Heavy Snow in New Mexico, January 28, 2001

Name: Heavy Snow in New Mexico, January 28, 2001
Start: 2001-01-28T05:00
End: 2001-01-28T19:00
Location: New Mexico

January 28, 2001 · NWS EPZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy snow, 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 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Southern Sacramento Mountains / Nc Otero

When: January 28, 5:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
Where: Southern Sacramento Mountains / Nc Otero forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

From 6 to 10 inches of snow fell in the Cloudcroft area, with isolated amounts of over a foot.

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 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in New Mexico, January 2001

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5231647.