Storms in Texas in 2005

3,370 events in 735 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 2005, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Texas in 2005 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 3,370
Deaths: 67
Injuries: 74
Damage: $3.3 billion
Episodes: 735

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Hail	1,582	0	11	$4.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind	664	0	4	$62 million
Flash Flood	357	3	6	$6.4 million
Drought	294	0	0	$650 million
Tornado	109	0	6	$178 million
High Wind	73	0	0	$502,000
Heavy Snow	47	1	0
Winter Storm	46	0	0
Lightning	37	1	3	$60 million
Flood	35	0	0	$60 million
Winter Weather	26	5	15	$139,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)	21	5	3	$2.2 billion
Ice Storm	18	0	0	$70,000
Funnel Cloud	18	0	0
Wildfire	12	3	26	$68 million
Strong Wind	10	0	0	$63,000
Tropical Storm	6	0	0	$40,000
Heat	4	49	0
High Surf	3	0	0
Dense Fog	2	0	0
Heavy Rain	2	0	0
Storm Surge/Tide	2	0	0	$40,000
Debris Flow	1	0	0
Dust Storm	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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November 2005

December 2005

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.