New Mexico

Storms in New Mexico in 2018

1,152 events in 168 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 2018, 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 2018 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
1,152
Deaths
6
Injuries
32
Damage
$8.1 million
Episodes
168

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
Drought52300
High Wind22500$203,000
Hail15901$448,000
Heavy Snow8214$20,000
Thunderstorm Wind6700$86,000
Flash Flood4301$5.2 million
Winter Weather17220$1.0 million
Tornado1115$555,000
Funnel Cloud1000
Wildfire500$500,000
Winter Storm300$50,000
Heavy Rain300
Strong Wind100$5,000
Lightning100
Dense Fog121
Blizzard100

Every episode, month by month

January 2018

February 2018

March 2018

April 2018

May 2018

June 2018

July 2018

August 2018

September 2018

October 2018

November 2018

December 2018

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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.