New Mexico

Storm History: San Miguel County, New Mexico

517 episodes, 1,112 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in San Miguel 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
1,112
Deaths
5
Injuries
14
Damage
$156 million
Episodes
517

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
Drought26400
Hail19900$138,000
High Wind17600$10,000
Tornado10510$1.5 million
Flash Flood9530$5.0 million
Heavy Snow7400$1.5 million
Winter Storm5811$757,000
Wildfire50013$147 million
Thunderstorm Wind3300
Dust Storm2400
Blizzard2100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Flood300
Avalanche200
Heavy Rain100
Funnel Cloud100
Winter Weather100
Excessive Heat100

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 San Miguel County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in San Miguel CountyEvery warning in San Miguel 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.