NOT ONLY WAS LAST MONTH THE WARMEST NOVEMBER EVER IN ALBUQUERQUE…THIS COULD END UP BEING THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CLAY ANDERSON SAYS SO FAR THIS YEAR WE’RE TIED WITH 2012 FOR HAVING THE HIGHEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT 62 DEGREES.
HE SAYS, IF THE PRESENT CONDITIONS PERSIST, IT COULD GO DOWN AS THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD AT THE SUNPORT. AND THAT’S NOT GOOD NEWS FOR NEW MEXICO’S MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK. ANDERSON SAYS WE’RE OFF TO THE SLOWEST START FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION SINCE BEFORE 2010.