An upper-level trough dove south and closed off into a low over Arizona during the day of April 4th. Lift ahead of the low along with a backdoor front diving south and west across eastern New Mexico and into the Rio Grande Valley resulted in the development of snow across eastern, northern and west central New Mexico late April 4th into April 5th.
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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.
An upper-level trough dove south and closed off into a low over Arizona during the day of April 4th. Lift ahead of the low along with a backdoor front diving south and west across eastern New Mexico and into the Rio Grande Valley resulted in the development of snow across eastern, northern and west central New Mexico late April 4th into April 5th. Snow peaked in intensity, especially along the east slopes of the central mountain chain during the morning hours of April 5th due to upslope flow behind the backdoor front along with the upper low approaching the bootheel in southwest New Mexico. Snow waned slowly from north to south across central and eastern New Mexico during afternoon hours as the low moved across the southern portion of the state into West Texas. Overall, snowfall amounts of 10 to 18 inches were observed across the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and Sandia and Manzano Mountains, around 5 to 10 inches across the northern mountains, and 4 to 8 inches across the west central highlands and northeast and east central highlands and plains. Snow and blowing snow resulted in the closure of U.S. Highway 64/87 in far northeast NM for several hours as well as sections of I-40 from Tijeras Canyon to Santa Rosa due to several vehicle accidents.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 4, 2:14 PM MST, 46 minutes earlier.
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15 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The SNOTEL site at Wesner Springs observed an estimated 17 inches of snowfall.
A trained spotter between Rociada and Holman measured 18 inches of snowfall. Around a foot of snowfall was observed across other locations in the zone.
CoCoRaHS observers in Tijeras, Edgewood, and Cedar Crest generally measured 12 to 18 inches of snowfall. Slick roads from the snow caused several multi vehicle accidents closing down sections of I-40 in the zone.
A CoCoRaHS observer in San Geronimo measured 6 inches of snowfall. Elsewhere in the zone, a CoCoRaHS observer in Las Vegas measured 4 inches of snowfall.
The SNOTEL site at Taos Pueblo observed an estimated 10 inches of snowfall.
A COOP observer in Folsom measured 7 inches of snowfall. Snow and blowing snow resulted in the closure of U.S. 64/87 in the zone.
A trained spotter in Wagon Mound measured 10 inches of snowfall. Slick roads from snow resulted in severe driving conditions on I-25 in the zone.
A trained spotter in Cuervo measured 7 inches of snowfall. Slick roads from the snow caused several multi vehicle accidents closing down sections of I-40 in the zone.
A CoCoRaHS observer in Encino measured 7.7 inches of snowfall. Slick roads from the snow caused several multi vehicle accidents closing down sections of I-40 in the zone.
Snow and blowing snow resulted in the closure of U.S. 64/87 in the zone.
A trained spotter at Ojo Encino measured 7 inches of snowfall. Elsewhere in the zone, a COOP and CoCoRaHS observer in Cuba measured around 6 inches of snowfall.
A CoCoRaHS observer in Gallina measured 11.3 inches of snowfall.
A CoCoRaHS observer in Moriarty measured 7.9 inches of snowfall. Slick roads from the snow caused several multi vehicle accidents closing down sections of I-40 in the zone.
A trained spotter in San Fidel measured 4.3 inches of snowfall. Elsewhere in the zone, a CoCoRaHS observer in Grants measured 4.2 inches of snowfall.
A CoCoRaHS observer in Clovis measured 4 inches of snowfall.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, April 2025
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: 1236195, 1236196, 1236197, 1236202, 1236194, 1236200, 1236201, 1236204, 1236199, 1236203, 1236191, 1236193, 1236198, 1236192, 1236205.