Very Cold This Morning.

Elmo is not a happy camper this morning.

He says its way too cold in New Mexico.

Queen, NM Monday Morning.

Ruidoso, NM At Sunrise This Morning.

Much Of New Mexico Is Covered By Snow At 8:45 AM.

Blog updated at 2:00 PM MST.

Preliminary Record Low Temps Across NM.

NWS Albuquerque Snowfall Totals For New Mexico.

Snowfall Totals Reported Across Southern New Mexico.

Our first bout with winter will be today as our skies begin to clear. It will be cold though with afternoon high temperatures forecast to range from the upper 20's to near 32 across the southeastern plains of New Mexico. Warmer temps are forecast for Wednesday with highs in the 50's likely.

A dry cold front will get shoved southward into the area late Thursday night by a fast moving clipper type upper-level storm, that will be diving southward out of Canada, and into the Central Plains. Our highs Friday and Saturday will be in the 40's. Long-range models indicate that our next potential winter storm may affect the state by around the first to middle of next week as another large upper-level trough of low pressure dives into the Desert Southwest.

Ski Apache, as is usually is the case, was the big winner for local snowfall totals with 11". This brings their season snowfall total to 31". Some of the other heavier snowfall totals reported include 7.2" ESE of Clovis, 1 mile S of Capitan 6", 1 mile NW of Roswell 4.6", West side of Roswell 4.5", and 4" in Artesia, I measured a storm total of 2.7" of snowfall here at my home in Carlsbad, with 1.5" on the ground at 6 AM this morning. Most of my snowfall melted as it fell, and at times was mixed with rain, and sleet. Additional snowfall totals will be added as they become available today.

Low Temperatures This Morning.

Some of the coldest low temperatures being reported so far in the state has been -22F at the Angel Fire Airport. The Albuquerque Port Raws located southwest of Gallup is reporting a low of -21.The Eagle Nest Climate Coop Station is reporting a low of -21.

Curry County-

13 N Clovis -4
Clovis CW3200 -1

Clovis Municipal Airport 1

Cannon AFB 2

Roosevelt County-

Floyd CW5817 -3

Melrose Range 0

Portales CW7792 1

2 SW of Dora 2

Chaves County-

Dunken Raws -4

8-Mile Draw Raws 2

Roswell Climate 5

Roswell Airport 4

10 ESE Hagerman 9

Eddy County-

Cottonwood -3
Hope Climate -1

Artesia Airport 1

Artesia Climate 2

Queen Raws 4
South Artesia 4

Atoka - Alfadale 5

Caprock Raws 9
Carlsbad Caverns Climate 11

Bat Draw Raws 12
Carlsbad - Ridgecrest Subdivision 12

Carlsbad Airport 14
Carlsbad Climate 15

2.1 NNW Downtown Carlsbad 15

Carlsbad Raws 16

Lea County-

Crossroads Raws -2

2 SW Tatum 1

Willow Wells Raws 2
Tatum Climate 3

Hobbs DW8890 9

Woody Farms -11 N Hobbs 8

East Hobbs 9

Lovington 9
Hobbs Climate 10
Hobbs Airport 10

NW Hobbs - KM5BS 10

Hobbs Jefferson 12

Paduca Raws 16

Lincoln County-

Fort Stanton Raws -10
Ruidoso - Midtown -6

Adams Ranch #1 -5

Roswell Port Raws #2 -3
36 SSE Vaughn HC -3

Carrizozo Airport -2
Smokey Bear Raws - Ruidoso -2

Sierra Blanca Regional Airport 0

Ruidoso - Higher Ground 0

Sierra Blanca Snotel 4

Otero County-

Mayhill Raws -7

Weed - DRO -6

Cloudcroft - Dry Canyon 2

Holloman AFB- Alamogordo 2

Cloudcroft DW7382 2

Sacramento Peak Raws 3

Cosmic Raws - Apache Point 4
Cloudcroft - Silver Springs 5
Cloudcroft Fire Stn 6

Mescal Raws - Mescalero 10

High Rolls CW5738 11
Timberon 12

Culberson County-

Dog Canyon Raws 7

Bowl Raws - 1/2 N Guadalupe Pk 8

Pine Springs GMNP 10

Guadalupe Pass 11

Low Temperatures Are Courtesy Of-

Davis Weather Link

Weather Underground

New Mexico MesoWest Weather

New Mexico Rosa Climate Reports

Midland NWS Regional Climate Summary

The Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction!