New Mexico

Storm History: Socorro County, New Mexico

292 episodes, 672 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Socorro 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
672
Deaths
1
Injuries
3
Damage
$47 million
Episodes
292

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
Drought25900
Flash Flood7300$3.4 million
Hail5901$40 million
Wildfire5802$1.3 million
Winter Storm5100$27,000
High Wind4100
Tornado3900$1.7 million
Heavy Snow2800$125,000
Thunderstorm Wind2210$80,000
Dust Storm1600
Blizzard1200$40,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Debris Flow300
Funnel Cloud100
Heavy Rain100$5,000
Lightning100$30,000
Excessive Heat100
Avalanche100

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 Socorro County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Socorro CountyEvery warning in Socorro 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.