Texas

Storms in Texas in 2015

5,278 events in 656 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 2015, 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 2015 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
5,278
Deaths
118
Injuries
773
Damage
$2.6 billion
Episodes
656

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
Hail1,15322$602 million
Thunderstorm Wind1,03132$1.1 million
Flash Flood1,021323$1.5 billion
Drought50200$300,000
Winter Weather363914$770,000
Tornado25846718$438 million
Flood17511$43 million
Heavy Snow150110$270,000
Winter Storm13141$172,000
Ice Storm80516$2.5 million
High Wind7100$30,000
Funnel Cloud4900
Heat4961
Heavy Rain4800$30,000
Wildfire4001$665,000
Blizzard3920$33 million
Lightning3801$341,000
Sleet2000
Tropical Storm2000$1.3 million
Cold/Wind Chill1220
Coastal Flood900
Astronomical Low Tide400
Strong Wind300
Rip Current331
Storm Surge/Tide200
Tropical Depression200
Excessive Heat220
Frost/Freeze100
Dust Storm100
Dense Fog102

Every episode, month by month

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November 2015

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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.