Texas

Storms in Texas in 2017

3,621 events in 552 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 2017, 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 2017 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

Open the live radar over Texas

The year

Events
3,621
Deaths
129
Injuries
185
Damage
$52 billion
Episodes
552

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
Hail1,29000$229 million
Thunderstorm Wind92020$1.3 million
Flash Flood36532$92 million
High Wind18600
Tornado1856272$41 billion
Winter Weather14730$782,000
Drought10600$27,000
Heat691429
Flood5910$2.7 million
Frost/Freeze4900
Tropical Storm40201$5.4 billion
Wildfire3449$26 million
Lightning3321$427,000
Heavy Snow3300$85,000
Funnel Cloud1500
Heavy Rain1500
Excessive Heat1210
Strong Wind1001$31,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)9364$4.8 billion
Ice Storm700$14 million
Rip Current780
Coastal Flood700$110,000
Storm Surge/Tide700
Winter Storm400
Blizzard300
Cold/Wind Chill332
Astronomical Low Tide200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill110
Sneakerwave101$100,000
Debris Flow100$25,000
Dust Storm123$1.1 million

Every episode, month by month

January 2017

February 2017

March 2017

April 2017

May 2017

June 2017

July 2017

August 2017

September 2017

October 2017

November 2017

December 2017

More

Every year in TexasEvery state in 2017Tornadoes in Texas in 2017Warnings in Texas in 201720162018

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.