Storm History: Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Santa Fe 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
- 1,072
- Deaths
- 12
- Injuries
- 33
- Damage
- $13 million
- Episodes
- 444
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 314 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 146 | 5 | 6 | $5.0 million |
| High Wind | 128 | 0 | 0 | $52,000 |
| Tornado | 92 | 0 | 1 | $636,000 |
| Winter Storm | 84 | 3 | 12 | $4.0 million |
| Hail | 82 | 0 | 0 | $145,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 82 | 1 | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Wildfire | 42 | 0 | 3 | $1.4 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 34 | 0 | 2 | $115,000 |
| Blizzard | 27 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 5 | 1 | 6 | $60,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 3 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Avalanche | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 2 | $500,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow, April 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 15, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2020
- Wildfire, April 2, 2023
- Wildfire, April 24, 2026
- Tornado, December 26, 1966
- Flash Flood, August 6, 1997
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 7, 1997
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2022
- Wildfire, June 16, 2022
- Wildfire, April 22, 2022
- Hail, May 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2016
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 7, 2013
- Hail, May 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2017
- Hail, August 15, 2008
- Hail, August 7, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2024
- Hail, June 1, 2023
- Hail, May 22, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 18, 2024
- Hail, June 17, 2023
- Hail, July 31, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2012
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- High Wind, June 27, 2026
- Tornado, June 24, 2026
- Wildfire, June 23, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Hail, May 28, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Dust Devil, April 30, 2026
- High Wind, April 26, 2026
- Wildfire, April 24, 2026
- Wildfire, April 22, 2026
- High Wind, April 17, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- High Wind, March 14, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- High Wind, February 24, 2026
- High Wind, February 20, 2026
- High Wind, February 18, 2026
- High Wind, February 17, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2026
- High Wind, January 5, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2025
- High Wind, October 20, 2025
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Drought, August 1, 2025
- Tornado, July 27, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2025
- Drought, July 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2025
- Drought, June 1, 2025
- Tornado, May 25, 2025
- High Wind, May 18, 2025
- Tornado, May 4, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Wildfire, April 27, 2025
- Heavy Snow, April 19, 2025
- Wildfire, April 17, 2025
- Heavy Snow, April 4, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Dust Storm, April 1, 2025
- Wildfire, March 17, 2025
- Wildfire, March 13, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 7, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2025
- Drought, March 1, 2025
- Tornado, January 29, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Dust Storm, January 17, 2025
- High Wind, January 4, 2025
- High Wind, November 24, 2024
- High Wind, November 18, 2024
- Blizzard, November 6, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 4, 2024
- Dust Storm, October 29, 2024
- Flash Flood, October 18, 2024
- Hail, September 17, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2024
- Drought, July 1, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2024
- Drought, June 1, 2024
- High Wind, May 7, 2024
- High Wind, May 5, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 2024
- High Wind, April 25, 2024
- High Wind, April 15, 2024
- High Wind, April 6, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- High Wind, March 31, 2024
- Dust Storm, March 24, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 14, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 8, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Dust Storm, February 26, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- High Wind, January 17, 2024
- Blizzard, January 7, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 22, 2023
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2023
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Heavy Snow, November 30, 2023
- Heavy Snow, November 24, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- High Wind, October 11, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2023
- Hail, June 17, 2023
- Hail, June 1, 2023
- Hail, May 10, 2023
- High Wind, April 25, 2023
- High Wind, April 19, 2023
- High Wind, April 3, 2023
- Wildfire, April 2, 2023
- High Wind, March 30, 2023
- High Wind, March 22, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 19, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2023
- High Wind, February 26, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2023
- High Wind, February 21, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2023
- High Wind, January 11, 2023
- Heavy Snow, December 27, 2022
- High Wind, December 12, 2022
- High Wind, December 5, 2022
- High Wind, November 29, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 13, 2022
- High Wind, November 5, 2022
- High Wind, November 3, 2022
- High Wind, October 23, 2022
- Funnel Cloud, October 4, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2022
- Wildfire, June 16, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- High Wind, May 29, 2022
- High Wind, May 20, 2022
- High Wind, May 11, 2022
- High Wind, May 7, 2022
- High Wind, May 2, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- High Wind, April 29, 2022
- Wildfire, April 22, 2022
- Wildfire, April 19, 2022
- High Wind, April 15, 2022
- Wildfire, April 11, 2022
- High Wind, April 10, 2022
- Wildfire, April 5, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2022
- Avalanche, March 10, 2022
- High Wind, March 6, 2022
- High Wind, March 4, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2022
- High Wind, January 8, 2022
- High Wind, January 4, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2021
- High Wind, December 26, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2021
- High Wind, December 8, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- High Wind, October 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 12, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2021
- Tornado, July 13, 2021
- Hail, July 12, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Tornado, May 30, 2021
- Hail, May 22, 2021
- Tornado, May 17, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- High Wind, April 27, 2021
- Wildfire, April 24, 2021
- Wildfire, April 10, 2021
- High Wind, April 6, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2021
- Blizzard, March 16, 2021
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2021
- Blizzard, February 13, 2021
- High Wind, February 3, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- High Wind, January 30, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2021
- High Wind, January 14, 2021
- High Wind, January 2, 2021
- Drought, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- High Wind, November 25, 2020
- High Wind, November 14, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 7, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Blizzard, October 25, 2020
- High Wind, October 14, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Winter Storm, September 8, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2020
- Drought, August 1, 2020
- Hail, July 31, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2020
- Drought, July 1, 2020
- High Wind, June 8, 2020
- Drought, June 1, 2020
- High Wind, May 19, 2020
- Drought, May 1, 2020
- High Wind, April 23, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 13, 2020
- High Wind, March 26, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2020
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2020
- High Wind, January 1, 2020
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Santa Fe CountyEvery warning in Santa Fe 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.