Texas

Storms in Texas in 2020

4,128 events in 600 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 2020, 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 2020 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
4,128
Deaths
44
Injuries
91
Damage
$3.0 billion
Episodes
600

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
Hail1,01804$110 million
Thunderstorm Wind88021$3.5 million
Drought71400
Heat34420
High Wind21200
Flash Flood15250$11 million
Winter Weather11744
Excessive Heat10503
Tornado92550$55 million
Flood7800$1.0 million
Heavy Snow7000
Winter Storm5710
Storm Surge/Tide5000$950,000
Tropical Storm4900$200,000
Wildfire3501$900,000
Lightning2911
Frost/Freeze2700
Ice Storm2330
Funnel Cloud2200
Coastal Flood1600$200,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)151118$2.8 billion
Rip Current660
Strong Wind500$1,000
Astronomical Low Tide400
Heavy Rain300
High Surf227
Blizzard100
Dust Storm122
Freezing Fog100

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

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September 2020

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November 2020

December 2020

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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.