Lightning strikes in New Mexico by county
The detection network has located 114,557 lightning strikes in New Mexico since the archive began, including 18,312 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary. Another 25 strikes fell inside New Mexico but outside every county polygon, mostly over coastal or lake water.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catron County | 13,538 | 2,680 | 11.8% |
| 2 | Colfax County | 12,852 | 979 | 11.2% |
| 3 | Grant County | 11,605 | 2,125 | 10.1% |
| 4 | Union County | 11,091 | 551 | 9.7% |
| 5 | Socorro County | 7,586 | 1,187 | 6.6% |
| 6 | San Miguel County | 5,742 | 557 | 5.0% |
| 7 | Harding County | 5,519 | 131 | 4.8% |
| 8 | Sierra County | 5,415 | 512 | 4.7% |
| 9 | Cibola County | 3,932 | 892 | 3.4% |
| 10 | Torrance County | 3,677 | 260 | 3.2% |
| 11 | Lincoln County | 3,665 | 797 | 3.2% |
| 12 | Otero County | 3,440 | 414 | 3.0% |
| 13 | Hidalgo County | 3,429 | 964 | 3.0% |
| 14 | Mora County | 3,047 | 205 | 2.7% |
| 15 | Guadalupe County | 2,613 | 532 | 2.3% |
| 16 | Quay County | 1,836 | 395 | 1.6% |
| 17 | McKinley County | 1,757 | 794 | 1.5% |
| 18 | Taos County | 1,705 | 192 | 1.5% |
| 19 | San Juan County | 1,689 | 433 | 1.5% |
| 20 | Chaves County | 1,678 | 721 | 1.5% |
| 21 | Santa Fe County | 1,446 | 160 | 1.3% |
| 22 | Rio Arriba County | 1,372 | 1,054 | 1.2% |
| 23 | Doña Ana County | 1,241 | 175 | 1.1% |
| 24 | De Baca County | 1,040 | 558 | 0.9% |
| 25 | Luna County | 978 | 275 | 0.9% |
| 26 | Sandoval County | 753 | 457 | 0.7% |
| 27 | Roosevelt County | 634 | 85 | 0.6% |
| 28 | Curry County | 300 | 18 | 0.3% |
| 29 | Eddy County | 295 | 4 | 0.3% |
| 30 | Lea County | 238 | 41 | 0.2% |
| 31 | Bernalillo County | 223 | 75 | 0.2% |
| 32 | Valencia County | 137 | 84 | 0.1% |
| 33 | Los Alamos County | 59 | 4 | 0.1% |
Strike positions carry the network's mean location error of about 5.6 km, so strikes near a county line can be filed one county over. Method and caveats are on the data hub; the full state table is on the United States page.
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