Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2026
21 high wind watches in 2026. 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 high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 21
- Busiest month
- February7 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- February 15, 20263 high wind watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 10:31 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 14 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:06 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 15 hr |
| Feb 14, 9:14 PM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Otero | 38 hr |
| Feb 14, 10:41 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Chaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 10 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:26 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 26 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:21 PM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Otero | 47 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:55 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 16 hr |
| Feb 17, 11:38 AM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Chaves, Colfax, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Mora, San Miguel and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 18, 8:51 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 21 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:07 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 27 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:34 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry and 18 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:12 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Otero | 10 hr |
| Mar 25, 11:38 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, Curry, Quay, Roosevelt, Sandoval and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:30 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 11 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:19 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 10 hr |
| Apr 12, 11:58 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 25 hr |
| Apr 21, 11:44 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:07 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 22 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:21 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Chaves, Colfax, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Mora and 7 more | 20 hr |
| May 4, 12:30 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 12 hr |
| May 17, 12:08 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Lincoln, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe and 3 more | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Eddy County12
- Torrance County6
- Colfax County5
- Lincoln County5
- Mora County5
- San Miguel County5
- Santa Fe County5
- Union County5
- Chaves County4
- Guadalupe County4
- Otero County3
- Curry County3
- Quay County3
- Rio Arriba County3
- Roosevelt County3
- Taos County3
- Bernalillo County3
- Sandoval County3
- Valencia County3
- De Baca County2
- Harding County2
- Cibola County2
- Socorro County2
- Catron County1
- Los Alamos County1
- McKinley County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.