Storms in New Mexico in 1974
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 1974, 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 1974 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
- 27
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $303,000
- Episodes
- 15
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 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 6 | 1 | 8 | $303,000 |
| Hail | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1974
- Tornado in New Mexico, May 4, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, May 17, 1974
- Tornado in New Mexico, May 24, 1974
June 1974
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 2, 1974
- Tornado in New Mexico, June 3, 1974
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 23, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, June 25, 1974
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 29, 1974
July 1974
August 1974
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, August 11, 1974
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 14, 1974
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 21, 1974
October 1974
More
Every year in New MexicoEvery state in 1974Tornadoes in New Mexico in 197419731975
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.