Annual New Mexico rainfall, severe weather and climate data

Driest location ranked by lowest annual average precipitation: Newcomb, southwestern New Mexico, 5.96"

Wettest location ranked by highest annual average precipitation: Cloudcroft, southern New Mexico, 28.19"

Snowiest location ranked by highest annual average snowfall: Red River, northern New Mexico, 164.9"

State precipitation record for 24 hours - Lake Maloya, northern New Mexico,5/19/1955, 11.28"

State precipitation record for 1 year - White Tail, southern New Mexico, 1941, 62.45"

State snowfall record for 24 hours - Dulce, northern New Mexico, 11/22/1931, 36.0"

State snow record for 1 season - Anchor Mine, northern New Mexico, 1911,1912, 483.0"

Average annual snowfall in New Mexico ranges from about 3 inches at the Southern Desert and Southeastern Plains stations
to well over 100 inches at Northern Mountain stations. Totals can exceed 300 inches in the highest mountains of the north

On February 4, 1989, a powerful winter storm produced up to 84 inches at the ski resorts of northern New Mexico in just 3 days

New Mexico temperature averages and extremes, Albuquerque climate extremes/averages, precipitation and temperature data 
for all U.S. states and interesting Top 10 U.S. climate extremes

City	Avg Annual Precip	Avg Annual Snow	Avg # days of Precip	Avg # thunderstorm days	Avg # hail days	Avg # severe thunderstorm watches per year	Avg # tornado watches per year	# of tornadoes reported in county, 1960-2010
Albuquerque	9.47	11.3	61	38	2	0	1	9
Clayton	15.13	23.2	68	69	7	2	11	36
Roswell	13.34	11.9	56	38	2	2	7	42
New Mexico Annual Precipitation Average - 14.63", 46th wettest in the U.S. New Mexico Tornado Average - 8.8 per year - 27th most in the U.S.