Storm History: Otero County, New Mexico

Events

871

Deaths

0

Injuries

8

Damage

$8.0 million

Episodes

403

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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None recorded.

• Hail, May 28, 2008$2.9 million · 2.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, June 22, 2006$1.3 million · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 16, 2006$600,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 13, 2019$500,000 · 93 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, August 1, 2006$400,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 13, 2006$300,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 27, 1982$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 4, 20191 injured · $250,000 · EF1 · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, July 17, 2008$200,000 · 64 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 2009$200,000 · 54 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 2026$125,000 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 26, 2008$100,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 15, 2013$100,000 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, August 1, 2014$100,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 2000$50,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 4, 2006$50,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 6, 2006$50,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 12, 2002$40,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 2009$40,000 · 58 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2009$40,000 · 64 kt wind · 2 events here

• Hail, June 2, 20263.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Dust Storm, May 4, 19993 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, October 20, 2010$6,000 · 2.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 28, 2008$2.9 million · 2.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, August 17, 19592.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 19692.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 12, 19652.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, October 21, 20152 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 30, 19602 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 11, 20211.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Flood, September 8, 20201.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 31, 2019$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 12, 20171.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, September 15, 20161.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, May 4, 20151.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, October 12, 1957F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 27, 1982$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Otero County, with its track

