Storms in New Mexico in 1999

411 events in 200 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 1999, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

New Mexico in 1999 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

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The year

Events: 411
Deaths: 8
Injuries: 13
Damage: $6.6 million
Episodes: 200

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
Hail	155	0	2	$1.5 million
Drought	56	0	0
Flash Flood	51	0	0	$4.0 million
High Wind	42	7	5	$400,000
Heavy Snow	34	0	0
Winter Storm	27	0	0	$450,000
Thunderstorm Wind	25	0	0	$186,000
Tornado	8	0	0
Funnel Cloud	7	0	0
Lightning	4	0	2	$45,000
Dust Storm	1	0	0
Heavy Rain	1	1	4

Every episode, month by month

January 1999

February 1999

March 1999

April 1999

May 1999

June 1999

July 1999

August 1999

September 1999

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.