Heavy Snow in New Mexico, November 26, 2002

Name: Heavy Snow in New Mexico, November 26, 2002
Start: 2002-11-26T04:00
End: 2002-11-26T11:00
Location: New Mexico

November 26, 2002 · 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: November 26, 4:00 AM MST to 11:00 AM MST
Where: Southern Sacramento Mountains / Nc Otero forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Snowfall amounts ranged from 6 inches in Cloudcroft to 11 inches in Mayhill, all within 12 hours.

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 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in New Mexico, November 2002

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: 5326435.