A winter storm dumped heavy snow over north central and northeast New Mexico on the 30th and 31st. Rain and snow began late in the afternoon of the 29th and changed to snow during the evening.
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 dumped heavy snow over north central and northeast New Mexico on the 30th and 31st. Rain and snow began late in the afternoon of the 29th and changed to snow during the evening. Heavy accumulations began during the predawn hours of the 30th. By the time snow ended during the evening of the 31st, 12 to 18 inches of snow accumulated in the Sangre De Cristo Mountains. Six to twelve inches of snow fell over the Jemez Mountains and the northeast highlands with 3 to 7 inches over the northeast plains.
4 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: 5432881, 5432882, 5432883, 5432884.