Excessive Heat in New Mexico
Every excessive heat event the National Weather Service has filed in New Mexico, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
The most significant on the map
The most significant excessive heat episodes in New Mexico.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 60
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Excessive Heat in New Mexico, May 29, 2000Once again numerous daily record high temperatures were set across the state with readings in the upper 90s and 100s across the south and east, and temperatures in the mid and upper 90s elsewhere except for the mountain communities.
- Excessive Heat in New Mexico, May 24, 2000New daily high temperature records were set across the state as temperatures soared into the high 90s and 100s all across the east and south.
- Excessive Heat in New Mexico, July 1 to 31, 2023July was the hottest on record for Southern New Mexico as an upper ridge persisted around the Borderland throughout the month. High temperatures at New Mexico State University topped 100 degrees 28 of the 31 days and the average temperature was 88.2 degrees.
- Excessive Heat and Hail in New Mexico, July 10, 2021A strong area of high pressure continued to stay centered to the west of New Mexico which led to well above normal temperatures across western portions of the state on July 10, 2021.
- Excessive Heat and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 11, 2022As a strong area of high pressure built over New Mexico on June 11, 2022, it led to soaring daytime temperatures. High temperatures during the afternoon reached well into the triple digits with some of the hottest temperatures experienced so far this year.
- Excessive Heat in New Mexico, August 26, 2019A ridge of high pressure accompanied by very dry air moved into west Texas and southeast New Mexico resulting in record breaking triple digit temperatures.
- Excessive Heat in New Mexico, June 20, 2021An upper level trough caused westerly winds across the Mountains of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. Very low dewpoints helped temperatures to soar well above normal causing excessive heat conditions.
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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.