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Eastern Black Range Foothills County, New Mexico
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 2012 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought continued for the entire zone in June. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.20 inches of precipitation which was 0.63 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought in May. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.23 inches of precipitation which was 0.23 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought continued across the entire zone in April. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.28 inches of precipitation which was 0.07 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought continued across the entire zone in March. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported just a trace of precipitation which was 0.30 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought throughout the month of February. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.06 inches of precipitation which was 0.36 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month. The Cooperative Observer in Hillsboro reported 0.47 inches of precipitation which was 0.17 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought continued through the entire month. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.01 inch of precipitation which was 0.86 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought persisted across the entire zone in November. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.59 inches of precipitation which was 0.15 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
The zone remained in Severe(D2) drought throughout October.
Drought Drought
September started with the northern half of the zone in Extreme(D3) drought and Severe(D2) drought south. By the end of the month, the entire zone was in Severe(D2) drought. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 1.65 inches of precipitation which was 0.32 inches below norma…
Drought Drought
August started with the entire zone in Extreme(D3) drought and by the end of the month, the southern half of the zone improved to Severe(D2) drought. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.96 inches of precipitation which was 1.45 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
Extreme(D3) drought continued across the zone in July. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 2.29 inches of precipitation which was 0.21 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
Extreme(D3) drought continued across the zone in June. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 2.01 inches of precipitation which was 1.18 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought through the month of May. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.02 inches of precipitation which was 0.66 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
Extreme(D3) drought continued across the entire zone through April. The Cooperative Observer in Hillsboro reported 0.02 inches of precipitation which was 0.33 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The month of March started with the far southern areas of the zone in Extreme(D3) drought with improvement to Moderate(D1) drought over the north. By the end of the month, the entire zone was in Extreme(D3) drought. The Cooperative Observer in Hillsboro reported just 0.18 inches …
Drought Drought
The month started out with the entire zone in Moderate(D1) drought but by the end of the month the far south had Extreme(D3) drought with Moderate(D1) drought north.
Drought Drought
The entire zone started the month in Severe(D2) drought but improved to Moderate(D1) drought on February 20th. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.99 inches of precipitation which was 0.57 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought continued across the entire zone. The Cooperative Observer in Hillsboro reported 0.66 inches of precipitation, which was 0.02 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought continued in December for the entire zone. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer recorded 0.91 inches of precipitation which was 0.04 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought remained in place for the zone through the month of November. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.41 inches of precipitation which was 0.33 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought continued across the zone through the month of October. The Hillsboro reported 0.56 inches of precipitation which was 0.43 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought throughout September. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 2.24 inches of precipitation which was 0.27 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
The zone started the month in Moderate(D1) drought and on August 22, was placed in Severe(D2) drought. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 1.70 inches of precipitation which was 0.71 inches below normal.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
The average temperature at the New Mexico State University Cooperative Observer station was 82.1 degrees which was 1.9 degrees warmer than the previous record set in 2016. The high temperature topped 95 degrees every day during the month with only 0.03 inches of precipitation.
Drought Drought
The entire zone went from Severe(D2) drought to Moderate(D1) drought. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 1.45 inches of precipitation which was 0.52 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month of August. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 3.43 inches of precipitation which was 1.02 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone started the month in Extreme(D3) drought and improved to Severe(D2) drought by the end of the month. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 2.37 inches of precipitation which was 0.29 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
The northern half of the zone started out the month in Extreme(D3) drought with Exceptional(D4) drought over the south. By the end of the month, the entire zone was in Exceptional(D4) drought. The Cooperative Observer at Hillsboro had no precipitation through May which was 0.68 i…
Drought Drought
The month started out with the entire zone in Extreme(D3) drought, but by the end of the month, the southern half of the zone was in Exceptional(D4) drought. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported no precipitation which was 0.35 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The month started with Severe(D2) drought over the far north with Extreme(D3) drought for the remainder of the area. By the end of the month, the entire zone was in Extreme(D3) drought. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.21 inches of precipitation which was 0.09 inches…
Drought Drought
All areas of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought except for the far north which remained in Severe(D2) drought. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer recorded 0.01 inches of precipitation which was 0.41 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought except the far north which remained in Severe(D2) drought. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer which was 0.39 inches which was 0.25 inches below normal.
High Wind High Wind
A spotter in Hillsboro reported a large tree uprooted due to high winds. An 8 inch branch fell across the highway, blocking early morning traffic.
Drought Drought
Extreme(D3) drought remained in place across all areas of the zone except the far north where Severe(D2) drought continued. The Cooperative Observer at Hillsboro recorded 0.11 inches of precipitation which was 0.76 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The month started with the entire zone in Severe(D2) drought, but by the end of the month, all areas except the far north were placed in Extreme(D3) drought. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.01 inches of precipitation which was 0.73 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the entire month. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.02 inches of precipitation which was 0.97 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought conditions remained in place through the month of September. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported just 0.02 inches of precipitation which was 0.97 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the entire month. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 4.08 inches of precipitation which was 1.67 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought continued across the entire zone during the month of July. The Cooperative Observer in Hillsboro reported 2.07 inches of precipitation which was 0.01 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month of June. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 1.55 inches of rain which was 0.72 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought continued through the month. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.03 inches of precipitation which was 0.65 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month of April. The Cooperative Observer at Hillsboro reported 0.56 inches of precipitation which was 0.21 inches above normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month of March. The Cooperative Observer at Hillsboro reported 0.09 inches of precipitation which was 0.21 inches below normal.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Observers around Hillsboro reported snowfall amounts of 5.5 to 7.7 inches of snow.
Drought Drought
The zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the entire month. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.40 inches of precipitation which was 0.08 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought remained across the entire zone in January. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported only 0.15 inches of precipitation which was 0.47 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
Severe(D2) drought continued across the zone in the month of December. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 0.44 inches of precipitation which was 0.59 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The entire zone was placed into Severe(D2) drought on November 10th. The Cooperative Observer in Hillsboro reported 0.17 inches of precipitation which was 0.61 inches below normal.
Drought Drought
The month started with Seere(D2) drought conditions over the far south but improved to Moderate(D1) drought on September 15th. The Hillsboro Cooperative Observer reported 1.33 inches of precipitation, which was 0.70 inches below normal.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 |
| 2013 | 9 | 0 |
| 2012 | 9 | 0 |
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