New Mexico

Storm History: Cibola County, New Mexico

226 episodes, 449 events since 1964

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cibola 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
449
Deaths
1
Injuries
60
Damage
$11 million
Episodes
226

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
Drought18100
Flash Flood50051$1.3 million
High Wind4100$100,000
Winter Storm3413$556,000
Wildfire3103$7.9 million
Tornado2600$812,000
Hail2303
Heavy Snow2000$125,000
Thunderstorm Wind1500$2,000
Dust Storm1100
Blizzard900$100,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Avalanche200
Strong Wind200$1,000
Winter Weather100

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 Cibola CountyEvery warning in Cibola 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.