New Mexico

Storms in New Mexico in 2016

482 events in 134 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 2016, 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 2016 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
482
Deaths
9
Injuries
30
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
134

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
High Wind15200$54,000
Hail136013$333,000
Flash Flood6543$3.6 million
Heavy Snow4400$50,000
Thunderstorm Wind2600$3,000
Funnel Cloud1200
Heavy Rain1220
Tornado902$4.5 million
Winter Storm6212$420,000
Strong Wind410
Winter Weather400
Flood300
Dust Devil200$5,000
Wildfire200$11 million
Lightning200
Dense Fog100
Dust Storm100
Avalanche100

Every episode, month by month

January 2016

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March 2016

April 2016

May 2016

June 2016

July 2016

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September 2016

October 2016

November 2016

December 2016

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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.