Storm History: Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bernalillo County, New Mexico: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 962
- Deaths
- 22
- Injuries
- 100
- Damage
- $33 million
- Episodes
- 448
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 230 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 190 | 10 | 57 | $9.0 million |
| Hail | 110 | 1 | 1 | $11 million |
| Tornado | 88 | 2 | 5 | $1.1 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 67 | 1 | 4 | $172,000 |
| Winter Storm | 63 | 4 | 14 | $2.2 million |
| High Wind | 61 | 0 | 0 | $147,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 46 | 1 | 1 | $75,000 |
| Wildfire | 42 | 0 | 6 | $8.7 million |
| Blizzard | 23 | 2 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Dust Storm | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 7 | 1 | 7 | $70,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 7 | 0 | 3 | $54,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 2 | $500,000 |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Avalanche | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Blizzard, November 6, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2015
- Hail, July 31, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2009
- Lightning, August 14, 1996
- Winter Storm, December 21, 1997
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2017
- Tornado, May 21, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2024
- Tornado, June 2, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2025
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, October 2, 2010
- Hail, October 4, 2004
- Wildfire, June 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2024
- Wildfire, April 11, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 16, 1999
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2023
- Wildfire, April 17, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2020
- Tornado, May 31, 2021
- Wildfire, April 2, 2023
- Wildfire, April 27, 2025
- Winter Storm, September 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2008
- Tornado, September 20, 1985
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, September 30, 1998
- Tornado, May 24, 2023
- Hail, October 5, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2025
- Hail, October 4, 2004
- Hail, May 23, 1965
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2015
- Hail, June 15, 1969
- Tornado, June 2, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2024
- Hail, May 22, 2021
- Hail, August 3, 2020
- Hail, June 6, 2016
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 24, 2026
- Hail, June 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Dust Devil, April 30, 2026
- High Wind, April 26, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Wildfire, March 27, 2026
- Wildfire, March 24, 2026
- High Wind, March 14, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- High Wind, February 20, 2026
- High Wind, February 18, 2026
- High Wind, February 17, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2025
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Wildfire, August 8, 2025
- Drought, August 1, 2025
- Tornado, July 27, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2025
- Drought, July 1, 2025
- Dust Storm, June 30, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2025
- Wildfire, June 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2025
- Tornado, June 2, 2025
- Drought, June 1, 2025
- Tornado, May 4, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Wildfire, April 27, 2025
- Heavy Snow, April 19, 2025
- Wildfire, April 17, 2025
- Heavy Snow, April 4, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Dust Storm, April 1, 2025
- Wildfire, March 17, 2025
- Wildfire, March 13, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2025
- Drought, March 1, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Tornado, January 29, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Blizzard, November 6, 2024
- Strong Wind, October 16, 2024
- High Wind, October 5, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2024
- Drought, July 1, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2024
- Wildfire, June 15, 2024
- Tornado, June 14, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2024
- Dust Storm, June 7, 2024
- Drought, June 1, 2024
- Tornado, May 11, 2024
- High Wind, May 7, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 2024
- High Wind, April 15, 2024
- High Wind, April 6, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- Dust Storm, March 24, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 14, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 8, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Dust Storm, February 26, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Blizzard, January 7, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2023
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Heavy Snow, November 30, 2023
- Heavy Snow, November 24, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Hail, September 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 13, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2023
- Strong Wind, June 21, 2023
- Tornado, June 5, 2023
- Tornado, May 31, 2023
- Tornado, May 24, 2023
- Hail, May 21, 2023
- Tornado, May 12, 2023
- Hail, May 10, 2023
- High Wind, April 25, 2023
- High Wind, April 19, 2023
- High Wind, April 3, 2023
- Wildfire, April 2, 2023
- High Wind, March 30, 2023
- High Wind, March 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2023
- High Wind, February 26, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Heavy Snow, December 27, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- High Wind, November 29, 2022
- High Wind, November 3, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- High Wind, October 16, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2022
- Hail, July 9, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Wildfire, June 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2022
- Wildfire, June 9, 2022
- High Wind, June 1, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2022
- High Wind, May 21, 2022
- High Wind, May 20, 2022
- High Wind, May 7, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Wildfire, April 22, 2022
- Wildfire, April 11, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2022
- Avalanche, March 10, 2022
- High Wind, March 4, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2022
- High Wind, January 4, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2021
- High Wind, December 26, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 12, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2021
- Tornado, July 23, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Tornado, May 31, 2021
- Hail, May 22, 2021
- High Wind, May 11, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- Wildfire, April 24, 2021
- High Wind, April 16, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2021
- Blizzard, March 16, 2021
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2021
- Blizzard, February 13, 2021
- High Wind, February 3, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- High Wind, January 30, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2021
- High Wind, January 14, 2021
- Drought, January 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- High Wind, November 14, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Blizzard, October 25, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Winter Storm, September 8, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2020
- Hail, August 21, 2020
- Tornado, August 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2020
- Hail, August 3, 2020
- Drought, August 1, 2020
- Hail, July 31, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2020
- Drought, July 1, 2020
- Hail, June 23, 2020
- High Wind, June 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2020
- High Wind, May 19, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 13, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2020
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2020
- Tornado, December 27, 2019
- High Wind, November 29, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 27, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2019
- Tornado, June 2, 2019
- Tornado, May 26, 2019
- Hail, May 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 19, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2018
- Hail, July 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2018
- Hail, July 14, 2018
- Tornado, May 21, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2017
- Hail, June 24, 2017
- Tornado, May 9, 2017
- Flash Flood, November 4, 2016
- Hail, October 9, 2016
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Bernalillo CountyEvery warning in Bernalillo County since 1986Every county in New Mexico
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.