Dec 8: Wind gusts near 50 mph cause widespread blowing dust and sand.

Dec 11-12: 3-5 inches of snow fall around Cloudcroft.

Dec 15: Very windy with gusts of 66 mph measured over northeast El Paso.

Dec 26: High winds cause widespread blowing dust and sand. Low visibilities force the closure of Interstate 10 between Deming and Lordsburg.

Dec 29: Cold morning with low temperatures from 5 to 15 across the deserts and near 0 over the mountains.

Jan 14-15: Winter storm brings quarter to half-inch rains to many areas with almost an inch of rain falling at White Signal. Wet roads contribute to numerous traffic accidents in the El Paso area. 

Jan 25-26: Winter storm drops 6 to 8 inches of snow over the Sacramento Mountains around Cloudcroft and 4 to 6 inches of snow on the Gilas north of Silver City. Widespread rains fall across the deserts with rain amounts generally from a quarter to half-inch. 

Feb 4-5: Mountain snows fall with 6 to 8 inch accumulations around Cloudcroft and 3 to 5 inches over the Gila Wilderness.

Feb 13: Cold day across the borderland with El Paso having a high temperature of only 37. Two inches of snow also fall over Alamogordo.

Feb 23-24: Widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms move through the borderland with small hail falling between Deming and Lordsburg.

Feb 28: Six inches of snow fall over Cloudcroft with widespread rains across the lowlands.

Mar 3-5: Complex storm system brings  showers and isolated thunderstorms to the lowlands along with heavy mountain snows. Small hail falls in the El Paso area with snow accumulations of 6 to 8 inches at Pinos Altos and Cloudcroft.

Apr 3: Major thunderstorm outbreak over the borderland with large hail falling across much of the region from the early afternoon into the evening. The largest hail occurs around 5 PM at Cornudas, TX. where tennis ball-size hail is reported. In addition, two inch-diameter hail breaks windows on numerous homes  at Chaparral, N.M. Over an inch of rain also falls across a few areas. 

Apr 10-11: A complex storm system moves into the region producing widespread showers and thunderstorms over the deserts and snow on the mountains.  Hail is reported over many areas with the icy roads causing numerous traffic accidents on Interstate 10 near Deming. A few storms produce very heavy rains with over an inch falling at some locations. A strong cold front also pushes through the borderland the night of April 10-11 resulting in heavy snows over the Sacramento Mountains with 12 inches of snow reported around Cloudcroft. High temperatures were only in the 40s across the deserts on April 11 with El Paso setting a record low high temperature of  46.


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