High Wind, Upper Rio Grande Valley
- When
- March 29, 1:00 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Upper Rio Grande Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
High Wind in New Mexico, March 29, 1996
Sustained winds reached 40 mph for several hours at Santa Fe and gusted to 68 mph at Sierra Blanca airport near Ruidoso. Winds gusted 35 to 50 mph elsewhere across the northern two-thirds of the state.
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.
Sustained winds reached 40 mph for several hours at Santa Fe and gusted to 68 mph at Sierra Blanca airport near Ruidoso. Winds gusted 35 to 50 mph elsewhere across the northern two-thirds of the state.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains
- When
- March 29, 4:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 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
- Ice Storm in Maryland, March 29, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 29, 1996
- Dust Storm in Arizona, March 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 29, 1996
- Hail in Louisiana, March 29, 1996
- Hail in Louisiana, March 29, 1996
- Hail in Louisiana, March 29, 1996
- Hail in Louisiana, March 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 29 to 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 29 to 30, 1996
- Hail in Louisiana, March 29, 1996
- Hail in Louisiana, March 29, 1996
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, March 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5547073, 5547074.