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New Mexico Weather Records

5 official all-time records

The official all-time extremes for New Mexico, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 122°F at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (nr. Loving) to -50°F at Gavilan.

Maximum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
122°FJune 27, 1994Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (nr. Loving)299569E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Minimum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
-50°FFebruary 1, 1951Gavilan293505E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
11.28 inchesMay 18, 1955 to May 19, 1955Lake Maloya294742E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Maximum 24-Hour Snowfall

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
41 inchesFebruary 3, 1964Kelly Ranch294461N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Maximum Snow Depth

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
96 inchesMarch 15, 1941Lee's Ranch294903N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, State Climate Extremes Committee records.