Albuquerque, NM storm damage roofing guide
Albuquerque's hail arrives with the summer monsoon, May through August, and high-desert stones tend to be smaller than plains hail while landing more often. The city builds to the 2018 IRC with New Mexico amendments and a 90 mph wind design speed. A significant share of the housing stock is flat or low-slope — TPO, modified bitumen and older built-up systems through Nob Hill, the UNM area and the older near-valley neighbourhoods — and those systems are scoped by square, seam and flashing detail rather than by shingle count, so a residential composition rate does not transfer. New Mexico has no matching statute. Intense UV at elevation ages membranes and shingle mats faster than the same product elsewhere, which is the wear-and-tear argument you should expect and should photograph against.
Recent major storms
- August 7, 2023Golf ball hail across northeast heights
Albuquerque adopts the 2018 IRC with NM amendments. Wind speed design 90 mph.
Confirm with the authority having jurisdiction — local amendments vary inside the metro.
- · Drip edge at eaves and rakes (IRC R905.2.8.5).
- · Starter strip at eaves and rakes per manufacturer instructions.
- · Ice barrier at eaves where the jurisdiction requires it (IRC R905.1.2).
- · Detach and reset of accessory items — vents, gutters, satellite, solar — where the slope is replaced.
Top carriers in Albuquerque
- · State Farm
- · Farmers
- · Allstate
- · USAA
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Albuquerque storm claim questions
- When is storm season in Albuquerque, NM?
- Albuquerque's primary peril is hail and the active window runs May – August. The metro averages roughly 2.9 hail days and 15 damaging-wind days per year.
- What building code applies to a re-roof in Albuquerque?
- Albuquerque adopts the 2018 IRC with NM amendments. Wind speed design 90 mph. Confirm the requirement with the authority having jurisdiction before you finalise a scope — adopting authorities and local amendments vary inside the metro.
- Which code requirements should I check against a Albuquerque carrier estimate?
- Drip edge at eaves and rakes (IRC R905.2.8.5). Starter strip at eaves and rakes per manufacturer instructions. Ice barrier at eaves where the jurisdiction requires it (IRC R905.1.2).
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