New Mexico, 1998

High Wind in New Mexico, October 21, 1998

October 21, 1998 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Middle Rio Grande Valley

When
October 21, 3:00 AM MST to 5:00 AM MST
Where
Middle Rio Grande Valley forecast zone
Measured
58 kt (67 mph)
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

A strong downslope east wind developed briefly at the base of the Sandia Mountains causing tree and other landscape damage to homes in the Albuquerque Foothills.

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

More

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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: 5667316.