A storm along the Pacific northwest coast moved south and strengthened into a closed low over northern Baja California on the 14th. The storm moved east on the 15th and crossed extreme southern New Mexico on the 16th.
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 storm along the Pacific northwest coast moved south and strengthened into a closed low over northern Baja California on the 14th. The storm moved east on the 15th and crossed extreme southern New Mexico on the 16th. The result was a band of significant snowfall, primarily across east central New Mexico.
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Five to 11 inches of snow fell over the southern portion of the Northeast Highlands, including central San Miguel county.
A general area of 3 to 7 inches of snow fell over the northern portions of the Central High Plains, including southeast Santa Fe county and southwest San Miguel county.
Three to 6 inches of snow fell over Guadalupe county early on the 16th.
Six inches of snow was reported in far northwest De Baca county on the 16th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, February 2008
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: 70356, 70357, 70358, 70359.