Excessive Heat in Texas

Events

1,898

Deaths

80

Injuries

1,601

Damage

$200,000

• Excessive Heat and Heat in Texas, August 17 to 27, 20234 deaths · 837 injured · 92 eventsAfter a small reprieve from the heat (thanks to a weak cold front) during the middle of August, the heat returned on the 17th and continued through August 27. The hottest temperatures of the year in North and Central Texas were recorded in this 10-day stretch.
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Texas, August 1 to 14, 202315 deaths · 501 injured · 92 eventsThe hot summer continued into August, with temperatures reaching at least Heat Advisory criteria area-wide for the first half of the month.
• Excessive Heat in Texas, August 1 to 6, 201114 deaths · 193 injured · 33 eventsBrutal triple digit daytime temperatures and warm overnight lows continued to occur across north Texas through the month of August. Only 3 scattered days provided relief from the record-setting heat.
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Texas, June 20 to 24, 20237 deaths · 55 eventsRecord high temperatures and above normal humidity continued into the latter part of the month of June. Afternoon heat index values were around 120 degrees at Kingsville and Corpus Christi from the 20th to the 23rd, with highest value of 127 at Kingsville on the 20th.
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Texas, August 13 to 24, 20244 deaths · 37 injured · 74 eventsSome of the hottest weather of the season occurred as a mid and upper ridge dominated North and Central Texas during the middle to latter part of August.
• Excessive Heat in Texas, June 16 to 20, 20234 deaths · 31 eventsAn extended period of excessive heat began. The first stretch reaching warning criteria was in mid-June with more to come. On other days were generally at advisory levels. Excessive Heat Warning issued for max heat indices 113F or above.
• Excessive Heat in Texas, August 1 to 2, 20084 deaths · 1 eventA streak of twelve consecutive days with high temperatures of 100 degrees or more and low temperatures of 77 degrees or more was recorded at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in late July and early August.
• Excessive Heat in Texas, June 23, 20194 deaths · 1 eventMore than a week of excessive heat across the Rio Grande Valley was a likely culprit in at least four deaths of undocumented immigrants who perished from heat stroke or severe heat exhaustion as well as dehydration in brush just south of McAllen, Texas, on June 23rd.
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Texas, August 17 to 21, 20243 deaths · 13 eventsTypical South Texas heat in the summer under a ridge.
• Excessive Heat in Texas, July 17 to 20, 20232 deaths · 17 injured · 28 eventsA strong high pressure ridge aloft contributed to another round of excessive heat across much of North and Central Texas July 17th through the 20th.
• Excessive Heat in Texas, July 23 to 28, 20083 deaths · 2 eventsHeat related deaths occurred after consecutive days of high temperatures over 100 degrees and low temperatures over 77 degrees as recorded at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Texas, July 6 to 31, 202234 injured · 100 eventsAn exceptionally hot summer really got going during the early to middle part of July as triple digit heat became the norm.
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Texas, June 19 to 22, 20192 deaths · 44 eventsThe first Heat Advisory of the summer was issued for the Wednesday through Friday (June 19-21) time frame for a good portion of North and Central Texas. Seasonably hot conditions continued into the weekend. Unfortunately 2 heat-related fatalities occurred, both young children.
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Texas, June 25 to 29, 20232 deaths · 26 eventsThe upper level ridge over south Texas weakened by the end of the month. Above normal temperatures and humidity continued into the last week of the month. Afternoon heat index values was around 120 degrees at Kingsville and Corpus Christi on the 25th and 27th.
• Excessive Heat in Texas, June 24 to 27, 20232 deaths · 22 eventsAnother round of warning level heat overspread much of the area excluding the immediate coastal counties.
• Excessive Heat in Texas, August 12 to 13, 20071 death · 20 injured · 3 eventsHigh temperatures were over 100 degrees with heat index values reaching between 110 and 115 degrees. This resulted in one death and several people experiencing heat-related illnesses.
• Excessive Heat in Texas, July 18 to 19, 20152 deaths · 2 eventsA 2 year old girl died from severe hyperthermia after being left in a car in northeast Dallas on July 18. The following day, a Haltom City man died from heat stroke after working at a construction site in Melissa, TX.
• Excessive Heat in Texas, July 12 to 13, 20231 death · 9 injured · 46 eventsDangerously hot conditions plagued just about all of North and Central Texas in mid July, with heat indices at or above 110 along with ambient temperatures at or above 105.
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Texas, June 15 to 19, 20231 death · 68 eventsAn upper level ridge continued to build over south Texas from the 15th to the 19th. Above normal humidity and hot temperatures provided excessive heat conditions across the coastal plains to the Brush Country starting on the 15th.
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Texas, June 23 to 27, 20231 death · 33 eventsThe combination of hot to very hot temperatures and high humidity combined to lead to heat criteria across much of the Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas in the later stages of June as a stubborn mid-level area of high pressure refused to let up.
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Texas, June 9 to 14, 20231 death · 27 eventsAn upper level ridge formed over northern Mexico into south Texas by June 9th. The upper level ridge built over south Texas for the next week. Above normal temperatures and high humidity provided dangerous heat conditions across south Texas from the 9th to 14th.
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Texas, August 1 to 5, 20231 death · 25 eventsUpper level high pressure ridge maintained the summer heat wave into August over south Texas.
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Texas, September 2 to 6, 20231 death · 23 eventsThe upper level ridge over northern Mexico moved back into south Texas with excessive heat returning to south Texas after the Labor Day holiday weekend. There was a fatality over the Labor Day weekend in Laredo when a 60 year old man passed away from a heat stroke.
• Excessive Heat in Texas, June 17 to 20, 20231 death · 10 eventsVery hot and moist low-level southerly winds became enhanced along and ahead of a stalled frontal boundary draped near to just north of the Interstate 20 corridor of East Texas and North Louisiana.
• Excessive Heat in Texas, August 10, 20071 death · 1 injured · 1 eventHigh temperatures around 100 degrees with heat indices in the 105-110 degree range caused one death.

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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.