Cold/Wind Chill in Texas

Events

1,083

Deaths

75

Injuries

10

Damage

$103 million

• Extreme Cold and Cold in Texas, February 12 to 16, 202159 deaths · $61 million · 33 eventsRecord cold and windy conditions gripped Southeast Texas behind the passage of an Arctic front. The extreme cold and increased demand led to widespread power outages, loss of heat for many and led to the bursting of pipes with some losing water for many days.
• Winter Storm and Extreme Cold in Texas, January 23 to 28, 20268 deaths · 54 injured · $2.1 million · 102 eventsThe only winter weather event of the season occurred January 23-25. A mix of sleet and snow fell across the region, but sleet was the predominant precipitation type.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Texas, February 1 to 4, 20113 deaths · 37 injured · $4.4 million · 31 eventsThe first week of February 2011 was plagued with two winter weather events and persistent cold temperatures. The first winter storm began late on January 31st and ended during the morning hours of February 1st.
• Cold in Texas, January 22, 19964 deaths · 1 eventOvernight temperatures fell into the mid to upper teens two consecutive nights and several homeless people were found frozen to death around the city.
• Winter Storm and Cold in Texas, January 30 to 31, 20231 death · 45 injured · 32 eventsWarm/moist air rising above a sub-freezing arctic airmass generated freezing rain and sleet across much of North and Central Texas during the last few days of January through February 2nd.
• Cold in Texas, December 7, 20173 deaths · 2 injured · 3 eventsThe coldest weather since January 7-8, 2017, descended on Deep South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley December 6 through 8, 2017.
• Cold and Sleet in Texas, January 1, 20182 deaths · $75,000 · 2 eventsA cold arctic air mass moved into South Texas for New Year's Day. Sleet was observed in the northern Coastal Bend. This caused icy conditions for roadways. A seven vehicle crash occurred on an icy overpass in Live Oak County resulting in one fatality.
• Cold in Texas, December 26, 20122 deaths · 1 eventTwo homeless people in the city of Dallas died from hypothermia as temperatures plunged into the lower 20s and wind chills fell into the teens. A 50-year old woman and a 60-year old man were found in different locations of the city, but both were found outside.
• Cold in Texas, January 13, 20152 deaths · 1 eventA 27 year old mother and her 13 month old daughter were found dead in a field near Bryant Irvin Rd and Altamesa Blvd in southwest Fort Worth, TX. The cause of death was listed as hypothermia by the medical examiner.
• Cold in Texas, January 8 to 11, 20101 death · $1.0 million · 6 eventsA deep upper level trough moving eastward across the United States forced a bitterly cold Arctic airmass southward from Canada into the Gulf Coast states on January 7, 2010.
• Ice Storm and Cold in Texas, January 14 to 17, 20241 death · 1 injured · 32 eventsSurge of arctic air plunged into South Texas during the evening hours of Jan 14th to the early morning hours of Jan 15th, dropping temperatures below freezing overnight (21-30 F).
• Cold in Texas, February 14 to 16, 2021$31 million · 31 eventsCold wind chill temperatures of at least from -10 to -15 degrees impacted a large part of West Central Texas from the early afternoon of the February 14th until the late morning on February 15.
• Extreme Cold and Frost and Freeze in Texas, January 24 to 27, 2026$5.0 million · 55 eventsAn Arctic cold front ushered in the coldest air mass of the season to Deep South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley with widespread cold temperatures between January 25-27, 2026.
• Cold in Texas, February 14 to 16, 20211 death · 21 eventsOn the heels of the first significant winter storm to affect all of the Southern Plains and much of the Lower Mississippi Valley, where widespread snow ranged from 3-10 inches across East Texas on February 14th-15th, temperatures plunged to historic values by the morning of the…
• Cold in Texas, February 13 to 18, 2021$17 million · 17 eventsAn outbreak of arctic air moved into south Texas on the 11th. Temperatures were near freezing over the inland coastal plains of south Texas on the morning of the 12th. The cold air deepened on the 14th as a surge of arctic air arrived.
• Cold in Texas, January 8, 19961 death · 1 eventAn elderly woman froze to death in her home. There were evidently no utilities on in the home and the temperature fell to 20 degrees inside. Overnight temperatures fell into the mid teens across the area for two consecutive nights.
• Cold in Texas, December 12, 19971 death · 1 eventHomeless man, 35, died of hypothermia.
• Cold in Texas, December 23, 20041 death · 1 eventA 46 year old man was found frozen to death behind a north Fort Worth business.
• Cold in Texas, November 23, 20071 death · 1 eventA cold front moved through South Central Texas during the evening of November 21 after a record high was recorded in San Antonio. Below normal temperatures were observed the next two days.
• Cold in Texas, December 19, 20161 death · 1 eventAn Arctic cold front surged south through North and Central Texas on the evening of December 17. High temperatures reached the 70s on the afternoon of the 17th, then dropped rapidly into the 20s by late evening behind the front.
• Cold in Texas, January 7 to 10, 2010$2.1 million · 21 eventsAn arctic air mass moved southward out of the Central Plains and took up residence across all of southern Arkansas, southeast Oklahoma, northeast Texas as well as northwest Louisiana.
• Winter Storm and Cold in Texas, April 6 to 8, 2007$365,000 · 48 eventsA significant winter weather event with unseasonably cold temperatures affected West Central Texas on Easter Weekend. Winter weather events seldom occur in this region during April.
• Cold in Texas, April 24 to 27, 1997$2.4 million · 2 eventsA prolonged wet and unseasonably cold/windy period killed at least several hundred head of cattle in Castro and Parmer Counties. The same area suffered damage to its wheat crop.
• Cold in Texas, February 3 to 4, 1996$1.2 million · 1 eventTemperatures in the mid and upper 20s caused loss of early commercial melon crop.
• Cold and Frost and Freeze in Texas, January 24 to 28, 202683 eventsA prolonged period of winter weather affected South Texas during the final week of January 2026, beginning with the arrival of a strong Arctic front early on January 24.

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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.