New Mexico

Storm History: Luna County, New Mexico

233 episodes, 431 events since 1960

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Luna 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
431
Deaths
1
Injuries
6
Damage
$1.1 million
Episodes
233

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
Drought25200
Flash Flood5200$927,000
Dust Storm3115
Hail2501$52,000
Thunderstorm Wind2200$91,000
High Wind1300
Flood1000$10,000
Tornado900$10,000
Heavy Rain500
Heavy Snow400
Avalanche300
Winter Storm200
Excessive Heat200
Extreme 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.

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Luna CountyEvery warning in Luna 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.