• Flash Flood, June 3, 202655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 2, 20263.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, June 1, 20265 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20265 events here
• High Wind, April 26, 202676 kt wind · 4 events here
• Drought, April 1, 20266 events here
• High Wind, March 27, 202656 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, March 24, 20265 events here
• Dust Storm, February 17, 202685 kt wind · 3 events here
• Drought, February 1, 20264 events here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 2026$125,000 · 3 events here
• High Wind, January 7, 202663 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20264 events here
• Drought, December 1, 20254 events here
• Drought, November 1, 20254 events here
• Drought, October 1, 20254 events here
• Hail, September 29, 20251 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 23, 2025$5,000 · 68 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20254 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20254 events here
• Flash Flood, July 31, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, July 30, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, July 28, 202555 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 27, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, July 24, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, July 22, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, July 14, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, July 13, 20251.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 12, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 8, 202561 kt wind · 3 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20253 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20254 events here
• Dust Storm, June 29, 202555 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 20251 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20257 events here
• High Wind, May 13, 202575 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20257 events here
• Dust Storm, April 27, 202577 kt wind · 2 events here
• Dust Storm, April 17, 202550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Dust Storm, April 1, 202583 kt wind · 4 events here
• Drought, April 1, 20257 events here
• Dust Storm, March 18, 20253 injured · 88 kt wind · 8 events here
• Dust Storm, March 13, 2025$20,000 · 83 kt wind · 3 events here
• Dust Storm, March 6, 202570 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 3, 202578 kt wind · 3 events here
• Drought, March 1, 20257 events here
• Drought, February 1, 20256 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 9, 20252 events here
• Drought, January 1, 20255 events here
• Drought, December 1, 20245 events here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20245 events here
• Drought, October 1, 20246 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20246 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 202454 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20246 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 202457 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 19, 20242 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20247 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20247 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20247 events here
• High Wind, April 25, 202464 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 15, 202465 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 6, 2024$10,000 · 69 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, April 1, 20247 events here
• High Wind, March 24, 202481 kt wind · 4 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 8, 20242 events here
• Drought, March 1, 20247 events here
• High Wind, February 27, 202481 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 3, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 2, 20241 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20247 events here
• Dust Storm, January 11, 2024$25,000 · 83 kt wind · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 4, 20241 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20246 events here
• Drought, December 1, 20237 events here
• Drought, November 1, 20236 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 2, 202353 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20237 events here
• Drought, September 20, 20233 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20234 events here
• Flash Flood, August 23, 20232 events here
• Drought, August 22, 20232 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20232 events here
• Drought, July 25, 20232 events here
• Hail, July 22, 20230.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 15, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 1, 20231 event here
• High Wind, April 4, 202383 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 26, 202396 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 22, 202396 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 23, 20231 event here
• High Wind, November 29, 202251 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 24, 20222 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20224 events here
• Flash Flood, August 21, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, August 20, 2022$2,000 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, August 11, 20221 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20224 events here
• Flash Flood, July 29, 2022$10,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 27, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, July 23, 202251 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Rain, July 22, 20221 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20224 events here
• Flash Flood, June 27, 20221 event here
• Hail, June 8, 20221 in hail · 5 events here
• Drought, June 1, 20224 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20224 events here
• Drought, April 26, 20221 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20223 events here
• Drought, March 8, 20223 events here
• High Wind, February 16, 202256 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 2, 20223 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 1, 20221 event here
• High Wind, December 24, 202157 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 12, 202176 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 15, 202150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 14, 20212 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20213 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20211 event here
• Flash Flood, July 11, 20211.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, July 6, 20211 event here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 20211 event here
• Heavy Rain, July 4, 20211 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20214 events here
• Drought, June 1, 20214 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 202152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20214 events here
• Heavy Snow, April 29, 20211 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20214 events here
• High Wind, March 16, 202176 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20214 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 16, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 14, 20212 events here
• Drought, February 1, 20214 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 25, 20211 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20214 events here
• Drought, December 1, 20204 events here
• Drought, November 1, 20204 events here
• Heavy Snow, October 26, 20201 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20204 events here
• Drought, September 22, 20202 events here
• Flood, September 8, 20201.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Avalanche, September 1, 20202 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 202054 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20201 event here
• Hail, July 31, 202064 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 202057 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 202058 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 24, 20201 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2020$1,000 · 59 kt wind · 4 events here
• High Wind, March 27, 202076 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 18, 202050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 13, 2020$25,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 3, 20202 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 28, 20191 event here
• High Wind, November 29, 201966 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 28, 2019$25,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 14, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 4, 20191 injured · $250,000 · EF1 · 5 events here
• Hail, June 1, 20191 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 31, 2019$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 10, 201989 kt wind · 4 events here
• High Wind, March 13, 2019$500,000 · 93 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, March 12, 20190.88 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 8, 201976 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, March 1, 20191 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20191 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 27, 20183 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 20181 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20181 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20181 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20181 event here
• Drought, September 11, 20181 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2018$25,000 · 57 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 1, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20183 events here
• Hail, June 13, 201852 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20183 events here
• Flash Flood, May 21, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20183 events here
• High Wind, April 12, 201873 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, April 1, 20183 events here
• High Wind, March 15, 201878 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, March 1, 20183 events here
• Drought, February 13, 20183 events here
• Flash Flood, July 27, 20171 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 201752 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 16, 201756 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 12, 20171.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 20, 201776 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, January 14, 2017$25,000 · 1.25 in hail · 4 events here
• High Wind, December 16, 2016$20,000 · 96 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, September 15, 20161.75 in hail · 5 events here
• High Wind, September 10, 201656 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 9, 20160.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 26, 2015$15,000 · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 12, 20152 events here
• High Wind, November 16, 201584 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, October 21, 20152 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, October 20, 20151.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, October 7, 2015EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2015$500 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 10, 20151 event here
• Tornado, July 26, 2015EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 24, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, July 22, 20151 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20151 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 201554 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 4, 20151.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 22, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, September 24, 20141 event here
• Heavy Rain, September 16, 20142 events here
• Flash Flood, September 12, 20141 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20141 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20141 event here
• Flash Flood, August 1, 2014$100,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20143 events here
• Flash Flood, July 30, 201455 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2014$20,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20144 events here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 20141.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20144 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20144 events here
• High Wind, April 26, 201478 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20144 events here
• Drought, March 1, 20144 events here
• Drought, February 1, 20144 events here
• Drought, January 1, 20144 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 21, 20131 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20133 events here
• Drought, November 1, 20133 events here
• Drought, October 1, 20133 events here
• Flash Flood, September 19, 20131 event here
• Flash Flood, September 15, 2013$100,000 · 3 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20133 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20131 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20134 events here
• Flash Flood, July 11, 20131 event here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 2013$250 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20134 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 201370 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 201354 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 201359 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 201358 kt wind · 1 event here

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Tornadoes in Otero CountyEvery warning in Otero County since 1986Every county in New Mexico

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.