Heavy Snow, Northwest Mountains Including Jemez
- When
- December 23, 3:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northwest Mountains Including Jemez forecast zone
Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 23, 1996
Isolated pockets of heavy snow developed across the north central area of the state. Six inches of snow acculumated in less than 12 hours at Black Lake in Colfax county.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Isolated pockets of heavy snow developed across the north central area of the state. Six inches of snow acculumated in less than 12 hours at Black Lake in Colfax county. The Ghost Ranch area of Rio Arriba county reported over 7 inches of fresh snow.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Sangre de Cristo Mountains
- When
- December 23, 3:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains forecast zone
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, December 23, 1996
- Tornado in California, December 23, 1996
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, December 23, 1996
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 23, 1996
- Tornado in Illinois, December 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, December 23, 1996
- Cold in Nebraska, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Cold in Nebraska, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 23 to 24, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5578434, 5578435.