Name: Hail in New Mexico, August 2, 1993
Start: 1993-08-02T14:15
End: 1993-08-02T17:00
Location: New Mexico

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5.0 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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.

Event by event

5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Colfax

When: August 2, 2:15 PM MST
Where: Colfax County, Raton
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.606, -104.647 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms produced quarter-size hail in Raton at 1415 MST and dime-size hail in Maxwell at 1450 MST. Thunderstorms redeveloped in Colfax County later, producing a hail storm that lasted about 40 minutes in the Springer area. Baseball-size hail damaged about 55 state vehicles at the New Mexico Boys School just northwest of Springer. Eleven building sustained roofing, window or ventilation damage, including the Trades center, in which all 22 overhead skylights were broken. The storm caused many branches and limbs to break away from trees, littering the campus. School officials estimate the total damage to exceed $500,000.

Hail, Colfax

When: August 2, 2:50 PM MST
Where: Colfax County, Maxwell
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.606, -104.647 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms produced quarter-size hail in Raton at 1415 MST and dime-size hail in Maxwell at 1450 MST. Thunderstorms redeveloped in Colfax County later, producing a hail storm that lasted about 40 minutes in the Springer area. Baseball-size hail damaged about 55 state vehicles at the New Mexico Boys School just northwest of Springer. Eleven building sustained roofing, window or ventilation damage, including the Trades center, in which all 22 overhead skylights were broken. The storm caused many branches and limbs to break away from trees, littering the campus. School officials estimate the total damage to exceed $500,000.

Hail, Colfax

When: August 2, 3:50 PM MST
Where: Colfax County, Springer
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Property damage: $5.0 million
Coordinates: 36.606, -104.647 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms produced quarter-size hail in Raton at 1415 MST and dime-size hail in Maxwell at 1450 MST. Thunderstorms redeveloped in Colfax County later, producing a hail storm that lasted about 40 minutes in the Springer area. Baseball-size hail damaged about 55 state vehicles at the New Mexico Boys School just northwest of Springer. Eleven building sustained roofing, window or ventilation damage, including the Trades center, in which all 22 overhead skylights were broken. The storm caused many branches and limbs to break away from trees, littering the campus. School officials estimate the total damage to exceed $500,000.

Hail, Colfax

When: August 2, 4:20 PM MST
Where: Colfax County, Springer
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.606, -104.647 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms produced quarter-size hail in Raton at 1415 MST and dime-size hail in Maxwell at 1450 MST. Thunderstorms redeveloped in Colfax County later, producing a hail storm that lasted about 40 minutes in the Springer area. Baseball-size hail damaged about 55 state vehicles at the New Mexico Boys School just northwest of Springer. Eleven building sustained roofing, window or ventilation damage, including the Trades center, in which all 22 overhead skylights were broken. The storm caused many branches and limbs to break away from trees, littering the campus. School officials estimate the total damage to exceed $500,000.

Hail, Mora

When: August 2, 5:00 PM MST
Where: Mora County, Wagon Mound
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.010, -104.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms produced quater-size hail in Wagon Mound at 1700 MST.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in New Mexico in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history Warnings in New Mexico, August 1993

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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10335508, 10335509, 10335510, 10335511, 10335409.