Tornado History Map

Mora County, New Mexico tornado history

13 tornadoes recorded in or across Mora County from 1965 to 2022, 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 Mora County

The Storm Prediction Center records 13 tornadoes whose paths touched Mora County, New Mexico between 1965 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F1 on 21 July 1973. The most recent was on 7 June 2022.

  • 13tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 67per 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 Mora County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01292%
F1 / EF118%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Mora County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1990s.1960s21970s11990s42000s12010s32020s2

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s1
1990s4
2000s1
2010s3
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May1Jun6Jul3Aug3Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun6
Jul3
Aug3
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Mora County

  • Strongest: New Mexico tornado21 July 1973, F1, 0.1 miles long
  • Longest path: New Mexico tornado9 May 2017, EF0, 3.5 miles long
  • Most recent: New Mexico tornado7 June 2022, EF0, 0.2 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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