Alert archive / New Mexico / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in New Mexico, 2021
16 winter storm watches in 2021. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 16
- Busiest month
- December6 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 12, 20213 winter storm watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2:11 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Mora, Quay and 6 more | 26 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:50 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MAF | Lea | 35 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:53 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:15 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry and 19 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:16 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 34 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:08 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | EPZ | Otero | 24 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:03 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:26 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 22 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:12 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 10 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:17 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Los Alamos, McKinley and 10 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:07 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Taos | 12 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:02 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Taos | 11 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:19 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:37 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Los Alamos, McKinley, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:37 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Lincoln, Los Alamos and 11 more | 31 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:32 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | EPZ | Otero | 30 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Colfax County10
- Rio Arriba County10
- Taos County10
- Mora County8
- San Miguel County8
- Santa Fe County8
- Union County6
- Los Alamos County6
- Sandoval County6
- McKinley County4
- San Juan County4
- Bernalillo County3
- Catron County3
- Cibola County3
- Socorro County3
- Torrance County3
- Valencia County3
- Curry County2
- De Baca County2
- Guadalupe County2
- Quay County2
- Roosevelt County2
- Lea County2
- Lincoln County2
- Otero County2
- Chaves County1
- Harding County1
- Eddy County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.