New Mexico Hail Statistics

New Mexico averages 106 reports of 1-inch or larger hail a year, on 34.2 hail days. That ranks 21st of 51 and is 1% of all such reports in the US. Hail peaks in May.

Data: NOAA Storm Events, 2021–2025 yearly averages

106Reports of 1-inch+ hail a year, 21st most
34.2Hail days a year, 11th most
3.50 inLargest stone reported, May 25, 2023

When hail falls in New Mexico

  • 134 hail reports a year in all, 14.2 of them 2 inches or larger.
  • The most reports of 1-inch+ hail: Lea County, about 13.8 a year.
  • The most reports come in May; nationally the peak is May.
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Share of New Mexico hail reports by month, 2021–2025.

Hail by county in New Mexico

29 counties with at least one hail report, 2021–2025. Yearly averages, sorted by 1-inch+ reports. More people means more reports, so populous counties tend to rank higher.

Hail statistics by county in New Mexico. Column headers sort the table.
Lea13.814.84.63.00 in
Union11.813.25.82.75 in
Curry8.810.84.62.75 in
Quay8.410.25.43.50 in
Colfax7.49.06.22.00 in
San Miguel6.48.64.83.07 in
Eddy6.26.42.82.50 in
Chaves5.67.24.23.00 in
Roosevelt5.26.44.22.50 in
Harding4.45.83.02.50 in
Torrance4.04.41.83.50 in
Bernalillo3.87.23.42.75 in
Santa Fe3.45.22.61.50 in
Guadalupe3.24.22.42.00 in
Lincoln2.24.02.82.00 in
De Baca2.02.62.21.75 in
Mora1.82.82.42.75 in
Socorro1.62.41.81.00 in
Otero1.61.81.21.75 in
Doña Ana1.01.00.81.75 in
Sandoval0.81.41.21.00 in
Valencia0.60.80.61.75 in
Grant0.60.80.81.25 in
Cibola0.60.60.41.00 in
Rio Arriba0.40.40.41.00 in
San Juan0.40.40.41.75 in
Los Alamos0.20.80.81.00 in
Taos0.00.20.20.75 in
McKinley0.00.20.20.75 in

About these numbers

Hail reports from the NOAA Storm Events Database, 2021–2025, averaged per year. These are reports to the National Weather Service, not every storm: places with more people report more hail. Full methodology.

Cite: Home Stats Data, "New Mexico Hail Statistics," https://homestatsdata.com/storm-risk/hail-statistics/new-mexico/