Storms in New Mexico in 1972
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 1972, 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 1972 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
- 1
- Damage
- $56,000
- Episodes
- 30
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 | 18 | 0 | 1 | $56,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1972
May 1972
- Tornado in New Mexico, May 7, 1972
- Tornadoes in New Mexico, May 10, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, May 11, 1972
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 20, 1972
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 25, 1972
- Hail in New Mexico, May 27, 1972
June 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, June 14, 1972
- Tornado in New Mexico, June 15, 1972
- Tornado in New Mexico, June 17, 1972
- Tornado in New Mexico, June 29, 1972
July 1972
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 1, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, July 2, 1972
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 3, 1972
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 5, 1972
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 9, 1972
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 12, 1972
- Hail in New Mexico, July 16, 1972
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 17, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 18, 1972
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 19, 1972
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 20, 1972
- Hail in New Mexico, July 21, 1972
- Hail in New Mexico, July 29, 1972
August 1972
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 8, 1972
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 21, 1972
- Hail in New Mexico, August 23, 1972
September 1972
October 1972
More
Every year in New MexicoEvery state in 1972Tornadoes in New Mexico in 197219711973
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.