New Mexico

Storm History: Eddy County, New Mexico

781 episodes, 1,549 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Eddy 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
1,549
Deaths
7
Injuries
65
Damage
$30 million
Episodes
781

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
Hail38314$12 million
Flash Flood36725$4.9 million
High Wind315115$1.3 million
Tornado219238$5.4 million
Thunderstorm Wind10901$511,000
Heavy Snow3900$100,000
Dust Storm3900$1.4 million
Drought3000$4.4 million
Winter Storm1900
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Ice Storm500
Flood400$500
Winter Weather400
Wildfire300$10,000
Blizzard200
Lightning100$15,000
Dense Fog112$5,000
Sleet100
Funnel Cloud100
Excessive Heat100
Strong Wind100

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 Eddy County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Eddy CountyEvery warning in Eddy 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.