Tornado in New Mexico
Every tornado event the National Weather Service has filed in New Mexico, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
The most significant on the map
The most significant tornado episodes in New Mexico.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 687
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 163
- Damage
- $66 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, March 23, 2007An unusually early and intense outbreak of severe storms with large hail and tornadoes occurred across east central and southeast New Mexico during the afternoon and evening of the 23rd.
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, May 29, 1964
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, October 10, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, May 31, 1991
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in New Mexico, September 10 to 17, 2013A stationary upper level low pressure system that settled into the Great Basin around the 10th provided a steady stream of near record subtropical atmospheric moisture over New Mexico.
- Tornado and Avalanche in New Mexico, March 11 to 14, 2019A record breaking late winter storm system moved through New Mexico on March 12-14, 2019. A deep tap of subtropical moisture surged north into the state ahead of this system on March 12th as a surface low deepened over northeastern New Mexico.
- Tornado in New Mexico, June 25, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, October 12, 1957
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in New Mexico, May 30, 2021With a low pressure system centered to the southwest of New Mexico and an anomalously moist air mass being transported into the state, the stage was set for another round of showers and thunderstorms across the area on May 30, 2021.
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, June 27, 1992
- Tornado in New Mexico, May 10, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, May 27, 1982
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in New Mexico, June 2 to 6, 2025An upper low moved across the desert southwest June 1st into June 2nd helping to pull up higher moisture from former Tropical Storm Alvin in the eastern Pacific.
- Tornado in New Mexico, May 14, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, June 6, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, May 26, 2019A potent upper level storm system approaching New Mexico from the west interacted with deep moisture and very unstable conditions along a sharp dryline over eastern New Mexico on May 26, 2019.
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 25, 1996A tornado destroyed 11 homes and 7 business in Cimarron. Another 43 structures were damaged. Among the building destroyed was the Post Office which was sliced by the air-borne frame of a mobile home. Of the 5 injuries, 2 were serious, requiring hospitalization.
- Tornado and Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 9, 2017Deep moisture and instability over eastern New Mexico combined with northwest flow aloft to produce scattered strong to severe thunderstorms over the east-central and northeast plains.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in New Mexico, May 21, 2018A deep fetch of moisture surged north and west into New Mexico on May 21, 2018 ahead of an upper level low pressure system approaching from Arizona.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in New Mexico, May 24 to 27, 2023Several consecutive days of significant severe weather impacted eastern New Mexico from May 24-26, 2023. Showers and thunderstorms developed along the dryline and east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on May 23rd.
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, June 1, 1992
- Tornadoes in New Mexico, May 17, 1954
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, June 7, 1992
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, May 23 to 24, 2010A sharp dry line moved west out of west Texas and became stationary over the far eastern plains on Sunday, May 23, 2010. Meanwhile, an unseasonably deep upper level low pressure system over the Great Basin was moving slowly east toward New Mexico.
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, April 16, 1988
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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.