Socorro County, New Mexico Hail Map & History
Socorro County was hit as recently as 2026-09-19, 41 days ago. Socorro County is hit in most years. 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 2026-09-19 near La Joya.
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 2026-09-19, around La Joya. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Socorro 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 14 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 0.8 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 19 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 6 of those 17 years produced none at all. The busiest single year was 2023, with 2 hail days. The last five years have run hotter than the long-run rate: 6 days since 2022, against 0.7 a year before that.
Most hail here stays under 2 inches: only 1 of the 14 days on record passed it, 7%, the last on 2026-09-19. Those big days do not follow the county's usual calendar: most of them fall in September, not June. Golf-ball size is rarer still: 1.75 inches or more on 2 of the 14 days.
Across the whole of New Mexico, see the New Mexico hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Socorro County
Reports cluster nearest Socorro -- 4 of the county's 14 hail days -- then Veguita (2) and Alamo (2).
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Veguita | 2 | 1.75″ |
| 2 W La Joya | 1 | 2.00″ |
| 1 S Socorro | 1 | 1.25″ |
| 1 N Socorro | 1 | 1.00″ |
| 1 Nne Socorro | 1 | 1.00″ |
When it hails in Socorro County
The season runs June through October: 12 of the 14 hail days on record fall in those 5 months (86%). June is the single busiest month, with 5 of them (36%). That peak opens the window: the season starts at its worst and eases off from there. Hail has also been reported in May, outside that window. Reports span 5 of the 12 calendar months; the other 7 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| May | 2 |
| June | 5 |
| July | 1 |
| September | 3 |
| October | 3 |
Recent Socorro County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 2 inches near La Joya. 1 hail day has already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | 2.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-10-07 | 1.00″ | 5 |
| 2024-07-09 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2023-09-18 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2023-05-20 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2022-06-02 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2020-06-23 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2019-10-08 | 1.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Socorro 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 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: Bernalillo County (27 hail days), Torrance County (21) and Lincoln County (35). Every one of them takes more hail than Socorro County.
Bernalillo County · Torrance County · Lincoln County
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Socorro County, New Mexico only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.