De Baca County, New Mexico tornado history

11 tornadoes recorded in or across De Baca County from 1971 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in De Baca County

The Storm Prediction Center records 11 tornadoes whose paths touched De Baca County, New Mexico between 1971 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is August, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F1 on 1 June 1989. The most recent was on 26 April 2025.

  • 11tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 47per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in De Baca County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0764%
F1 / EF1327%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating19%

De Baca County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in 1990s.1970s11980s21990s32000s32010s12020s1

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1970s1
1980s2
1990s3
2000s3
2010s1
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr2May2Jun2Jul0Aug3Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr2
May2
Jun2
Jul0
Aug3
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for De Baca County

  • Strongest and Longest path: New Mexico tornado1 June 1989, F1, 8 miles long
  • Most recent: New Mexico tornado26 April 2025, Unknown rating, 0.4 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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