Tornadoes · United States · New Mexico
1952 tornadoes in New Mexico
No tornado was recorded in New Mexico in 1952. The state averages 9.2 a year over the 74 years it has any in the record.
What New Mexico usually sees
The record has 678 tornadoes in New Mexico since 1950, 4 deaths. Every year in New Mexico.
Nearby
Every tornado in New Mexico since 1950Warnings in force in New MexicoThe live radar over New Mexico
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.