Texas

Storm History: Brazoria County, Texas

392 episodes, 654 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Brazoria County, Texas: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
654
Deaths
13
Injuries
78
Damage
$3.8 billion
Episodes
392

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado235159$2.0 billion
Hail13800$1.3 million
Flash Flood9401$3.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind4200$459,000
Drought2900$8.3 million
Funnel Cloud2200
Lightning14217$182,000
Tropical Storm1410$51 million
Heat1200$2,000
Excessive Heat1000
Flood800$28,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)810$1.7 billion
Rip Current671
Coastal Flood400$270,000
Storm Surge/Tide300$40,000
Winter Storm300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill310$880,000
Ice Storm200
Strong Wind200$4,000
Waterspout200
Winter Weather100
Heavy Rain100
Heavy Snow100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Brazoria County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Brazoria CountyEvery warning in Brazoria County since 1986Every county in Texas

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.