Storms in New Mexico in 1960
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 1960, 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 1960 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
- 24
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 34
- Damage
- $50,000
- Episodes
- 18
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 6 | 0 | 34 | $50,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1960
April 1960
May 1960
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 19, 1960
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 28, 1960
- Hail in New Mexico, May 30, 1960
- Hail in New Mexico, May 31, 1960
June 1960
- Hail in New Mexico, June 10, 1960
- Tornado in New Mexico, June 11, 1960
- Hail in New Mexico, June 24, 1960
- Tornado in New Mexico, June 25, 1960
July 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 3, 1960
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 17, 1960
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 20, 1960
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 24, 1960
August 1960
September 1960
October 1960
More
Every year in New MexicoEvery state in 1960Tornadoes in New Mexico in 196019591961
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.