Texas

Storms in Texas in 2023

7,689 events in 874 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 2023, 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 2023 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
7,689
Deaths
84
Injuries
1,788
Damage
$2.3 billion
Episodes
874

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
Hail1,912421$2.0 billion
Thunderstorm Wind1,28100$5.8 million
Heat1,20614208
Drought1,17100$122 million
Excessive Heat993471,370
High Wind42601$305,000
Flash Flood22941$53 million
Tornado828142$32 million
Winter Storm65245$84 million
Winter Weather5910$3.0 million
Wildfire5800$9.5 million
Ice Storm4540
Flood3800$411,000
Dust Storm2800$80,000
Tropical Storm2200$70,000
Lightning1800$95,000
Strong Wind1500
Heavy Snow1500
Funnel Cloud1200
Frost/Freeze400
Astronomical Low Tide300
Coastal Flood300
Storm Surge/Tide300
Cold/Wind Chill100

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.