Heavy Snow in New Mexico, February 6 to 7, 2005

Name: Heavy Snow in New Mexico, February 6 to 7, 2005
Start: 2005-02-06T21:00
End: 2005-02-07T10:00
Location: New Mexico

February 6 to 7, 2005 · NWS ABQ · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Widespread snow of 1 to 3 inches was reported across west central and north central New Mexico. Heaviest snow of 4 to 6 inches was limited to snow bands stretching northeast across McKinley County into Sandoval County or from south of Gallup northeast to Jemez Springs.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

What happened

The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, 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: February 6, 9:00 PM MST to February 7, 10:00 AM 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.

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

When: February 6, 9:00 PM MST to February 7, 10:00 AM 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

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New Mexico in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in New Mexico, February 2005

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: 5437165, 5437166.