# Tornadoes in New Mexico since 1950: 678, #29 in the US (Map + Data) | InstaMaps

> New Mexico has 678 tornadoes (0.9% of the US), #29 by count and #16 per person. From NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database. Map to embed, CSV download.

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# Tornadoes in New Mexico since 1950

New Mexico has recorded **678 tornadoes since 1950**: 0.9% of the US total of 73,424\. That ranks **#29 by count** and **#16 per person** (31.83 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

## Key takeaways

* New Mexico has recorded 678 tornadoes since 1950, 0.9% of the US total of 73,424.
* That ranks #29 of 51 by count and #16 per person (31.83 per 100,000 residents).
* Texas has the most, with 9,610.
* New Mexico’s busiest year was 1991, with 31 tornadoes; it averages 8.9 a year.
* 0 were rated F4/EF4 or stronger.
* Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database, 1950–2025.

#16

national rank (per capita)

678

tornadoes

31.83

per 100k residents

## The data

Source: [NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/), 1950–2025\. Each tornado at its touchdown point, in the state NOAA records for it. The rating is F-scale before February 2007 and EF-scale after. The 2025 figures can still be revised.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse

[New Mexico: 678 rows (CSV)](/downloads/tornadoes/new-mexico.csv)[All of the US (CSV)](/downloads/tornadoes/us.csv)

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## New Mexico tornado history, 1950–2025

### By decade

1950s57

1960s97

1970s78

1980s70

1990s138

2000s81

2010s93

2020s64

### By strength

| F0/EF0  | 471 |
| ------- | --- |
| F1/EF1  | 123 |
| F2/EF2  | 39  |
| F3/EF3  | 4   |
| F4/EF4  | 0   |
| F5/EF5  | 0   |
| Unrated | 41  |

F-scale before February 2007, Enhanced Fujita (EF) after. Busiest year: 1991 (31).

## Cite this

"New Mexico has recorded 678 tornadoes since 1950, #29 in the US by count and #16 per person (NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database, 1950–2025, mapped by InstaMaps)." Free to quote with a link to this page. Population: US Census 2024 estimates.