Upper Rio Grande Valley storm history

Eight to 12 inches of snow fell over much of the Upper Rio Grande Valley.

Extreme drought conditions were removed from the zone.

Extreme drought conditions persisted across the western portion the zone.

Extreme drought conditions persisted across the western portion the zone.

Extreme drought conditions persisted across the western portion the zone.

Extreme drought persisted across the western portion the zone.

A Wunderground station west of Taos near the Rio Grande gorge observed peak wind gusts of 64 mph.

Extreme drought was introduced to the southern half of the zone.

The Wild River RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 63 mph.

The San Cristobal CoCoRaHS measured 9 inches of snow. Amounts elsewhere in the zone ranged from 7 to 8 inches.

A CoCoRaHS observer in San Cristobal measured 15 inches of snowfall. Snowfall in Taos ranged between 5 to 8.5 inches.

A CoCoRaHS observer in Arroyo Hondo observed 10.5 inches of snow. Elsewhere in the zone, generally 3 to 5 inches of snow was observed in Taos.

Severe drought was removed from the zone.

Severe drought remained across the southern portion of the zone.

Severe drought remained across the southern portion of the zone.

A CoCoRaHS station near San Cristobal measured 9.4 inches of snow. Five inches was reported in Taos.

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

Severe drought conditions persisted across the zone.

There were various public reports and CoCoRaHS reports of 2 to 7 inches in Taos.

Severe drought conditions persisted across the zone.

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

A dry and warm November resulted in the introduction of extreme drought to the southern tier of the zone and the expansion of severe drought to the rest of the zone.

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

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

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

Heavy snow impacted parts of the Upper Rio Grande Valley. There were various reports of 5 to 9 inches of snow from Taos to San Cristobal and near the Rio Grande Gorge.

Heavy snow impacted the eastern edge of the zone near Taos where there was a nearby report of 8 inches in Valdez. There were various other snow reports of 2 to 5 inches of snow from Taos to Questa.

The Taos Airport measured repeated high sustained winds of 40 to 43 mph.

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

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

A weather station near Taos measured a peak sustained wind speed of 42 mph.

Severe to extreme drought conditions from April 2022 worsened in May with extreme drought conditions areawide.

An AWOS station near Taos measured a peak wind gust of 63 mph. Several hours of high wind speeds reduced visibility at Taos to one half to three quarters statute miles from blowing dust.

An AWOS station near Taos measured a peak sustained wind speed of 53 mph. Several hours of high wind speeds reduced visibility at Taos to one half to three quarters statute miles from blowing dust.

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

A trained spotter near Arroyo Seco measured 6 inches of new snow. This heavy snow resulted in difficult driving conditions, particularly on U.S. Highway 64 and New Mexico State Road 522.

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

An AWOS station in Taos recorded several hours of extreme cold temperatures with wind chills of -18 to -33 degrees Fahrenheit.

A CoCoRaHS observer near Ranchos de Taos measured 8.4 inches of new snow. Severe driving conditions were reported along U.S. Highway 64 from Taos to Eagle Nest.

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

Snow began falling across the area on December 31, 2021, and continued through the overnight hours. On the morning of January 1, 2022, a CoCoRaHS observer near Taos measured seven inches of new snow.

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

Snow began falling across the area on December 31, 2021, and continued through the overnight hours. On the morning of January 1, 2022, a CoCoRaHS observer near Taos measured seven inches of new snow.

Snow squall. Heavy rain, snow, and thunderstorms moved into the Taos area early in the morning with the Taos AWOS initially reporting rain. However, flash freeze conditions quickly froze the rain that has fallen with the Taos County District Emergency Coordinator reporting one to…

Severe to extreme drought conditions from November 2021 continued in December.

Severe to extreme drought conditions from October 2021 continued in November.

An AWOS station in Taos briefly measured sustained wind speeds of 40 mph.

Severe to extreme drought conditions from September 2021 continued in October.

Severe to extreme drought conditions from August 2021 continued in September.

Severe to extreme drought conditions from July 2021 continued in August.