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New Mexico tornado and storm history

Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in New Mexico between 1950 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see the storms that came closest to it.

687
Tornado reports
24,740
Storm events
191
Deaths, all storms

Every tornado track in New Mexico

679 county track segments since 1950, coloured by rating. Zoom in and each path widens to its surveyed width. Tap one for the storm.

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Tornadoes by decade in New Mexico

All tornado reports against only the strong ones (F2 and above). Averages are per year over the years the federal record covers completely — 1952, 1976 and 1993 are each missing whole months in NOAA’s own files and are left out.

DecadeAll reportsStrong (F2+)All per yearStrong per year
1950s57561
1960s9811101
1970s76981
1980s71270
1990s1388151
2000s83380
2010s94590

The 2020s are left out because the decade is not finished. Reports are counted per county, so one tornado crossing a county line can appear more than once.

Significant recent events in New Mexico

Events with deaths, several injuries, $1M+ property damage, or tornadoes rated EF3 and up.

December 3, 2025 · Central Highlands, New Mexico
Winter Weather Winter Weather1 death, 1 injury
Local news station KOB reported a deadly semi-truck crash along I-40 just east of Clines Corners. The semi-truck lost control and rolled over with another semi-truck crashing into it, with two other trucks crashing into them. The first semi-truck is likely the one that caught fir…
September 28, 2025 · Mckinley, New Mexico
Flash Flood Flash Flood1 death
A woman driving home on New Mexico Highway 602 about 5 miles south of Gallup was swept away in floodwaters, according to Navajo Nation and New Mexico State Police. Tragically, her deceased body was found after a five day search and rescue operation in nearby areas.
July 8, 2025 · Lincoln, New Mexico
Debris Flow Debris Flow3 deaths, 2 injuries, $50.0M damage
Extremely heavy rainfall from slow moving thunderstorms resulted in catastrophic flash flooding and destructive debris flows on and downstream of the South Fork burn scar. Debris flows and a record rise on the Rio Ruidoso from 1.43 feet to 20.24 feet in approximately 30 minutes o…
July 3, 2025 · Bernalillo, New Mexico
Flash Flood Flash Flood1 death
Heavy rainfall over the Albuquerque metro area produced dangerous fast flows on the area arroyo system. Two swift water rescues were performed in the diversion channel along I-40 and the Snow Heights neighborhood. Additionally, a man was trapped and swept up among floodwaters in …
July 3, 2025 · Sandoval, New Mexico
Flash Flood Flash Flood1 death
Heavy rain exceeding 2 inches caused thick dirt and debris runoffs over roadways across western Rio Rancho which caused at least one road closure and debris removal efforts. During debris removal efforts around sunrise, road crews located a deceased male near the intersection of …
June 21, 2025 · Middle Rio Grande Valley/albuquerque Metro Area, New Mexico
Wildfire Wildfire$4.0M damage
The Cotton fire was discovered in the afternoon of 6/21 while the Cotton II was discovered on the morning of 6/22 and determined to be human caused. Both quickly became combined into the Desert Willow Complex Fire on 6/22 burning in the bosque area on both sides of the Rio Grande…
