Texas

Storms in Texas in 2013

5,269 events in 674 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 2013, 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 2013 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
5,269
Deaths
57
Injuries
492
Damage
$3.7 billion
Episodes
674

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
Drought1,79500$2.2 billion
Hail1,11632$415 million
Thunderstorm Wind73730$2.3 million
Winter Weather2811011$1.2 million
High Wind27101
Flash Flood24497$116 million
Cold/Wind Chill16800
Heavy Rain12952$150,000
Winter Storm11702$18,000
Tornado841068$795 million
Ice Storm5312378$51 million
Lightning4436$408,000
Dense Fog3900
Blizzard3802$13 million
Flood3404$15 million
Heavy Snow2400
Funnel Cloud2000
Freezing Fog1900
Wildfire1402$736,000
Dust Storm1207
Strong Wind1100$17,000
Sleet800$10,000
Frost/Freeze400
Coastal Flood300
Astronomical Low Tide200
Excessive Heat110
Heat110

Every episode, month by month

January 2013

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November 2013

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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.