Heavy Snow, Far Northeast Plains / Union Except X Nw / X Se Colfax
- When
- December 3, 4:00 PM MST to December 4, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Far Northeast Plains / Union Except X Nw / X Se Colfax forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 3 to 4, 1999
Heavy snow of 6 to 9 inches was reported across the north central mountains. Heavy snow of 3 to 7 inches also developed in the northeast plains while Quay County measured 8 to 12 inches along the Caprock.
The toll
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Heavy snow of 6 to 9 inches was reported across the north central mountains. Heavy snow of 3 to 7 inches also developed in the northeast plains while Quay County measured 8 to 12 inches along the Caprock.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Harding
- When
- December 3, 4:00 PM MST to December 4, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Harding forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow, Northeast Highlands / All But X W and X Se Colfax / All But X W Mora / C San Miguel / X Nw Union
- When
- December 3, 4:00 PM MST to December 4, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northeast Highlands / All But X W and X Se Colfax / All But X W Mora / C San Miguel / X Nw Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow, Quay
- When
- December 3, 4:00 PM MST to December 4, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Quay forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
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 3, 4:00 PM MST to December 4, 6:00 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
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, December 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, December 3 to 4, 1999
- High Wind in California, December 3 to 4, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 3 to 4, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, December 3, 1999
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 3 to 6, 1999
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, December 3 to 4, 1999
- Hail in Oklahoma, December 3, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 3, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 3 to 4, 1999
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, December 3 to 4, 1999
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, December 3 to 4, 1999
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, December 1999
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5720838, 5720839, 5720840, 5720841, 5720842.