Texas

Storms in Texas in 2021

4,623 events in 660 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 2021, 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 2021 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
4,623
Deaths
153
Injuries
139
Damage
$1.9 billion
Episodes
660

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
Hail1,21406$531 million
Thunderstorm Wind68101$2.4 million
Drought57500
Flash Flood40596$43 million
Winter Storm270520$165 million
High Wind27010$10,000
Heat26000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill127620$61 million
Heavy Snow11800$6,000
Tornado103113$482 million
Winter Weather10110$60,000
Flood9800$157,000
Cold/Wind Chill9610$48 million
Frost/Freeze7410$460 million
Ice Storm5915103$2.9 million
Tropical Storm2600$125,000
Wildfire2301$335,000
Lightning2300$270,000
Strong Wind1900$5,000
Storm Surge/Tide1800
Excessive Heat1500
Dust Storm1300
Heavy Rain1300$56 million
Funnel Cloud800
Rip Current8100
Astronomical Low Tide200
Coastal Flood200
Hurricane (Typhoon)100
Dense Fog109$195,000

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.