Lincoln County, New Mexico Hail Map & History
Lincoln County was hit as recently as 2026-10-25, 5 days ago. Lincoln County is hit in most years, often more than once. The largest stone on record here is 2.75 inches, a baseball and 2.8 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2013-06-07 near Arabela.
Hail size, inches
- 0.25 in, pea
- 0.75 in, penny
- 1 in, quarter
- 1.25 in, half dollar
- 1.5 in, ping pong ball
- 1.75 in, golf ball
- 2 in, hen egg
- 2.5 in, tennis ball
- 3 in and up, teacup
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 2026-10-25, around Ancho. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Lincoln 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 35 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 2.1 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 58 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 3 of those 17 years produced none at all. The busiest single year was 2021, with 4 hail days. The last five years have been quieter than the long run: 5 days since 2022, against 2.5 a year before that.
6 of the 35 days reached 2 inches or more -- 17%, or about one hail day in 6, the last on 2024-06-19. They land in the same month as everything else, June. 15 of the 35 days reached golf-ball size, 1.75 inches or bigger.
Across the whole of New Mexico, see the New Mexico hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Lincoln County
Reports cluster nearest Picacho -- 5 of the county's 35 hail days -- then Arabela (4), Corona (4), Tinnie (4) and Alto (3). Beyond those, NOAA names Capitan, Ruidoso, Lincoln, San Patricio, Bonito Lake, Glencoe, Fort Stanton and Ruidoso Downs on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Picacho | 4 | 2.00″ |
| Tinnie | 3 | 1.75″ |
| 3 Ne Ruidoso | 2 | 1.75″ |
| Capitan | 2 | 1.75″ |
| Arabela | 1 | 2.75″ |
When it hails in Lincoln County
The season runs May through August: 29 of the 35 hail days on record fall in those 4 months (83%). June is the single busiest month, with 12 of them (34%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in April, September and October, outside that window. Reports span 7 of the 12 calendar months; the other 5 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| April | 1 |
| May | 9 |
| June | 12 |
| July | 6 |
| August | 2 |
| September | 2 |
| October | 3 |
Recent Lincoln County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1.25 inches near Ancho. 2 hail days have already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-25 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2026-10-24 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2024-07-05 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2024-06-19 | 2.00″ | 2 |
| 2023-09-11 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2021-07-11 | 2.00″ | 3 |
| 2021-05-30 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2021-05-28 | 2.00″ | 2 |
How to read the Lincoln 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. Deep violet is about an inch, the violet grows lighter as the hail grows, and pale lilac to near-white is 2″ and up (hail size vs roof damage). On this county's worst day the reports reached 2.75 inches, which is the pale lilac band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
Nearby counties
The nearest counties with a page of their own: Otero County (28 hail days), Chaves County (54) and Torrance County (21). Lincoln County sits in between.
Otero County · Chaves County · Torrance County
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Lincoln County, New Mexico only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.