Tornado History Map

Eddy County, New Mexico tornado history

60 tornadoes recorded in or across Eddy County from 1959 to 2019, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Eddy County

The Storm Prediction Center records 60 tornadoes whose paths touched Eddy County, New Mexico between 1959 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 22 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 12 March 2019. The most recent was on 4 June 2019.

  • 60tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 29injuries
  • 144per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Eddy County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF04982%
F1 / EF1712%
F2 / EF247%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Eddy County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 28 in 1990s.1950s21960s81970s41980s61990s282000s62010s6

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s8
1970s4
1980s6
1990s28
2000s6
2010s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 22 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr4May22Jun9Jul11Aug6Sep5Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr4
May22
Jun9
Jul11
Aug6
Sep5
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Eddy County

  • Strongest and Longest path: New Mexico tornado12 March 2019, EF2, 14.7 miles long
  • Most recent: New Mexico tornado4 June 2019, EF0, 0.1 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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