Freezing Fog in New Mexico
Every freezing fog event the National Weather Service has filed in New Mexico, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Fog that froze on contact with roads, vehicles or structures.
The most significant on the map
The most significant freezing fog 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
- 17
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $50,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Heavy Snow and Freezing Fog in New Mexico, December 2 to 3, 2011After a very strong back door frontal passage on December 1st, which plowed through the eastern plains and westward through the gaps of the central mountain chain toward the Arizona border, much cooler temperatures were in place across the state.
- Freezing Fog in New Mexico, November 30, 2013A strong ridge of high pressure and melting snow cover over the Four Corners region set the stage for a lengthy duration of low clouds and freezing fog.
- Freezing Fog in New Mexico, February 10 to 11, 2012Freezing fog developed across much of the eastern plains of New Mexico during the early morning hours of the 11th. Fog continued through much of the day as temperatures struggled to reach the freezing mark behind an arctic front.
- Freezing Fog in New Mexico, February 1, 2023A modified Arctic airmass pushed southward into eastern NM January 31, 2023 and into February 1, 2023. Freezing fog developed behind the cold front, focusing along the New Mexico and Colorado border from Raton to Clayton.
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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.