New Mexico was hit as recently as 2026-07-03, 28 days ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 453 separate hail days in New Mexico since 2010, across 1,852 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 ->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.
New Mexico's busiest hail month is June, with 119 of its 453 hail days on record. May through September holds 391 of them, 86% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| January | 2 |
| March | 7 |
| April | 22 |
| May | 106 |
| June | 119 |
| July | 68 |
| August | 55 |
| September | 43 |
| October | 26 |
| November | 5 |
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Union | 70 | 3.00″ |
| Eddy | 65 | 4.25″ |
| Colfax | 64 | 2.75″ |
| Lea | 63 | 4.00″ |
| Quay | 59 | 3.50″ |
| Chaves | 54 | 3.00″ |
21 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 · Eddy County · Colfax 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 · Socorro County
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-03 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2026-06-26 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2026-06-25 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-06-19 | 2.25″ | 1 |
| 2026-06-12 | 1.25″ | 2 |
| 2026-06-02 | 3.50″ | 3 |
| 2026-05-28 | 1.50″ | 2 |
| 2026-05-26 | 1.00″ | 1 |
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.
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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.