New Mexico hail

Every recorded hail report since 1955 · 33 counties with a record

NOAA's Storm Events Database records 5,297 hail reports in New Mexico from 1955 through June 30, 2026, about 149 a year since 2000. The deadliest was the June 1, 1992 hail in Eddy County: 1 death and 3 injuries across 2 records. New Mexico ranks 29th of 52 states and territories by count and 40th of 51 per square mile.

Hail in New Mexico, 1955 to 2026

Hail records per year (NOAA Storm Events); 2026 to June 30, 2026. NOAA recorded every event type only from 1996.

recorded, no damage figure
under $1 million
$1 million or more
$10 million or more
$100 million or more, or 10 deaths
$1 billion or more, or 100 deaths
a year's colour: its recorded damage or deaths
a year with a death
1996: all 48 event types recorded from 1996

Records: 5,2971955 to June 30, 2026
A year since 2000: 149average
Deaths: 364 injuries
Damage, 2025 dollars: $237Mas filed
Busiest year: 2015252 records

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026; deaths and damage as filed, damage in 2025 dollars. Search the record at NCEI.

Are hail reports common in New Mexico?

New Mexico averages about 149 hail reports a year since 2000, 29th of 52 states and territories by count. The busiest year on record was 2015 (252). Per 10,000 square miles of land, New Mexico records 437 hail reports since 1955, 40th of 51 states and territories by that measure.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1955, per 10,000 square miles of land area (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer; places under 1,000 square miles not ranked). Damage colours: Storm Events damage, 2025 dollars.

Which counties in New Mexico have the most hail reports?

Per square mile, Los Alamos County leads New Mexico: 23 days with a hail report since 1955, 210.8 per 1,000 square miles of land. By raw count, Eddy County has the most hail records (549 since 1955); large counties collect more records simply by covering more ground, so the ranking counts days with a record per unit of area (a storm filed for several forecast zones adds several records but one day).

Los Alamos County 210.8 (37)
Curry County 121.7 (342)
Bernalillo County 81.8 (187)
Roosevelt County 68.3 (302)
Quay County 67.9 (349)
Lea County 59.2 (514)
Eddy County 58.4 (549)
Mora County 57.6 (143)
Union County 57.5 (419)
Colfax County 53.2 (302)
Harding County 43.8 (143)
Santa Fe County 42.4 (149)

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, days with a record in the county since 1955 per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer); in brackets, the count of records.

When is hail season in New Mexico?

57% of its hail reports since 1955 fell in May and June. The busiest month is June (1,535 records).

The values, month by month

Jan 9 · Feb 12 · Mar 113 · Apr 292 · May 1,492 · Jun 1,535 · Jul 624 · Aug 488 · Sep 356 · Oct 345 · Nov 31 · Dec 0 (records).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began, since 1955.

What were the deadliest hail reports in New Mexico?

New Mexico: the storms with the most deaths since 1955
Date	Record	Character	Killed	Injured	Damage
1992-06-01	HailEddy County Every hail record filed in the state that day (2; before 1996 NOAA filed no storm episodes); the totals are the day's.	1.75 in hail	1	3	–
1998-08-04	HailKingston, Sierra County	1.00 in hail	1	0	–
2017-08-09	HailSanchez, San Miguel County One storm episode: 3 records; the totals are the episode's. Deep 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. Several clusters of thunderstorms developed by mid afternoon along the east slopes of the central mountain chain then moved quickly ...	2.75 in hail	1	0	$301K

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths direct and indirect, as filed by the National Weather Service, summed over each storm (one episode, or one named storm filed by several offices). Storm names from the titles of FEMA declarations that name the storm's counties.

