New Mexico

Storms in New Mexico in 2010

764 events in 162 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 2010, 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 2010 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

Open the live radar over New Mexico

The year

Events
764
Deaths
12
Injuries
28
Damage
$23 million
Episodes
162

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Heavy Snow246623
Hail18300$15 million
High Wind17501$623,000
Flash Flood7210$6.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind4804$271,000
Tornado1200$730,000
Strong Wind600$500
Winter Weather520
Heavy Rain500$4,000
Blizzard410$5,000
Flood300$10,000
Wildfire200$24,000
Lightning100
Heat110
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill110

Every episode, month by month

January 2010

February 2010

March 2010

April 2010

May 2010

June 2010

July 2010

August 2010

September 2010

October 2010

November 2010

December 2010

More

Every year in New MexicoEvery state in 2010Tornadoes in New Mexico in 2010Warnings in New Mexico in 201020092011

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.