Storms in Texas in 2018

3,405 events in 584 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 2018, 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 2018 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: 3,405
Deaths: 37
Injuries: 38
Damage: $339 million
Episodes: 584

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	911	3	11	$3.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind	675	1	1	$4.8 million
Drought	588	0	0	$109,000
Flash Flood	371	13	14	$319 million
High Wind	165	0	0
Flood	130	0	0	$85,000
Winter Weather	113	0	0
Wildfire	75	1	2	$515,000
Frost/Freeze	65	0	0	$100,000
Winter Storm	62	2	8	$80,000
Tornado	58	0	1	$9.7 million
Heat	46	4	0
Funnel Cloud	28	0	0
Lightning	23	2	1	$784,000
Excessive Heat	23	0	0
Heavy Snow	17	0	0
Coastal Flood	15	0	0	$26,000
Strong Wind	7	0	0	$65,000
Astronomical Low Tide	6	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	6	5	0
Heavy Rain	5	0	0
Sleet	4	0	0
Blizzard	4	0	0
Ice Storm	3	0	0	$10,000
Rip Current	3	4	0
Cold/Wind Chill	1	2	0	$75,000
Dust Devil	1	0	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.