Cold/Wind Chill, Westcentral Mountains
- When
- January 11, 12:00 AM MST to 8:30 AM MST
- Where
- Westcentral Mountains forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
Cold in New Mexico, January 11, 1997
A man from Gamerco died from exposure in west Gallup. Overnight weather was clear and cold with a low of 16 degrees.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 man from Gamerco died from exposure in west Gallup. Overnight weather was clear and cold with a low of 16 degrees.
Event by event
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard in Utah, January 11 to 14, 1997
- Avalanche in Washington, January 11, 1997
- Winter Storm in New Mexico, January 11 to 14, 1997
- Cold in North Carolina, January 11, 1997
- Winter Storm in Texas, January 11 to 14, 1997
- Winter Weather in Oklahoma, January 11 to 12, 1997
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 11 to 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Texas, January 11 to 12, 1997
- Cold in Colorado, January 11 to 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 11, 1997
- Cold in Nebraska, January 11 to 12, 1997
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, January 1997
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5586728.