Texas

Storm History: Oldham County, Texas

513 episodes, 770 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Oldham 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
770
Deaths
8
Injuries
10
Damage
$156 million
Episodes
513

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
Hail21301$238,000
Tornado18202$692,000
High Wind7900$5,000
Drought6200$140 million
Wildfire4800$13 million
Flash Flood3600$76,000
Thunderstorm Wind3100
Winter Weather2247$1.3 million
Heavy Snow2010
Cold/Wind Chill1600
Winter Storm1500
Blizzard1100$660,000
Flood1000$4,000
Dust Storm900$55,000
Ice Storm630$8,000
Dense Fog400
Frost/Freeze200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200$1,000
Sleet100
Freezing Fog100

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 Oldham County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Oldham CountyEvery warning in Oldham 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.