Storms in New Mexico in 2002

447 events in 151 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 2002, 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 2002 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: 447
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 3
Damage: $7.8 million
Episodes: 151

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	Injuries	Damage
Drought	176	0
Hail	132	0	$1.4 million
Flash Flood	37	0	$853,000
Thunderstorm Wind	34	0	$97,000
Winter Storm	22	0
High Wind	12	2	$50,000
Flood	8	0	$70,000
Heavy Snow	7	0
Heavy Rain	6	0
Wildfire	4	0	$5.0 million
Funnel Cloud	4	0
Tornado	3	0	$300,000
Lightning	1	0	$40,000
Dust Devil	1	1

Every episode, month by month

January 2002

Winter Storm in New Mexico, January 30 to 31, 200214 events

February 2002

Drought in New Mexico, February 1 to 28, 200222 events

March 2002

April 2002

May 2002

June 2002

July 2002

August 2002

September 2002

October 2002

November 2002

Heavy Snow in New Mexico, November 26, 20021 event

December 2002

Every year in New Mexico Every state in 2002 Tornadoes in New Mexico in 2002 Warnings in New Mexico in 2002 2001 2003

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.