Grant County, New Mexico Hail Map & History
Grant County was hit as recently as 2026-08-03, 36 days ago. Grant County is hit in about half the years on record. The largest stone on record here is 2 inches, a hen egg and twice the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2016-11-04 near City of Rocks Stat.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in New Mexico. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-08-03, around Pinos Altos. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Grant County addresses inside a hail swath above your size threshold into a door-knock list you can export, scoped to your approved markets.
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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 13 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 0.8 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 16 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 8 of those 17 years produced none at all. The busiest single year was 2026, with 2 hail days. The last five years have run hotter than the long-run rate: 5 days since 2022, against 0.7 a year before that.
Most hail here stays under 2 inches: only 1 of the 13 days on record passed it, 8%, the last on 2016-11-04. Those big days do not follow the county's usual calendar: most of them fall in November, not July. Golf-ball size is rarer still: 1.75 inches or more on 3 of the 13 days.
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Hardest-hit places in Grant County
Reports cluster nearest Hurley -- 2 of the county's 13 hail days -- then Silver City (2) and Pinos Altos (2).
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Hurley | 2 | 1.75″ |
| 4 Sw City of Rocks Stat | 1 | 2.00″ |
| 3 N Hachita | 1 | 1.75″ |
| Hachita | 1 | 1.75″ |
| 1 E Fort Bayard | 1 | 1.50″ |
When it hails in Grant County
The season runs July through October: 12 of the 13 hail days on record fall in those 4 months (92%). July is the single busiest month, with 3 of them (23%). That peak opens the window: the season starts at its worst and eases off from there. Hail has also been reported in November, outside that window. Reports span 5 of the 12 calendar months; the other 7 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| July | 3 |
| August | 3 |
| September | 3 |
| October | 3 |
| November | 1 |
Recent Grant County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1 inch near Pinos Altos. 2 hail days have already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-08-01 | 1.50″ | 1 |
| 2025-09-25 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2025-09-13 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2022-10-16 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2018-08-01 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2017-09-28 | 1.75″ | 2 |
| 2016-11-04 | 2.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Grant County map
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail per ~1 km cell; the dots are SPC ground reports. Yellow is about an inch, red 1.5 to 2″, purple 2″ and up (hail size vs roof damage). On this county's worst day the reports reached 2 inches, which is the purple band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
Nearby counties
The nearest counties with a page of their own, over the state line included: Dona Ana County (17 hail days), Socorro County (13), Otero County (28) and El Paso County, Texas (23). Grant County sits in between.
Dona Ana County · Socorro County · Otero County · El Paso County, Texas
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Grant County, New Mexico only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.