New Mexico

Storm History: Curry County, New Mexico

419 episodes, 765 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Curry 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
765
Deaths
2
Injuries
41
Damage
$31 million
Episodes
419

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
Hail26300$2.5 million
Tornado240240$21 million
Thunderstorm Wind6301$432,000
Flash Flood6300$4.8 million
Drought4400
High Wind2700$3.0 million
Winter Storm1400
Flood1000$6,000
Heavy Snow900
Dust Storm900
Blizzard600
Wildfire500$70,000
Lightning400$102,000
Heavy Rain300
Funnel Cloud200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Curry County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Curry CountyEvery warning in Curry 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.