New Mexico

Storms in New Mexico in 2011

1,009 events in 174 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 2011, 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 2011 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
1,009
Deaths
12
Injuries
31
Damage
$50 million
Episodes
174

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
Drought42300
Heavy Snow21936
High Wind15402$5.1 million
Hail5200$36,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill4600$1.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind4510$78,000
Flash Flood2800$17 million
Wildfire19016$26 million
Blizzard857$53,000
Strong Wind600
Cold/Wind Chill330
Tornado200$10,000
Dust Storm100
Flood100
Freezing Fog100
Winter Weather100

Every episode, month by month

January 2011

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March 2011

April 2011

May 2011

June 2011

July 2011

August 2011

September 2011

October 2011

November 2011

December 2011

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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.