June 2, 2025 · Bernalillo, New Mexico
Flash Flood Flash Flood1 death
Flash flooding in the Albuquerque arroyo channel system resulted in a fatality. The body was first spotted in the Hahn Arroyo near Pennsylvania Ave. in northeast Albuquerque before the deceased body was retrieved in the arroyo washout pond at the end of the North Diversion Channe…
April 19, 2025 · Central Highlands, New Mexico
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow$1.5M damage
A trained spotter at the Bowlins Flying C Ranch Gas Station observed between 8.5 to 9 inches of snowfall. According to the Torrance County Sheriff's Office, I-40 was closed from Clines Corners to Moriarty from 4/19/2025 15:00 to 22:00 local standard time. This was due to slick ro…
April 17, 2025 · Southwest Desert/mimbres Basin, New Mexico
Dust Storm Dust Storm1 death, 5 injuries
Widespread dust swept across Luna county causing near zero visibilities, several accidents including 5 injuries and 1 fatality were reported. Two separate wrecks occurred on Interstate 10 between mile markers 93 and 94 due to dust. One of these wrecks caused a fatality. Another w…
March 3, 2025 · Chaves County Plains, New Mexico
Dust Storm Dust Storm7 injuries
High winds gusting 60 to 70 mph produced brownout and zero visibility conditions along a large swath of Chaves County, including areas along U.S. Highway 285 from north of Roswell southward into Eddy County. Emergency management reported a 21 car pileup along U.S. Highway 285 at …
February 27, 2025 · Southwest Desert/lower Gila River Valley, New Mexico
Dust Storm Dust Storm3 deaths
Winds gusted over 50 mph at times along the Lordsburg Playa resulting in dust channels that created near zero visibilities. These visibilities affected Interstate 10 and caused an 11 vehicle accident around mile marker 10. The accident and continued reduced visibilities at times …
November 7, 2024 · Union County, New Mexico
Blizzard Blizzard1 injury, $4.0M damage
Whiteout conditions due to blowing snow along with snow drifts were observed across U.S. Highways 64/87, and U.S. Highway 56/412 beginning late Thursday morning. Wind gusts across western and central Union County from various mesonet stations and the Clayton Municipal Airpark ASO…
November 7, 2024 · Santa Fe Metro Area, New Mexico
Winter Weather Winter Weather2 deaths
Heavy snow up to a foot caused power outages from San Ildefonso to Gallisteo and Santa Fe. State government offices were shutdown on November 7th. Unfortunately the cold resulted in two fatalities, one on the morning of the 7th and another on the morning of the 8th in Santa Fe. A…
October 19, 2024 · Chaves, New Mexico
Flash Flood Flash Flood2 deaths, $500.0M damage
Historically bad flash flooding across Roswell, reported by numerous emergency officials and the public. Thunderstorms training over Roswell dumped an all-time one-day rainfall record of 5.78 at the Roswell Airport with numerous other public weather stations across town ranging f…
October 19, 2024 · Chaves, New Mexico
Flash Flood Flash Flood$10.0M damage
The NM Department of Transportation reported river flooding along the Rio Felix south of Roswell overtopping and damaging the U.S. Highway 285 bridge, and overtopping the NM State Highway 2 bridge just north of Hagerman closing both bridges. Flooding from heavy rains and poor dra…

