| All Time Heavy Snow Events For El Paso | |
| 1. 22.4 inches Dec. 13-14 1987 2. 8.8 inches Apr. 4-5 1983 3. 8.4 inches Nov. 1906 4. 7.8 inches Nov. 13-14 1961 5. 7.3 inches Mar. 11-12 1958 |
6. 7.2 inches Feb. 2 1956 7. 7.1 inches Dec. 7-8 1951 8. 7.0 inches Dec. 30-31 1982 9. 7.0 inches Nov. 26-27 1968 10. 6.7 inches Nov. 27-28 1976 |
| December | January | February | ||||||||||
| Station: | High | Low | Precip | Snow | High | Low | Precip | Snow | High | Low | Precip | Snow |
| El Paso | 58 | 31 | 0.6 | 1 | 56 | 29 | 0.4 | 1 | 62 | 34 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Las Cruces | 58 | 28 | 0.8 | 2 | 58 | 28 | 0.5 | 1 | 63 | 31 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Deming | 57 | 27 | 0.8 | 1 | 57 | 26 | 0.4 | 1 | 63 | 30 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Silver City | 52 | 25 | 1.2 | 3 | 51 | 24 | 1.1 | 3 | 55 | 26 | 1.1 | 3 |
| Cloudcroft | 44 | 21 | 1.8 | 16 | 42 | 19 | 1.7 | 18 | 43 | 20 | 1.4 | 17 |
WINTER WEATHER OUTLOOK
The National Weather Service long range winter forecast for southern New Mexico and extreme western Texas calls for slightly warmer than normal temperatures and near normal amounts of rain and snow from December, 2000 through February, 2001.