New Mexico

Storm History: Doña Ana County, New Mexico

373 episodes, 647 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Doña Ana 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
647
Deaths
0
Injuries
8
Damage
$30 million
Episodes
373

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
Drought19000
Flash Flood17201$12 million
Hail8200$7.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind7100$241,000
High Wind5001$62,000
Dust Storm2800$20,000
Tornado2400$11 million
Flood1200$110,000
Heavy Snow500
Heavy Rain400
Avalanche300
Excessive Heat200
Lightning106
Winter Storm100
Winter Weather100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Doña Ana CountyEvery warning in Doña Ana 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.