New Mexico

Storms in New Mexico in 2015

814 events in 174 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 2015, 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 2015 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
814
Deaths
10
Injuries
12
Damage
$411 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
Hail25212$298,000
Heavy Snow19200
Drought9600
Thunderstorm Wind8001$1.5 million
Flash Flood6053$6.5 million
High Wind4201$52,000
Blizzard2911$401 million
Winter Weather1400
Heavy Rain1300
Ice Storm900$350,000
Tornado601$1.1 million
Winter Storm600$15,000
Funnel Cloud500
Lightning300
Flood300
Wildfire200$15,000
Strong Wind233

Every episode, month by month

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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.