A winter storm produced snow and wind across the northern mountains of New Mexico mainly during the late night hours of the 11th and the early morning hours of the 12th. Snow began to fall around 7 pm on the 11th and continued through noon on the 12th.
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.
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
A winter storm produced snow and wind across the northern mountains of New Mexico mainly during the late night hours of the 11th and the early morning hours of the 12th. Snow began to fall around 7 pm on the 11th and continued through noon on the 12th. Snow amounts averaged 5 to 9 inches but were accompanied by 45 to 55 mph wind gusts, which caused considerable blowing and drifting snow.
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, January 2005
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: 5432879, 5432880.