New Mexico, 2000

Excessive Heat in New Mexico, May 29, 2000

May 29, 2000 · NWS ABQ · 22 events in 22 counties and zones

Once again numerous daily record high temperatures were set across the state with readings in the upper 90s and 100s across the south and east, and temperatures in the mid and upper 90s elsewhere except for the mountain communities.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
22

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.

Once again numerous daily record high temperatures were set across the state with readings in the upper 90s and 100s across the south and east, and temperatures in the mid and upper 90s elsewhere except for the mountain communities.

Event by event

22 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Middle Rio Grande Valley / X Sc Sanduval / Valencia Except X E / X E Cibola / Bernalillo Except E and X Nw

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Middle Rio Grande Valley / X Sc Sanduval / Valencia Except X E / X E Cibola / Bernalillo Except E and X Nw forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains / Sc Lincoln

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains / Sc Lincoln forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Central High Plains/Estancia Valley County / Se Santa Fe / W San Miguel / Torrance Except X W / E Socorro

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Central High Plains/Estancia Valley County / Se Santa Fe / W San Miguel / Torrance Except X W / E Socorro forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Chaves County Plains / Chaves Except X Sw

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Chaves County Plains / Chaves Except X Sw forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Conchas Lake/Guadalupe / E San Miguel / Guadalupe

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Conchas Lake/Guadalupe / E San Miguel / Guadalupe forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Curry

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Curry forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, De Baca

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
De Baca forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Far Northeast Plains / Union Except X Nw / X Se Colfax

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Far Northeast Plains / Union Except X Nw / X Se Colfax forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Guadalupe Mountains of Chaves County / X Sw Chaves

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Guadalupe Mountains of Chaves County / X Sw Chaves forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Harding

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Harding forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Lincoln County High Plains/Hondo Valley / Lincoln Except Sc

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Lincoln County High Plains/Hondo Valley / Lincoln Except Sc forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Lower Rio Grande Valley / Part of C and E Socorro

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Lower Rio Grande Valley / Part of C and E Socorro forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Northeast Highlands / All But X W and X Se Colfax / All But X W Mora / C San Miguel / X Nw Union

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 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.

Excessive Heat, Northwest Mountains Including Jemez / Rio Arriba Except X Se / Sanduval Except Se and X Sw / Los Alamos / Ne McKinley / Se San Juan / X Nw Santa Fe

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Northwest Mountains Including Jemez / Rio Arriba Except X Se / Sanduval Except Se and X Sw / Los Alamos / Ne McKinley / Se San Juan / X Nw Santa Fe forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Northwest Plateau / San Juan Except X Sw and Se / Nc McKinley

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Northwest Plateau / San Juan Except X Sw and Se / Nc McKinley forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Quay

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Quay forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Roosevelt

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Roosevelt forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Sandia/Manzano Mountains / Most of W Santa Fe / E Bernalillo / X Se Sanduval / X W Torrance / E Valencia / Part of E Socorro

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Sandia/Manzano Mountains / Most of W Santa Fe / E Bernalillo / X Se Sanduval / X W Torrance / E Valencia / Part of E Socorro forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Sangre de Cristo Mountains / Taos / X W Mora / X Se Rio Arriba / Ne Santa Fe / X W Colfax / X Nw San Miguel

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 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.

Excessive Heat, Southwest Mountains/Upper Gila Region / Catron Except N / Part of W Socorro

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Southwest Mountains/Upper Gila Region / Catron Except N / Part of W Socorro forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Upper Rio Grande Valley / Nw Santa Fe / Part of Se Rio Arriba / Part of Se Sanduval

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Upper Rio Grande Valley / Nw Santa Fe / Part of Se Rio Arriba / Part of Se Sanduval forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Excessive Heat, Westcentral Mountains / McKinley Except Nc and Ne / Cibola Except X E / N Catron / X Sw Sanduval / X Nw Bernalillo / X Nw Socorro

When
May 29, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Westcentral Mountains / McKinley Except Nc and Ne / Cibola Except X E / N Catron / X Sw Sanduval / X Nw Bernalillo / X Nw Socorro forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

What these are

Excessive Heat
Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in New Mexico in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, May 2000

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: 5144186, 5144187, 5144188, 5144189, 5144190, 5144191, 5144192, 5144496, 5144497, 5144498, 5144499, 5144500, 5144501, 5144502, 5144503, 5144504, 5144505, 5144506, 5144507, 5144508, 5144509, 5144510.