Thunderstorm Wind in Socorro County, New Mexico

Thunderstorm Wind in Socorro County, New Mexico: 55 recorded events between 1994 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 72. That places the county #2,679 nationally and #12 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Socorro County is the 2020s, when 29 of the county's 55 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Socorro County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 29.3% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,679 for this hazard and #12 within New Mexico, putting it in the 15.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Socorro County with 22 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

• Hail 61
• Flash Flood 51

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Socorro County, New Mexico?

55 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Socorro County between 1994 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Socorro County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Socorro County measured 72.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Socorro County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.