Dust Storm Warnings in New Mexico
356 dust storm warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of dust storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Dust Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Dust Storm Warnings
- 356
- Busiest year
- 2025214 dust storm warnings
- Average year
- 32over 11 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hidalgo County104
- Luna County85
- Doña Ana County80
- Chaves County57
- Otero County50
- Grant County30
- Eddy County23
- Sierra County18
- Lea County16
- Lincoln County12
- San Juan County10
- Roosevelt County10
- Sandoval County9
- McKinley County8
- Rio Arriba County8
- De Baca County8
- Bernalillo County7
- Curry County7
- Quay County7
- Socorro County6
- Santa Fe County5
- Valencia County4
- Guadalupe County3
- San Miguel County3
- Los Alamos County2
- Union County2
- Harding County2
- Torrance County2
- Colfax County1
- Taos County1
The latest dust storm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 5:33 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 5:58 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | Luna | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 6:06 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 84 min |
| Aug 5, 6:48 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 6:43 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 5:10 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 5:55 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo | 71 min |
| Jul 24, 6:05 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 55 min |
| Jul 20, 4:40 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 80 min |
| Jul 17, 7:18 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 87 min |
| Jul 16, 4:40 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 3:47 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | Hidalgo | 58 min |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.