Storms in Texas in 2016

3,474 events in 517 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 2016, 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 2016 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: 3,474
Deaths: 61
Injuries: 34
Damage: $3.6 billion
Episodes: 517

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	1,388	0	0	$1.3 billion
Thunderstorm Wind	772	0	1	$2.7 million
Flash Flood	597	17	4	$1.4 billion
High Wind	149	0	0	$28,000
Heat	125	8	8
Tornado	106	25	15	$848 million
Flood	95	2	1	$96 million
Drought	60	0	0	$7,000
Wildfire	55	0	1	$517,000
Lightning	33	2	4	$208,000
Funnel Cloud	23	0	0
Heavy Rain	18	0	0
Frost/Freeze	15	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	10	0	0
Strong Wind	6	0	0	$47,000
Coastal Flood	5	0	0	$50,000
Winter Weather	4	0	0
Rip Current	4	4	0
Dust Storm	3	1	0	$521,000
Astronomical Low Tide	2	0	0
Heavy Snow	1	0	0
High Surf	1	1	0
Dust Devil	1	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	1	1	0

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.