NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
New Mexico Hurricane and Tornado History
Every city, with the storms and tornadoes that came near it.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
New Mexico has 678 tornadoes on record since 1950, 4 of them EF3 or stronger, with 4 deaths. No hurricane has passed within 75 miles of any city in the state; the most tornado-prone is Clovis (95).
- Cities
- 94
- Tornadoes in state
- 678
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
- Tornado deaths
- 4
since 1950
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Storms that reached the most New Mexico cities
- Unnamed 1929 stormCategory 1 · 13 cities
- Unnamed 1942 stormCategory 3 · 7 cities
New Mexico cities
| City | Hurricanes | Tropical storms | Tornadoes | EF3+ | Last storm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | — |
| Las Cruces | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | Unnamed 1929 |
| Santa Fe | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — |
| Rio Rancho | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | — |
| Roswell | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | — |
| Farmington | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — |
| Hobbs | 0 | 1 | 71 | 1 | Unnamed 1942 |
| Los Lunas | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | — |
| Clovis | 0 | 0 | 95 | 1 | — |
| Carlsbad | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | Unnamed 1942 |
| Alamogordo | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — |
| Deming | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Unnamed 1929 |
| Gallup | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Belen | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — |
| Espanola | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — |
| Artesia | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | Unnamed 1942 |
| Chaparral | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | Unnamed 1929 |
| Portales | 0 | 0 | 92 | 1 | — |
| Las Vegas | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — |
| Silver City | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Unnamed 1929 |
| Anthony | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | Unnamed 1929 |
| Lovington | 0 | 1 | 58 | 1 | Unnamed 1942 |
| Bloomfield | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — |
| Edgewood | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | — |
| Aztec | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — |
| Los Alamos | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — |
| Taos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Grants | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Santa Teresa | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | Unnamed 1929 |
| Sunland Park | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Unnamed 1929 |
| Bernalillo | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | — |
| Shiprock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Crownpoint | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Tijeras | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | — |
| Socorro | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Corrales | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | — |
| Ruidoso | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — |
| Raton | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | — |
| Moriarty | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | — |
| Tucumcari | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | — |
| Kirtland | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — |
| Truth Or Consequences | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Unnamed 1929 |
| Bosque Farms | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | — |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Sandia Park | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | — |
| El Prado | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Dexter | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | — |
| Yatahey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Ranchos De Taos | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Placitas | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | — |
| Fruitland | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — |
| Tularosa | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — |
| Holloman Afb | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — |
| Thoreau | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Mescalero | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — |
| Algodones | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | — |
| Laguna | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — |
| Peralta | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | — |
| Santa Rosa | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — |
| Eunice | 0 | 1 | 55 | 0 | Unnamed 1942 |
| Hatch | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Unnamed 1929 |
| Mesquite | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Unnamed 1929 |
| Lordsburg | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Dulce | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Mentmore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Alto | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — |
| Milan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Clayton | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | — |
| Santo Domingo Pueblo | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | — |
| Ruidoso Downs | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — |
| Acoma | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Chimayo | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — |
| Estancia | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — |
| Jemez Pueblo | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — |
| Hagerman | 0 | 1 | 45 | 0 | Unnamed 1942 |
| Alcalde | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Vado | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Unnamed 1929 |
| La Mesa | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | Unnamed 1929 |
| Cloudcroft | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — |
| Ohkay Owingeh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Magdalena | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Prewitt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Questa | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Bayard | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Unnamed 1929 |
| Cedar Crest | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | — |
| Capitan | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — |
| Flora Vista | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — |
| Vanderwagen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Paraje | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Pecos | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — |
| Gamerco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Jal | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | Unnamed 1942 |
| Mountainair | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — |
| Hernandez | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
Hail in New Mexico
Tornado season brings hail too. Radar-estimated hail days for New Mexico since 2019, with sizes and a map of each storm's swath.