New Mexico

Storm History: Catron County, New Mexico

193 episodes, 434 events since 1967

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Catron 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
434
Deaths
2
Injuries
0
Damage
$3.8 million
Episodes
193

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
Drought22300
Flash Flood3900$512,000
High Wind3300
Wildfire3000$45,000
Winter Storm2900$51,000
Heavy Snow2300$50,000
Tornado1810$3.2 million
Hail800$3,000
Dust Storm800
Thunderstorm Wind700
Blizzard700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Rain200
Avalanche200
Lightning110$1,000
Flood100$5,000

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.

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Catron CountyEvery warning in Catron 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.