New Mexico

Storm History: Torrance County, New Mexico

377 episodes, 840 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Torrance 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
840
Deaths
4
Injuries
85
Damage
$15 million
Episodes
377

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
Drought22600
High Wind12900$142,000
Hail102010$1.2 million
Tornado7000$435,000
Winter Storm62415$2.5 million
Flash Flood60053$626,000
Heavy Snow5101$1.7 million
Wildfire5104$7.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind3300$49,000
Dust Storm2200
Blizzard2100$100,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Funnel Cloud300
Winter Weather202$500,000
Strong Wind200$1,000
Dust Devil100
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 Torrance County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Torrance CountyEvery warning in Torrance 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.