SNOTEL reported 12 inches of snow. There were reports of 3 to 8 inches elsewhere in the zone.

The Ski Santa Fe resort observed 15 inches of snowfall. The nearby SNOTEL site observed 12 inches of snowfall along with Sipapu Ski Resort observing 10 inches of snowfall.

Severe drought remained, except across the far northern part of the zone.

The Santa Fe ski area measured 10 inches of snow.

Ski Santa Fe and Sipapu ski resorts reported a storm total of 27 inches of snow at each location. Other various sources reported a range of 6 to 21 inches of snow across the zone.

Severe drought conditions persisted across the zone.

Ski Santa Fe reported 30 inches of snow. An estimated 10 to 18 inches fell at mountain tops from various SNOTELs across the zone with 8 to 10 inches elsewhere.

Ski Santa Fe reported 15 inches of snow with other reports in the zone ranging from 8 to 9.5 inches atop the peaks and 2 to 7 inches elsewhere.

Severe drought conditions persisted across the zone.

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

An estimated 21 inches of snow was reported at the Wesner Springs SNOTEL. Other amounts ranged from 13 inches at Ski Santa Fe to 20 inches by a storm spotter along NM Highway 518.

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

Ski Santa Fe reported 18 inches of snow. SNOTEL sites also reported 10 or 11 inches of snow atop the peaks of the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

A dry and warm November resulted in the introduction of extreme drought conditions in the central portion of the zone. Severe drought conditions remained persistent elsewhere.

A dry and warm October resulted in the persistence of severe drought conditions in the zone.

A continuation of a dry monsoon season and above normal temperatures allowed for the persistence of severe drought conditions into most of the zone.

A continuation of a dry monsoon season and above normal temperatures allowed for the eastward expansion of severe drought conditions into most of the zone.

Heavy snow impacted the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The Santa Fe Ski area reported 17 inches of snow, where other reports reported 6 to 12 inches of snow throughout the zone. Difficult to severe winter driving conditions were also relayed by the NM Emergency Operations C…

Heavy snow impacted much of the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The Rio Santa Barbara SNOTEL measured 17 inches of snow. There were various other reports of 8 to 14 inches of snow throughout the zone.

Santa Fe Ski measured 10 inches of snow. There were various other reports of 3 to 7 inches of snow across the zone.

Heavy snow impacted the higher terrain of the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains where there was a public report of 22 inches of snow near Santa Fe Ski. There were also various other reports of 8 to 10 inches of snow.

A snotel reported 11 inches of snow.

A CoCoRaHS station reported 10 inches of snow.

Heavy snow impacted the zone with the Santa Fe Ski area reported 10 inches of new snow.

The Santa Fe Ski area measured 11 inches of snowfall.

Heavy snow impacted the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The Santa Fe Ski resort reported 12 inches of snow.

Several observation platforms including SNOTELs and ski sites reported snowfall accumulations between 8 and 12 inches in less than 10 hours from near Tres Ritos to Santa Fe Ski Basin.

Moderate to severe drought conditions from July 2022 improved to moderate drought conditions areawide in August.

Severe to extreme drought conditions from June 2022 improved to moderate to severe drought in July.

Extreme drought conditions from May 2022 improved to severe to extreme drought conditions in June.

A portable RAWS station near Cowles measured a peak wind gust of 59 mph.

A portable RAWS station near Cowles measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph.

A portable RAWS station east southeast of Cowles measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph.

Extreme drought conditions from April 2022 continued in May.

A portable RAWS station east-southeast of Cowles measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph.

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

A SNOTEL near Tres Ritos received an estimated 12 inches of snowfall.

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