I can't really say one way or the other. We did Painted Desert and Petrified Forest then entered NM at about sundown and it started to snow like hell as we approached Gallup. It had cleared off as we went through Albuquerque. It sure is a pretty city from I-40 at night. We drove through in the night catching a few hours of sleep at a rest stop east of Albuquerque (it was packed as we got snow, rain, sleet and a little hail) and had an early breakfast at the Route 66 cafe in Tucumcari.
