New Mexico

Storm History: Bernalillo County, New Mexico

448 episodes, 962 events since 1957

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Drought23000
Flash Flood1901057$9.0 million
Hail11011$11 million
Tornado8825$1.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind6714$172,000
Winter Storm63414$2.2 million
High Wind6100$147,000
Heavy Snow4611$75,000
Wildfire4206$8.7 million
Blizzard2320$100,000
Dust Storm1800
Lightning717$70,000
Heavy Rain703$54,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Winter Weather202$500,000
Strong Wind200$1,000
Avalanche100
Dust Devil100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Bernalillo County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.