Doña Ana County, New Mexico tornado history

13 tornadoes recorded in or across Doña Ana County from 1959 to 2011, 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 Doña Ana County

The Storm Prediction Center records 13 tornadoes whose paths touched Doña Ana County, New Mexico between 1959 and 2011. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F1 on 28 July 1989. The most recent was on 13 July 2011.

  • 13tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 34per 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 Doña Ana County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01077%
F1 / EF1323%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Doña Ana County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2000s.1950s11960s11970s21980s32000s52010s1

The 2010s only run to 2011, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s1
1970s2
1980s3
2000s5
2010s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May1Jun1Jul5Aug1Sep4Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May1
Jun1
Jul5
Aug1
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Doña Ana County

  • Strongest: New Mexico tornado28 July 1989, F1, 4 miles long
  • Longest path: New Mexico tornado2 May 2007, EF0, 8.4 miles long
  • Most recent: New Mexico tornado13 July 2011, EF0, 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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