Counties and zones

Each county’s full storm history, with its event count. Some entries are National Weather Service forecast zones rather than civil counties.

Albuquerque Metro Area (163) Bernalillo (461) Capitan/northern Sacramento Mountains (63) Capitan/northern Sacramento Mountains / Sc Lincoln (65) Catron (68) Central Grant County/silver City Area (28) Central High Plains/estancia Valley County (69) Central High Plains/estancia Valley County / Se Santa Fe / W San Miguel / Torrance Except X W / E Socorro (67) Central Highlands (405) Central Lea County (63) Central Tularosa Basin (106) Chaves (583) Chaves County Plains (285) Chaves County Plains / Chaves Except X Sw (40) Chuska Mountains (130) Cibola (90) Cibola (c) (4) Colfax (433) Conchas Lake/guadalupe (35) Conchas Lake/guadalupe / E San Miguel / Guadalupe (47) Curry (743) Curry County (249) De Baca (315) De Baca County (196) De Baca and Guadalupe (1) Dona Ana (368) East Central Tularosa Basin/alamogordo (36) East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet (107) East Slopes Sangre De Cristo Mountains (128) East Slopes of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains (167) Eastern Black Range Foothills (81) Eastern Lincoln County (216) Eastern San Miguel County (152) Eddy (1,077) Eddy County Plains (281) Eddy County Plains / Eddy Except X W (9) Espanola Valley (61) Estancia Valley (205) Far Northeast Highlands (347) Far Northeast Plains (50) Far Northeast Plains / Union Except X Nw / X Se Colfax (50) Far Northwest Highlands (157) Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass (80) Grant (172) Guadalupe (251) Guadalupe County (273) Guadalupe Mountains of Chaves County (20) Guadalupe Mountains of Chaves County / X Sw Chaves (48) Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County (171) Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County / X W Eddy (11) Harding (268) Harding County (177) Hidalgo (70) Jemez Mountains (233) Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass (80) Lea (1,022) Lincoln (346) Lincoln County High Plains/hondo Valley (29) Lincoln County High Plains/hondo Valley / Lincoln Except Sc (55) Los Alamos (58) Lower Chama River Valley (78) Lower Rio Grande Valley (172) Lower Rio Grande Valley / Part of C and E Socorro (33) Lowlands of the Bootheel (120) Luna (124) Mckinley (120) Middle Rio Grande Valley (44) Middle Rio Grande Valley / X Sc Sanduval / Valencia Except X E / X E Cibola / Bernalillo Except E and X Nw (45) Middle Rio Grande Valley/albuquerque Metro Area (130) Mora (216) Northeast Highlands (438) Northeast Highlands / All But X W and X Se Colfax / All But X W Mora / C San Miguel / X Nw Union (80) Northern Dona Ana County (99) Northern Lea County (75) Northern Sangre De Cristo Mountains (111) Northern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Above 9500 Feet/red River (166) Northwest Highlands (170) Northwest Mountains Including Jemez (70) Northwest Mountains Including Jemez / Rio Arriba Except X Se / Sanduval Except Se and X Sw / Los Alamos / Ne Mckinley / Se San Juan / X Nw Santa Fe (65) Northwest Plateau (218) Northwest Plateau / San Juan Except X Sw and Se / Nc Mckinley (33) Otero (315) Otero Mesa (89) Quay (715) Quay County (294) Raton Ridge/johnson Mesa (127) Rio Arriba (123) Roosevelt (607) Roosevelt County (226) Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet (126) San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands (50) San Francisco River Valley (110) San Juan (158) San Juan Mountains (124) San Miguel (422) Sandia/manzano Mountains (198) Sandia/manzano Mountains / Most of W Santa Fe / E Bernalillo / X Se Sanduval / X W Torrance / E Valencia / Part of E Socorro (65) Sandia/manzano Mountains Including Edgewood (128) Sandoval (247) Sangre De Cristo Mountains (73) Sangre De Cristo Mountains / Taos / X W Mora / X Se Rio Arriba / Ne Santa Fe / X W Colfax / X Nw San Miguel (74) Santa Fe (353) Santa Fe Metro Area (218) Sierra (150) Sierra County Lakes (111) Sierra County Lakes Region (25) Sierra County Lakes Region / Sierra Except W (3) Socorro (188) South Central Highlands (195) South Central Mountains (362) Southeast Tularosa Basin (33) Southern Desert (34) Southern Desert / Dona Ana Except X E (4) Southern Dona Ana County/mesilla Valley (128) Southern Gila Foothills/mimbres Valley (90) Southern Gila Highlands/black Range (98) Southern Gila Region Highlands/black Range (29) Southern Lea County (38) Southern Sacramento Mountains (42) Southern Sacramento Mountains / Nc Otero (15) Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains (90) Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Above 9500 Feet (143) Southern Tularosa Basin (97) Southwest Chaves County (208) Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin (23) Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin / Luna (3) Southwest Desert/boothill (20) Southwest Desert/boothill / S Grant / Hidalgo Except X N (4) Southwest Desert/lower Gila River Valley (149) Southwest Desert/mimbres Basin (136) Southwest Mountains (229) Southwest Mountains/lower Gila Region (39) Southwest Mountains/lower Gila Region / X N Hildago / Grant Except S / W Sierra (7) Southwest Mountains/upper Gila Region (27) Southwest Mountains/upper Gila Region / Catron Except N / Part of W Socorro (39) Taos (52) Torrance (248) Tularosa Basin/southern Desert (25) Tularosa Basin/southern Desert / Otero Except Nc / X E Dona Anna (2) Tusas Mountains Including Chama (102) Union (630) Union County (301) Uplands of the Bootheel (90) Upper Gila River Valley (103) Upper Rio Grande Valley (200) Upper Rio Grande Valley / Nw Santa Fe / Part of Se Rio Arriba / Part of Se Sanduval (36) Upper Tularosa Valley (150) Valencia (105) West Central Highlands (135) West Central Mountains (149) West Central Plateau (229) West Central Tularosa Basin/white Sands (52) West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet (113) West Slopes of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains (124) Westcentral Mountains (61) Westcentral Mountains / Mckinley Except Nc and Ne / Cibola Except X E / N Catron / X Sw Sanduval / X Nw Bernalillo / X Nw Socorro (50)