New Mexico, 1998High 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
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.