Many New Mexicans across the state woke up to extremely cold air Tuesday morning, with some temperatures even reaching record lows. The coldest weather was felt in northern New Mexico, with -30 reported in Angle Fire,
Low pressure has made its way into northern New Mexico from the northern Rocky Mountains today. This low-pressure system brought round one of snow to New Mexico. Over the course of the day, the snowfall has moved across the northeastern corner of the sate and south towards Tucumcari and Clovis.
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque issued an urgent extreme cold warning Monday (Jan. 20) to communities across most of New Mexico, including Taos County and North Central New Mexico.
While plenty of winter remains in New Mexico, lower-than-normal snowpack poses potential threats to the state's rivers come spring.
More than 220 million people across the United States are facing dangerous cold that will also open the door for a potentially historic and crippling winter storm that could deliver snow as far south as Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
It has been a warm and windy afternoon for New Mexico. The temperatures may be cooling off but the wind will be sticking around for tomorrow. Upper-level flow has been increasing over southeastern New Mexico this afternoon.
Cold temperatures are expected to sweep the region starting this weekend, with lows in the single digits Monday night.
A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven't seen before.
The NWS has issued the warnings as a powerful polar vortex continues to make temperatures plunge nationwide this week.
The National Weather Service and European global models show increasing chances of snow in Florida on Monday and Tuesday night.
As freezing temperatures are expected to hit much of New Mexico this weekend, city officials and charitable groups are once again ramping up emergency operations to support the city's homeless people.
We've named hurricanes since the 1950s, and naming weather systems goes back hundreds of years. Buy why not winter storms?