High Wind, Westcentral Mountains
- When
- January 25, 10:55 AM MST
- Where
- Westcentral Mountains forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
High Wind in New Mexico, January 25, 1996
A cold front swept across northern sections of the state producing localized gusts of 55 to 65 mph.
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.
A cold front swept across northern sections of the state producing localized gusts of 55 to 65 mph.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Middle Rio Grande Valley
- When
- January 25, 9:01 PM MST
- Where
- Middle Rio Grande Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, January 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 25, 1996
- Flood in New York, January 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 25, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 25 to 26, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 25, 1996
- Flood in Montana, January 25 to 26, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, January 25, 1996
- Flood in Kentucky, January 25 to 27, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 25, 1996
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, January 1996
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: 5539328, 5539329.