December 8: Storms bring rain and small hail to the El Paso, Texas area with the precipitation changing to snow in the late afternoon after temperatures fall across the region.
December 18: Widespread snow falls across
southern New Mexico and west Texas with snow
amounts around an inch in the lower elevations and
2 to 4 inches over the mountains. The resultant
icy road conditions cause 55 motor vehicle
accidents in the El Paso area.
On December 24, Santa Teresa residents woke
up to find 2 to 4 inches of snow on the ground.
(Photographed by John Fausett).
January 6: High winds, associated with a strong cold
front, cause blowing dust across much of the area.
The low visibilities contribute to multi-vehicle
pileups over west El Paso. Further west, wind gusts
near 65 mph blow down a carport and cause roof
damage across Hidalgo County around Animas.
January 15: Unusually warm weather across the
Borderland. Las Cruces reaches 73 degrees to set
a new record for this date. High temperatures of 71
at El Paso and 70 at Alamogordo tie previous
records.
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Silver City, N.M., dropping almost an inch of rain along with small hail.
February 2: Wind gusts near 50 mph cause
widespread blowing dust with visibilities under a
half-mile in a few areas. The day was also very warm with El Paso's high temperature of 76 setting a new record for this date.
February 19-21: A slow moving low pressure system moves across the region producing 1 to 2 inches of rain.
March 16-19: Prolonged windy weather across
southern New Mexico and western Texas with gusts
around 50 mph each day.
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