New Mexico, 1997Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 2 to 3, 1997
December 2 to 3, 1997 · NWS ABQ · 5 events in 4 counties and zones
5 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Heavy Snow, Northwest Mountains Including Jemez / Rio Arriba Except X Se / Sanduval Except Se and X Sw / Los Alamos / Ne McKinley / Se San Juan / X Nw Santa Fe
- When
- December 2, 6:00 AM MST to December 3, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northwest Mountains Including Jemez / Rio Arriba Except X Se / Sanduval Except Se and X Sw / Los Alamos / Ne McKinley / Se San Juan / X Nw Santa Fe forecast zone
Heavy snows developed across the mountains of central and northern New Mexico with ski areas in Lincoln, Santa Fe and Taos counties reporting 12 to 16 inches of fresh powder. Los Alamos set a new daily record with 10 inches.
Heavy Snow, Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains / Sc Lincoln
- When
- December 2, 6:00 AM MST to December 3, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains / Sc Lincoln forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Northwest Mountains Including Jemez / Rio Arriba Except X Se / Sanduval Except Se and X Sw / Los Alamos / Ne McKinley / Se San Juan / X Nw Santa Fe
- When
- December 2, 6:00 AM MST to December 3, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northwest Mountains Including Jemez / Rio Arriba Except X Se / Sanduval Except Se and X Sw / Los Alamos / Ne McKinley / Se San Juan / X Nw Santa Fe forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Sandia/Manzano Mountains / Most of W Santa Fe / E Bernalillo / X Se Sanduval / X W Torrance / E Valencia / Part of E Socorro
- When
- December 2, 6:00 AM MST to December 3, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sandia/Manzano Mountains / Most of W Santa Fe / E Bernalillo / X Se Sanduval / X W Torrance / E Valencia / Part of E Socorro forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Sangre de Cristo Mountains / Taos / X W Mora / X Se Rio Arriba / Ne Santa Fe / X W Colfax / X Nw San Miguel
- When
- December 2, 6:00 AM MST to December 3, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains / Taos / X W Mora / X Se Rio Arriba / Ne Santa Fe / X W Colfax / X Nw San Miguel forecast zone
- 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.
- Dense Fog in Nebraska, December 2, 19971 injured · $45,000 · 1 event
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 2, 199751 kt wind · 22 events
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 2 to 3, 199712 events
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 2 to 3, 19978 events
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, December 2, 19977 events
- Winter Storm in Kansas, December 2 to 3, 19976 events
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, December 2 to 3, 19976 events
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, December 2, 19973 events
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, December 2, 19972 events
- High Wind in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 19972 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 2 to 4, 19972 events
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 2, 19971 event
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: 5625076, 5625077, 5625078, 5625079, 5625080.