The costliest hail reports in New Mexico

New Mexico: the most damaging storms since 1993, 2025 dollars
Date	Record	Character	Damage
2004-10-05	HailSocorro County One storm episode: 3 records in 2 places; the totals are the episode's.	3.00 in hail	$63M
1997-05-28	HailHobbs, Lea County	2.50 in hail	$50M
2006-09-13	HailMesilla, Doña Ana County	1.75 in hail	$15M
1994-05-26	HailHagerman-Dexter, Chaves County	1.75 in hail	$11M
2010-10-02	HailCedar Crest, Bernalillo County One storm episode: 3 records in 2 places; the totals are the episode's.	1.75 in hail	$11M
1993-08-02	HailSpringer, Colfax County	2.75 in hail	$10M
2010-03-07	HailCarlsbad, Eddy County	2.00 in hail	$9.5M
2004-10-04	HailParadise Hills, Bernalillo County One storm episode: 3 records in 3 places, 2004-10-04 to 2004-10-05; the totals are the episode's.	1.75 in hail	$7.0M

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: property and crop damage as estimated by the National Weather Service, in 2025 dollars.

Are hail reports becoming more frequent in New Mexico?

New Mexico's count per decade against the whole country's, and its share. NOAA recorded every event type only from 1996, so earlier decades are not comparable; the share of the national total is the fairer comparison across decades.

Hail: New Mexico and the United States by decade (2020s to June 30, 2026)
Decade	New Mexico	United States	New Mexico's share
1955-59	36	2,477	1.5%
1960s	137	7,651	1.8%
1970s	108	11,007	1.0%
1980s	197	26,555	0.7%
1990s	923	75,581	1.2%
2000s	1,469	137,396	1.1%
2010s	1,681	107,281	1.6%
2020-26	746	56,491	1.3%

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

The most recent hail reports in New Mexico

The 12 most recent records, to June 30, 2026
Date	Record	Character	Damage
2026-06-26	HailJemez Spgs, Sandoval County	0.75 in hail	–
2026-06-26	HailBloomfield, San Juan County	1.00 in hail	–
2026-06-26	HailMentmore, McKinley County	1.00 in hail	–
2026-06-25	HailCapulin, Union County	1.00 in hail	–
2026-06-24	HailOcate, Mora County	0.88 in hail	–
2026-06-24	HailCapitan, Lincoln County	0.88 in hail	–
2026-06-19	HailSan Jose, San Miguel County	2.50 in hail	–
2026-06-15	HailEl Prado, Taos County	0.88 in hail	–
2026-06-12	HailMoriarty, Torrance County	1.00 in hail	–
2026-06-12	HailRoy, Harding County	1.25 in hail	–
2026-06-04	HailFrijoles, Sandoval County	0.75 in hail	–
2026-06-03	HailCedar Crest, Bernalillo County	0.75 in hail	–

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026; the newest months are revised by NCEI as reports arrive. Search the record at NCEI.

Federal disaster declarations for hail reports in New Mexico

FEMA files hail and wind disasters under the incident type Severe Storm: 13 declarations in New Mexico, 13 of them major disasters; the latest on June 30, 2026.

The 12 most recent
Declared	Number	Title	Areas named
2026-06-30	DR-4918	Severe Storms and Flooding	1
2014-10-29	DR-4199	Severe Storms and Flooding	8
2014-10-06	DR-4197	Severe Storms and Flooding	8
2013-10-24	DR-4151	Severe Storms and Flooding	1
2013-09-30	DR-4148	Severe Storms and Flooding	11
2013-09-27	DR-4147	Severe Storms and Flooding	1
2011-03-24	DR-1962	Severe Winter Storm and Extreme Cold Temperatures	15
2008-08-14	DR-1783	Severe Storms and Flooding	2
2007-04-02	DR-1690	Severe Storms and Tornadoes	2
2006-08-30	DR-1659	Severe Storms and Flooding	20
2004-04-29	DR-1514	Severe Storms and Flooding	4
1999-09-22	DR-1301	Severe Ice Storms, Flooding and Heavy Rains	8

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), through October 2, 2026. OpenFEMA dataset page.