Storms in New Mexico in 1985
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 1985, 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 1985 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
- 21
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $550,000
- Episodes
- 16
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 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hail | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 5 | 0 | 0 | $550,000 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1985
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, April 25, 1985
- Hail in New Mexico, April 27, 1985
- Hail in New Mexico, April 29, 1985
May 1985
- Hail in New Mexico, May 16, 1985
- Tornado in New Mexico, May 19, 1985
- Hail in New Mexico, May 22, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 24, 1985
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 31, 1985
June 1985
July 1985
- Hail in New Mexico, July 1, 1985
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 24, 1985
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 25, 1985
August 1985
September 1985
More
Every year in New MexicoEvery state in 1985Tornadoes in New Mexico in 198519841986
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.