Storms in New Mexico in 1962
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 1962, 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 1962 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
- 28
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $85,000
- Episodes
- 19
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 | 12 | 0 | 1 | $85,000 |
| Hail | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1962
May 1962
- Hail in New Mexico, May 15, 1962
- Tornadoes in New Mexico, May 16, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, May 17, 1962
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 19, 1962
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 31, 1962
June 1962
- Hail in New Mexico, June 8, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, June 9, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 11, 1962
- Tornado in New Mexico, June 12, 1962
July 1962
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 8, 1962
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 11, 1962
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 27, 1962
- Hail in New Mexico, July 30, 1962
August 1962
September 1962
October 1962
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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.