New Mexico

Storm History: Santa Fe County, New Mexico

444 episodes, 1,072 events since 1956

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.

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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
Drought31400
Flash Flood14656$5.0 million
High Wind12800$52,000
Tornado9201$636,000
Winter Storm84312$4.0 million
Hail8200$145,000
Heavy Snow8211$1.5 million
Wildfire4203$1.4 million
Thunderstorm Wind3402$115,000
Blizzard2720
Dust Storm2100
Lightning516$60,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Funnel Cloud400
Dust Devil300$20,000
Avalanche200
Winter Weather102$500,000

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.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Santa Fe County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.