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Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Above 9500 Feet County, New Mexico
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 2009 and 2019, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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Tornado reports
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Hail reports
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Floods since 1996
143
All events
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Deaths
$12K
Property damage
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
The high terrain around Cowles and west of Las Vegas picked up 6 to 10 inches of heavy wet snow. Despite the heavy snowfall travel impacts were limited due to warmer surface temperatures.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
The Wesner Springs SNOTEL reported 18 inches of snowfall.
Drought Drought
Severe drought conditions from March 2019 improved to moderate drought in April.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Snowfall amounts as high as 32 inches were reported in the higher terrain east of Santa Fe. The combination of heavy snow and strong winds resulted in significant blowing and drifting snow.
Drought Drought
Extreme drought conditions from February 2019 improved to severe drought in March.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Various sources in the high terrain east of Santa Fe reported between 12 and 24 inches of snow. Difficult travel was reported.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Various sources in the higher terrain east of Santa Fe reported 6 to 11 inches of snowfall. Difficult travel conditions were reported.
Drought Drought
Severe to extreme drought conditions from January 2019 continued through February.
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Snowfall amounts averaged 10 inches over the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
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Snowfall amounts ranged from six to 10 inches in the high terrain east of Santa Fe. Difficult to severe travel conditions due to snow, low visibility, and frigid temperatures were reported.
Drought Drought
Extreme drought conditions from December 2018 continued through January 2019. Far northeast Santa Fe County improved to severe drought.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Snowfall amounts ranged from six to 10 inches in the high terrain east of Santa Fe. Difficult to severe travel conditions due to snow, low visibility, and frigid temperatures were reported.
Drought Drought
Extreme drought conditions from November continued through December 2018.
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Ski Santa Fe and SNOTELs showed 11 to 15 inches of snow fell across the area.
Drought Drought
Exceptional drought conditions from October improved to extreme drought through November 2018.
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SNOTELs and ski resort locations reported between 9 and 13 inches of snowfall. Difficult driving were also reported across the higher terrain.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Ski Santa Fe reported an early season snowfall amounts of 6 inches. SNOTELs in the area reported 2 to 6 inches.
Drought Drought
Exceptional drought conditions from September continued through October 2018.
Drought Drought
Extreme to exceptional drought conditions from August continued through September 2018.
Drought Drought
Exceptional drought conditions from July improved to extreme drought for parts of the area through August 2018.
Drought Drought
Exceptional drought conditions from June continued through July 2018. The Santa Fe National Forest was re-opened during July 2018 and fire restrictions were dropped to stage one at most locations.
Drought Drought
Exceptional drought conditions from May continued through June 2018. The Santa Fe National Forest remain closed during June 2018.
Drought Drought
Extreme drought conditions from April deteriorated to exceptional drought on May 15, 2018. The Santa Fe National Forest was closed at the end of May.
Drought Drought
Extreme drought conditions from March continued through April 2018.
Drought Drought
Extreme drought conditions from February continued through the end of March. A couple weak storm systems moved through the area during March with only light to moderate snowfall amounts. Snow-water equivalent values for the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range basin was only 22 percen…
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
SNOTELs and the Santa Fe Ski Basin picked up between 10 and 13 inches of heavy snow. This was a rather wet snowfall for the higher elevations as snow ratios were less than 10:1.
Drought Drought
Severe drought conditions over the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico deteriorated even further to extreme drought on February 13, 2018. A few weak storm systems moved through the area during February with light to moderate rain and snow amounts. This additional pr…
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Various sources in the southern high terrain of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains reported between eight and 14 inches of snow with blowing snow. Travel across the area was very difficult with bitter cold temperatures and gusty winds. This storm was the first impactful storm of the …
Drought Drought
Severe drought conditions were declared on January 23, 2018 for the Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Precipitation amounts were well below normal during the last three months of 2017 coupled with warm temperatures. Snowpack in the high terrain was an abysmal five percent of n…
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Snowfall amounts near one foot were reported within the high terrain east of Santa Fe. Severe driving conditions were reported through the high terrain by NMDOT.
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The Santa Fe Ski Basin and SNOTEL sites reported between 18 and 22 inches of snowfall with rates near two inches per hour. Strong winds were also reported across the high terrain.
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Snowfall amounts across the southern high peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains east of Santa Fe ranged from 8 to 11 inches.
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Snowfall amounts around the high terrain east of Santa Fe ranged from 6 to 12 inches. Impacts to travel were mainly confined to higher elevation portions of Hyde Park Road.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Various sources across the high terrain east of Santa Fe reported between 10 and 15 inches of snow.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Snowfall across the high terrain east of Santa Fe ranged from 8 to 10 inches. Strong winds also accompanied this snowfall over the higher peaks.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Snowfall amounts averaged 4 to 7 inches across the higher terrain east of Santa Fe. Moderate snowfall amounts combined with strong wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph created winter storm conditions.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
The combination of strong winds and heavy snow produced near blizzard conditions in the high terrain east of Santa Fe. Snowfall accumulations averaged 3 to 9 inches across the area.
High Wind High Wind
Public weather station in the high terrain northwest of Glorieta reported a peak wind gust to 61 mph.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Snowfall amounts generally ranged between 10 and 20 inches, with reports of around 22 inches at Santa Fe Ski Basin. The COOP observer in Eagle Nest reported 6 inches. Gusty winds and blowing snow resulted in difficult to severe driving conditions throughout the region.
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SNOTEL on the east slope of the southern exposure of the Sangre de Cristos Mountains reported a whopping 18 inches. Other areas across the mountains reported 3 to 7 inches.
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Public observers and SNOTELs across the area reported between 10 and 15 inches of fresh snow on the morning of the 8th. NM DOT reported difficult travel conditions, including Hyde Park. Persistent snowfall over several days worsened the impacts to travel.
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SNOTEL and ski sites over the area picked up between 10 and 18 inches of fresh snow. The heaviest snowfall occurred during the early morning hours of the 7th.
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Heavy snowfall amounts averaged 15 to 20 inches in the high mountains east of Santa Fe. Difficult driving conditions were reported around the area.
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Various sources across the high terrain reported 4 to 12 inches of new snow. Blowing snow and frigid temperatures with this event led to very low visibilities over the high terrain along with hazardous travel conditions.
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Public, SNOTEL, and ski sites reported between 5 and 12 inches of snow with blowing snow. Difficult travel was reported across the entire area, especially mountain passes.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Public sources and ski sites across the area reported between 10 and 29 inches of snowfall with hazardous travel conditions in blowing snow.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Late season heavy snowfall of 9 to 12 inches reported from high elevation SNOTEL sites in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. No impacts were noted due to the very high elevation and relatively warm surface temperatures.
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SNOTEL and other reports indicated between 4 and 10 inches of snow.
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Ski sites and SNOTELs reported between 9 and 19 inches of wet snow. Intense snowfall rates occurred with this snow event during the late afternoon and early evening hours of the 19th.
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SNOTEL and public reports averaged between 9 and 17 inches storm total during this extended winter storm.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 11 | 0 |
| 2018 | 18 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 |
| 2015 | 12 | 0 |
| 2014 | 14 | 0 |
| 2013 | 21 | 0 |
| 2012 | 17 | 0 |
| 2011 | 20 | 0 |
| 2010 | 13 | 0 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 |
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