Storms in New Mexico in 1968
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 1968, 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 1968 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
- 30
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $250,000
- Episodes
- 20
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 2 | 0 | 3 | $250,000 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1968
April 1968
May 1968
- Hail in New Mexico, May 9, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, May 10, 1968
- Hail in New Mexico, May 12, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 31, 1968
June 1968
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 7, 1968
- Hail in New Mexico, June 16, 1968
- Tornado in New Mexico, June 18, 1968
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 19, 1968
July 1968
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 1, 1968
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 8, 1968
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 13, 1968
August 1968
September 1968
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, September 2, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, September 6, 1968
- Hail in New Mexico, September 23, 1968
October 1968
More
Every year in New MexicoEvery state in 1968Tornadoes in New Mexico in 196819671969
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.