Texas

Storms in Texas in 2008

3,718 events in 636 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 2008, 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 2008 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
3,718
Deaths
60
Injuries
2,630
Damage
$17 billion
Episodes
636

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail1,416126$202 million
Thunderstorm Wind84716$2.7 million
Drought29900$1.2 million
High Wind22507$615,000
Flash Flood22110$59 million
Winter Weather1365125$3.5 million
Tornado124223$105 million
Wildfire116121$9.8 million
Lightning4605$989,000
Tropical Storm4400$940,000
Strong Wind4100$356,000
Heavy Rain3100$1,000
Funnel Cloud2600
Storm Surge/Tide2512$3.7 million
Heat2400$900,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)24372,415$16 billion
Flood2200$1.0 million
Frost/Freeze1200
Winter Storm1100
Heavy Snow900
Tropical Depression400$5,000
High Surf300
Dust Storm300$366,000
Rip Current340
Excessive Heat370
Dust Devil200$23,000
Ice Storm100

Every episode, month by month

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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.