Heavy Snow, Sangre de Cristo Mountains
- When
- February 26, 6:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains forecast zone
- Measured
- 18
Heavy Snow in New Mexico, February 26, 1996
Ski areas in Taos county reported up to 18 inches of fresh snow while snow in the mountains southeast of Reserve was estimated at 8 to 11 inches.
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.
Ski areas in Taos county reported up to 18 inches of fresh snow while snow in the mountains southeast of Reserve was estimated at 8 to 11 inches.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southwest Mountains/Upper Gila Region
- When
- February 26, 6:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southwest Mountains/Upper Gila Region forecast zone
- Measured
- 11
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
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, February 26 to 27, 1996
- Blizzard in North Dakota, February 26 to 28, 1996
- High Wind in Texas, February 26, 1996
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, February 26 to 27, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, February 26 to 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, February 26 to 27, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, February 26 to 27, 1996
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, February 26 to 27, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, February 26, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 26, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, February 26 to 27, 1996
- High Wind in New Mexico, February 26, 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: 5539300, 5539301.