Hail, Bernalillo
- When
- August 29, 3:00 PM MST to 3:15 PM MST
- Where
- Bernalillo County, Albuquerque
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -106.570
Hail in New Mexico, August 29, 1996
A storm over eastern Albuquerque produced heavy rain and several periods with hail up to golfball size.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
A storm over eastern Albuquerque produced heavy rain and several periods with hail up to golfball size.
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:57 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- High Surf in New Jersey, August 29 to 31, 1996
- Hail in Wyoming, August 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 29, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, August 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 29, 1996
- Flood in Wyoming, August 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 29, 1996
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, August 1996
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: 5568335.