New Mexico

Storm History: Sandoval County, New Mexico

364 episodes, 981 events since 1965

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Sandoval 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
981
Deaths
10
Injuries
82
Damage
$44 million
Episodes
364

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
Drought39200
Flash Flood121259$17 million
Winter Storm8135$2.0 million
Heavy Snow7711$135,000
Hail6509$2.6 million
High Wind6100$130,000
Tornado5500$2.1 million
Wildfire5505$19 million
Blizzard2720$100,000
Thunderstorm Wind1600$36,000
Dust Storm1300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Lightning201$100,000
Heavy Rain220
Flood200$1.0 million
Dust Devil200$15,000
Winter Weather202$500,000
Avalanche200
Strong Wind200$1,000

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 Sandoval CountyEvery warning in Sandoval 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.