MOST OF US ARE GLAD WE’RE IN NEW MEXICO WHEN WE SEE THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST. BUT IT CAN GET BRUTALLY COLD HERE AS WELL. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST TODD SHOEMAKE SAYS ALBUQUERQUE’S RECORD LOW IS 17-BELOW ZERO, SET IN JANUARY OF 1971.
HE TELLS US IT WAS EVEN COLDER IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WHERE, IN EAGLE NEST ON JANUARY 6, 1971 IT DROPPED TO MINUS 47 DEGREES. SHOEMAKE SAYS THAT REGION OF THE STATE USUALLY SEES THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES, AS COLD AIR SINKS INTO THE MARENO VALLEY FROM THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
