Storms in New Mexico in 2016
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
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 152 | 0 | 0 | $54,000 |
| Hail | 136 | 0 | 13 | $333,000 |
| Flash Flood | 65 | 4 | 3 | $3.6 million |
| Heavy Snow | 44 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 26 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 9 | 0 | 2 | $4.5 million |
| Winter Storm | 6 | 2 | 12 | $420,000 |
| Strong Wind | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 2 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | $11 million |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2016
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, January 4 to 5, 2016
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, January 6 to 7, 2016
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, January 7 to 8, 2016
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, January 25 to 26, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, January 30 to 31, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, January 30 to 31, 2016
February 2016
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in New Mexico, February 1, 2016
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in New Mexico, February 1, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, February 1 to 2, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, February 17 to 19, 2016
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, February 22 to 23, 2016
March 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 2, 2016
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New Mexico, March 12, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 12, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 13, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 14, 2016
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New Mexico, March 22 to 23, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 22 to 23, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 23, 2016
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in New Mexico, March 26, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 26 to 27, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 29, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 29, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 29, 2016
April 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 5, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, April 8, 2016
- Hail and Dense Fog in New Mexico, April 15 to 16, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 16, 2016
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, April 17 to 18, 2016
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, April 22, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, April 22, 2016
- Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, April 23, 2016
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New Mexico, April 25, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 26, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, April 28, 2016
May 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, May 1, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, May 5, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, May 6, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, May 13, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, May 15, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 16, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, May 18, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, May 18, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, May 21, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, May 29, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, May 29, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, May 31, 2016
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, May 31, 2016
June 2016
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 1, 2016
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, June 4, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, June 5, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, June 6, 2016
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 7, 2016
- Dust Devil in New Mexico, June 9, 2016
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 9, 2016
- Wildfire in New Mexico, June 10 to 11, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 11, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, June 13, 2016
- Wildfire in New Mexico, June 14 to 24, 2016
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 15, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, June 23, 2016
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 25, 2016
July 2016
- Funnel Cloud in New Mexico, July 2, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 3, 2016
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, July 8, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, July 9, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 15, 2016
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 17, 2016
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 25, 2016
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, July 29, 2016
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, July 30, 2016
August 2016
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, August 2, 2016
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 3, 2016
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, August 4, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New Mexico, August 5, 2016
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 6, 2016
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 7, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, August 8, 2016
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 10, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, August 13, 2016
- Heavy Rain in New Mexico, August 18, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, August 19, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, August 20, 2016
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 21, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 21 to 22, 2016
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, August 21, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New Mexico, August 22, 2016
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 22, 2016
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, August 23, 2016
- Heavy Rain in New Mexico, August 24, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, August 25, 2016
- Funnel Cloud in New Mexico, August 28, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in New Mexico, August 28 to 29, 2016
- Heavy Rain in New Mexico, August 29, 2016
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in New Mexico, August 29, 2016
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, August 30, 2016
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in New Mexico, August 31, 2016
September 2016
- Tornado and Flash Flood in New Mexico, September 1, 2016
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, September 2, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, September 3, 2016
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, September 4, 2016
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, September 5 to 6, 2016
- Heavy Rain in New Mexico, September 6 to 7, 2016
- Avalanche in New Mexico, September 6, 2016
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, September 7, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, September 10, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, September 10, 2016
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, September 12, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, September 13, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, September 14, 2016
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in New Mexico, September 14 to 15, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, September 15, 2016
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, September 15 to 16, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, September 16, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, September 17, 2016
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, September 17, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, September 30, 2016
October 2016
- Strong Wind in New Mexico, October 3, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New Mexico, October 9, 2016
- Hail in New Mexico, October 9, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, October 17, 2016
November 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New Mexico, November 4, 2016
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, November 4 to 6, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, November 17, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, November 17, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, November 27, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, November 27 to 28, 2016
December 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, December 11, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, December 15 to 17, 2016
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 15 to 17, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, December 16 to 17, 2016
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 22 to 23, 2016
- Winter Storm and High Wind in New Mexico, December 24 to 26, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, December 25, 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.