Bands of heavy snow spread northeast during the night from west central New Mexico into the northern mountains. Chama reported 7 inches of wet snow while amounts reached 9-10 inches near Red River.
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.
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Bands of heavy snow spread northeast during the night from west central New Mexico into the northern mountains. Chama reported 7 inches of wet snow while amounts reached 9-10 inches near Red River. Four to six inch amounts were reported across Cibola and northern Catron counties.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, March 1998
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: 5638451, 5638452, 5638453.