Storms in New Mexico in 1966
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 1966, 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 1966 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
- 41
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $281,000
- Episodes
- 23
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 | $281,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1966
May 1966
- Tornado in New Mexico, May 10, 1966
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 19, 1966
- Hail in New Mexico, May 25, 1966
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 26, 1966
June 1966
- Hail in New Mexico, June 1, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 10, 1966
- Hail in New Mexico, June 16, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, June 18, 1966
- Hail in New Mexico, June 25, 1966
July 1966
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 5, 1966
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 20, 1966
- Hail in New Mexico, July 23, 1966
August 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 5, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, August 7, 1966
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, August 9, 1966
- Hail in New Mexico, August 11, 1966
- Tornadoes in New Mexico, August 22, 1966
- Tornado in New Mexico, August 30, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 31, 1966
September 1966
December 1966
More
Every year in New MexicoEvery state in 1966Tornadoes in New Mexico in 196619651967
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.