Texas

Storm History: Hidalgo County, Texas

555 episodes, 1,069 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hidalgo 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
1,069
Deaths
15
Injuries
38
Damage
$1.7 billion
Episodes
555

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
Drought23200$129 million
Hail18400$17 million
Tornado143324$291 million
Flash Flood12403$165 million
Excessive Heat7440
Thunderstorm Wind6100$1.0 million
Frost/Freeze6100$343 million
Flood5210$44 million
Heat4600
Wildfire1904$10 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1900$2.0 million
Strong Wind1201$69,000
Ice Storm800
High Wind803$18,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)750$726 million
Heavy Rain600
Cold/Wind Chill510
Lightning313$10,000
Funnel Cloud300
Tropical Storm100
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 Hidalgo County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hidalgo CountyEvery warning in Hidalgo 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.