Storms in New Mexico in 1959
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 1959, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
New Mexico in 1959 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 32
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $46,000
- Episodes
- 22
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 16 | 0 | 0 | $46,000 |
| Hail | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1959
May 1959
- Tornado in New Mexico, May 7, 1959
- Tornadoes in New Mexico, May 8, 1959
- Tornadoes in New Mexico, May 9, 1959
- Hail in New Mexico, May 14, 1959
- Tornado in New Mexico, May 15, 1959
- Tornado in New Mexico, May 23, 1959
June 1959
- Hail in New Mexico, June 2, 1959
- Tornadoes in New Mexico, June 3, 1959
- Tornado in New Mexico, June 22, 1959
July 1959
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 5, 1959
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 8, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, July 11, 1959
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 12, 1959
- Hail in New Mexico, July 13, 1959
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 14, 1959
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 18, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 29, 1959
August 1959
- Hail in New Mexico, August 6, 1959
- Hail in New Mexico, August 17, 1959
- Hail in New Mexico, August 30, 1959
October 1959
More
Every year in New MexicoEvery state in 1959Tornadoes in New Mexico in 195919581960
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.