Avalanche in New Mexico
Every avalanche event the National Weather Service has filed in New Mexico, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A mass of snow sliding down a mountainside that caused a death, an injury or damage.
The most significant on the map
The most significant avalanche episodes in New Mexico.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 6
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $2,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornado and Avalanche in New Mexico, March 11 to 14, 2019A record breaking late winter storm system moved through New Mexico on March 12-14, 2019. A deep tap of subtropical moisture surged north into the state ahead of this system on March 12th as a surface low deepened over northeastern New Mexico.
- Avalanche in New Mexico, January 17, 2019An active weather pattern over the southern Rockies for the 2018-2019 winter season delivered the first substantial snowpack to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in several years. At 11:30 a.m.
- Winter Storm and Avalanche in New Mexico, February 22 to 23, 2023A strong portion of the jetstream associated with a deep upper level low brought damaging winds to portions of northern and central NM February 22, 2023. Peak gusts regularly topped 70 mph, with the Santa Fe Airport recording a peak gust of 85 mph.
- Avalanche and Drought in New Mexico, September 1 to 30, 2020Another very dry month with little in the way of monsoon moisture worsened drought conditions across southwest and south-central New Mexico.
- Avalanche and Heavy Snow in New Mexico, March 10 to 11, 2022A winter storm system brought widespread snow to northern and central New Mexico on March 10-11, 2022. By early on March 10th, this storm strengthened over northern Arizona before tracking eastward across New Mexico on the 11th.
- Avalanche in New Mexico, September 6, 2016An upper trough was over the Great Basin with southerly flow tapping moisture from a hurricane moving through the Gulf of California.
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Sources
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 2026-09-24.