New Mexico

Storms in New Mexico in 2022

1,173 events in 204 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Mexico in 2022, 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 2022 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
1,173
Deaths
12
Injuries
25
Damage
$183 million
Episodes
204

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
Drought52100
High Wind25800$95,000
Flash Flood12151$8.1 million
Heavy Snow7511$10,000
Hail5900$559,000
Thunderstorm Wind5500$7,000
Wildfire20214$174 million
Heavy Rain1100
Winter Storm949$45,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill900
Dust Storm800
Flood500
Winter Weather400
Funnel Cloud400
Strong Wind300$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Tornado200$50,000
Excessive Heat200
Debris Flow200
Avalanche100
Dust Devil100

Every episode, month by month

January 2022

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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.