New Mexico, 2024Heavy Snow in New Mexico, March 8, 2024
March 8, 2024 · NWS EPZ · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
A broad positively tilted trough extended from the eastern Dakotas through the Four Corners region. A back door cold front pushed into central New Mexico with the easterly winds providing for good upslope flow on the eastern side of the Sacramento Mountains where up to 9 inches of snow fell.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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A broad positively tilted trough extended from the eastern Dakotas through the Four Corners region. A back door cold front pushed into central New Mexico with the easterly winds providing for good upslope flow on the eastern side of the Sacramento Mountains where up to 9 inches of snow fell.
Heavy Snow, East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet
- When
- March 8, 7:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet forecast zone
- Reported by
- Social Media
- Coordinates
- 32.613, -105.742 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Social Media photos showed around 9 inches of snow in Sixteen Springs Canyon. Six inches of snow was also snow about 4 miles west-northwest of Mayhill where there were reports of cars sliding off of Highway 82 east of Cloudcroft.
Heavy Snow, Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet
- When
- March 8, 7:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 32.613, -105.742 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A spotter reported 6 inches of new snow at the Waterfall Lodge about 4 miles southeast of Cloudcroft.
- 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.
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Mississippi, March 8, 2024$523,000 · 1 in hail · 26 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 8, 202452 kt wind · 3 events
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, March 8 to 9, 20243 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, March 8, 20241.75 in hail · 3 events
- High Wind in Tennessee, March 8 to 9, 202467 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, March 8, 20241 event
- High Wind in Oregon, March 8 to 9, 202461 kt wind · 1 event
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: 1166852, 1166867.