Heavy Snow in New Mexico, November 6 to 7, 2000

Name: Heavy Snow in New Mexico, November 6 to 7, 2000
Start: 2000-11-06T20:00
End: 2000-11-07T12:00
Location: New Mexico

November 6 to 7, 2000 · NWS EPZ · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Southwest Mountains/Lower Gila Region / X N Hildago / Grant Except S / W Sierra

When: November 6, 8:00 PM MST to November 7, 12:00 PM MST
Where: Southwest Mountains/Lower Gila Region / X N Hildago / Grant Except S / W Sierra forecast zone
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A winter storm dumped 12 to 14 inches of snow on the higher elevations of southern New Mexico, mainly the lower Gila region and the southern Sacramento Mountains. Being an early season system, the snow was wetter than usual which resulted in downed power lines and trees in some areas.

Heavy Snow, Southern Sacramento Mountains / Nc Otero

When: November 6, 10:00 PM MST to November 7, 10:00 AM MST
Where: Southern Sacramento Mountains / Nc Otero forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

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

Every storm in New Mexico in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in New Mexico, November 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5167200, 5166560.