New Mexico Hail Map & History
New Mexico was hit as recently as 2026-08-26, 19 days ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 459 separate hail days in New Mexico since 2010, across 1,864 individual storm reports. 96 of those days brought hail 2 inches or larger, and the largest stone on record is 4.5 inches on 2012-06-12 near Melrose, Curry.
New Mexico's high terrain around Albuquerque and Santa Fe produces frequent summer hail from afternoon monsoon storms. Pick a date below to see the NOAA radar swath and reports, or check a specific address.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in New Mexico. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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See call-center options ->Hail history in New Mexico
New Mexico averages 27 reported hail days a year across 17 years of NOAA archive, about 6 of them carrying hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. Major metros watched here: Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Rio Rancho.
When it hails in New Mexico
New Mexico's busiest hail month is June, with 119 of its 459 hail days on record. May through September holds 397 of them, 86% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| January | 2 |
| March | 7 |
| April | 22 |
| May | 106 |
| June | 119 |
| July | 68 |
| August | 61 |
| September | 43 |
| October | 26 |
| November | 5 |
Top New Mexico counties by hail frequency
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Union | 71 | 3.00″ |
| Eddy | 65 | 4.25″ |
| Colfax | 65 | 2.75″ |
| Lea | 63 | 4.00″ |
| Quay | 59 | 3.50″ |
| San Miguel | 54 | 3.07″ |
New Mexico hail history by county
22 New Mexico counties have at least 13 NOAA hail days on record since 2010 -- enough archive signal for a page of their own. Ordered by hail days.
Union County · Colfax County · Eddy County · Lea County · Quay County · Chaves County · San Miguel County · Roosevelt County · Curry County · Mora County · Lincoln County · Guadalupe County · Harding County · Otero County · Bernalillo County · De Baca County · Santa Fe County · Torrance County · Dona Ana County · Sandoval County · Grant County · Socorro County
Recent New Mexico hail days
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-08-19 | 1.75″ | 4 |
| 2026-08-05 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-08-04 | 1.75″ | 2 |
| 2026-08-03 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-08-01 | 1.50″ | 3 |
| 2026-07-03 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2026-06-26 | 1.00″ | 2 |
How to read the New Mexico map
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail in each ~1 km cell; the dots are individual SPC ground reports. Yellow is around an inch, red is 1.5 to 2″, and purple is 2″ and up -- see how hail size maps to roof damage. Click any spot on the map to see the hail history at that point, or look up a full street address on the hail history by address tool. Today's nationwide activity is on today's hail report.
Nearby states
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, New Mexico only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.