Storm History: Taos County, New Mexico
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Taos 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
- 493
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $11 million
- Episodes
- 200
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 | 232 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 67 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 54 | 0 | 2 | $7.6 million |
| High Wind | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 18 | 0 | 0 | $130,000 |
| Wildfire | 17 | 0 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| Blizzard | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 14 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Flash Flood | 13 | 0 | 0 | $702,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 10 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Avalanche | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2021
- Wildfire, May 6, 1996
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2021
- Wildfire, April 24, 2026
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2022
- Wildfire, April 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2022
- Winter Storm, September 8, 2020
- Tornado, September 10, 2013
- Dust Devil, September 1, 2019
- Tornado, July 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 1997
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2021
- Wildfire, April 22, 2022
- Tornado, May 28, 2008
- Tornado, July 13, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 7, 2020
- Hail, June 14, 2026
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2015
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Tornado, May 4, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2015
- Hail, August 22, 1961
- Hail, June 16, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2026
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2018
- Hail, May 18, 2015
- Hail, July 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2014
- Hail, August 13, 2012
- Hail, May 16, 2009
- Hail, May 31, 1997
Every episode, newest first
- Wildfire, June 21, 2026
- Hail, June 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Wildfire, April 24, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- High Wind, March 14, 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
- Debris Flow, October 15, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Drought, August 1, 2025
- Tornado, July 27, 2025
- Drought, July 1, 2025
- Drought, June 1, 2025
- Tornado, May 4, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Wildfire, April 27, 2025
- Wildfire, April 17, 2025
- Heavy Snow, April 4, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Dust Storm, April 1, 2025
- Wildfire, March 17, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 7, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 6, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Tornado, January 29, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- High Wind, November 26, 2024
- Blizzard, November 6, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 4, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Wildfire, July 9, 2024
- Drought, July 1, 2024
- Drought, June 1, 2024
- High Wind, May 7, 2024
- High Wind, May 5, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 2024
- High Wind, April 6, 2024
- Dust Storm, April 1, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- Dust Storm, March 24, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 14, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 8, 2024
- High Wind, March 2, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Dust Storm, February 26, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 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
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- High Wind, April 3, 2023
- High Wind, March 30, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 19, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2023
- High Wind, March 5, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2023
- High Wind, January 11, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2023
- Heavy Snow, December 27, 2022
- High Wind, December 22, 2022
- High Wind, December 12, 2022
- Dust Storm, December 2, 2022
- High Wind, November 29, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 13, 2022
- High Wind, November 9, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Wildfire, June 16, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- High Wind, May 29, 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 11, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Avalanche, March 10, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- High Wind, October 26, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Tornado, May 17, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- Wildfire, April 10, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2021
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2021
- Blizzard, February 13, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2021
- Drought, January 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 27, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 12, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 7, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Blizzard, October 25, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Winter Storm, September 8, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2020
- Drought, August 1, 2020
- Drought, July 1, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2020
- Drought, June 1, 2020
- Drought, May 1, 2020
- Drought, April 1, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2020
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2020
- Drought, January 1, 2020
- Tornado, December 27, 2019
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2019
- Drought, December 1, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 27, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 21, 2019
- Drought, November 1, 2019
- Dust Devil, September 1, 2019
- Tornado, September 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2018
- Tornado, August 9, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2017
- Funnel Cloud, July 2, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2015
- Hail, June 16, 2015
- Hail, May 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2014
- Hail, July 1, 2014
- Tornado, September 10, 2013
- Funnel Cloud, June 29, 2013
- Hail, June 14, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2013
- Hail, August 13, 2012
- Tornado, July 13, 2009
- Hail, May 16, 2009
- Hail, June 20, 2008
- Tornado, May 28, 2008
- Hail, May 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2006
- Hail, May 22, 2006
- Lightning, September 14, 1999
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 1997
- Hail, May 31, 1997
- Hail, May 31, 1997
- Wildfire, May 6, 1996
- Hail, August 22, 1961
More
Tornadoes in Taos CountyEvery warning in Taos 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.