Texas

Storms in Texas in 2012

4,814 events in 650 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 2012, 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 2012 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
4,814
Deaths
31
Injuries
183
Damage
$3.5 billion
Episodes
650

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
Hail1,37046$9.0 million
Drought1,36700$1.3 billion
Thunderstorm Wind99442$2.7 million
Flash Flood288516$19 million
High Wind26502$235,000
Tornado121351$2.2 billion
Winter Weather10611
Lightning5032$97,000
Flood4700$26 million
Funnel Cloud3900
Heavy Rain3300
Wildfire3114$1.2 million
Heavy Snow29016$1.2 million
Winter Storm2000$925,000
Dust Storm15122$2.1 million
Strong Wind1110$400
Frost/Freeze800
Dense Fog7257$6.0 million
Astronomical Low Tide300
Excessive Heat220
Rip Current210
Heat214
Sleet100
Coastal Flood100
Freezing Fog100
Cold/Wind Chill120

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

February 2012

March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

July 2012

August 2012

September 2012

October 2012

November 2012

December 2012

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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.