Average Snowfall for New Mexico in February

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during February at cities, towns and parks in New Mexico. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Southern, Central and Northern New Mexico.

Southern New Mexico

Average total snowfall in February
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0.1 Alamogordo 0.1 0.3
0.3 Bitter Lake Wildlife Refuge 0.4 1.0
0.3 Carlsbad 0.4 1.0
0.5 Carlsbad Caverns National Park 0.9 2.3
2.5 Cuba 7.0 17.8
0.1 Elephant Butte Lake Dam 0.3 0.8
0.5 Gila Hot Springs 0.6 1.5
0.2 Hobbs 0.2 0.5
0.1 Las Cruces 0.1 0.3
0.8 Roswell 1.1 2.8
2.6 Ruidoso 5.5 14.0
0.0 White Sands National Monument 0.0 0.0

Central New Mexico

February snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
1.6 Albuquerque 1.5 3.8
1.6 Clovis 1.6 4.1
0.7 Conchas Lake Dam 1.1 2.8
4.3 El Morro National Monument 7.4 18.8
4.5 Gallup 5.9 15.0
1.2 Gran Quivira National Monument 2.7 6.9
1.1 Grants 1.2 3.0
1.5 Las Vegas 3.8 9.7
2.0 Pecos National Monument 4.4 11.2
1.2 Santa Fe 2.4 6.1
1.4 Tucumcari 2.1 5.3

Northern New Mexico

Average snow for February
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
1.4 Abiquiu Lake Dam 2.0 5.1
1.7 Aztec Ruins National Monument 2.3 5.8
1.5 Chaco Canyon National Monument 2.7 6.9
2.9 Clayton 2.7 6.9
3.0 El Vado Lake Dam 7.3 18.5
1.9 Farmington 2.0 5.1
4.4 Lake Maloya (Sugarite Canyon Park) 13.0 33.0
2.2 Raton 3.7 9.4
8.3 Red River 26.1 66.3
2.4 Taos 3.3 8.4
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

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