New Mexico

Storms in New Mexico in 2012

1,158 events in 178 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 2012, 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 2012 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
1,158
Deaths
2
Injuries
5
Damage
$40 million
Episodes
178

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
Drought54700
High Wind24300$80,000
Hail15100$5.5 million
Heavy Snow8700$1.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind4300$26,000
Flash Flood3500$390,000
Freezing Fog1310
Funnel Cloud1000
Heavy Rain900
Wildfire805$32 million
Tornado600$508,000
Strong Wind200
Dust Storm200
Lightning100
Heat110

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

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March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

July 2012

August 2012

September 2012

October 2012

November 2012

December 2012

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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.