New Mexico in 1964 Storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims of the year

NCEI has 19 storm events on record for New Mexico in 1964.

FEMA has no disaster declaration for the state with a date in 1964.

The NFIP claims file starts in 1978.

NCEI recorded tornado events from 1950, and hail and thunderstorm wind events from 1955. It recorded all event types from 1996.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.
This is raw, unedited data from FEMA's National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) and as such is subject to a small percentage of human error.
The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.
It is derived from the National Flood Insurance Program system of record, staged in the program's reporting platform and redacted to protect policy holder personally identifiable information.
The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

Dates of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026. NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026.

Storm events of 1964 by hazard

Storm events on record for New Mexico in 1964, by hazard (NCEI)
Hazard	Storm events in 1964
Hail	6
Tornado	11
Wind	2
All storm events	19

The counts have the events that NCEI records for a forecast zone.

Counties with a storm event in 1964

Counties of New Mexico with a storm event on record in 1964, in name order
County	Storm events in 1964
Bernalillo County	1
Chaves County	2
Cibola County	1
Colfax County	2
Curry County	4
Grant County	1
Lincoln County	2
Quay County	3
Roosevelt County	1
San Juan County	1
Union County	1

Events of 1964 with a tornado rating, damage, injuries or deaths

Storm events of 1964 in New Mexico with a tornado rating, a damage estimate of $50,000 or more, an injury or a death in the NCEI record, in date order (40 events at most)
Date	County	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Deaths	Injuries	On record for
18 May 1964	Lincoln	Tornado	F1	$250	0	0	County
29 May 1964	Colfax	Tornado	F3	$250 thousand	1	8	County
10 Jun 1964	Curry	Tornado	F1	$250	0	1	County
10 Jun 1964	Quay	Tornado	F1	$250	0	0	County
10 Jun 1964	Lincoln	Tornado	F1	$30	0	0	County
11 Jun 1964	Curry	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	0	County
11 Jun 1964	Quay	Tornado	F2	$3 thousand	0	0	County
12 Jun 1964	Curry	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
13 Jun 1964	Roosevelt	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
13 Jun 1964	Curry	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
21 Sep 1964	Chaves	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County

A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record. Deaths and injuries are the direct and indirect counts of NCEI.

FEMA disaster declarations in 1964

FEMA has no disaster declaration for New Mexico with a date in 1964.

NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026. NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026. All years of New Mexico