New Mexico

Storm History: Mora County, New Mexico

362 episodes, 595 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mora 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
595
Deaths
1
Injuries
14
Damage
$150 million
Episodes
362

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
Drought15200
Hail10900$31,000
High Wind7200$5,000
Flash Flood5611$2.4 million
Heavy Snow5000$10,000
Tornado4900$857,000
Winter Storm3900
Wildfire27013$146 million
Dust Storm1400
Blizzard1200
Thunderstorm Wind600$500
Avalanche300
Funnel Cloud200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Winter Weather100
Flood100

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

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Mora CountyEvery warning in Mora 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.