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1975 tornadoes in Texas

117 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 1975, about the average of the record for the state. They killed 10 people and injured 58.

1974 1976 The whole country in 1975

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Texas in 1975

January 10 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
January 10	1:30 AM CST	F2	Morris	0.3	213	$5,000 to $50,000
January 10	2:00 AM CST	F2	Bowie	4.0	107	$50,000 to $500,000
January 10	3:55 AM CST	F1	Galveston	0.1	10	$5,000 to $50,000
January 10	4:30 AM CST	F1	Hardin	0.1	10	$5,000 to $50,000
January 10	4:30 AM CST	F1	Jasper	0.1	10	$5,000 to $50,000

February 4 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 4	3:00 PM CST	F0	Floyd	0.3	20
February 4	3:30 PM CST	F0	Kent	1.0	100

March 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 15	5:50 PM CDT	F1	Haskell	0.1	10

March 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 17	6:05 PM CDT	F2	Eastland	8.5	10			$50,000 to $500,000

March 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 26	12:50 AM CDT	F3	Gray	1.0	220	2	42

March 27 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 27	1:01 AM CDT	F1	Gray	0.3	17		$5,000 to $50,000
March 27	2:00 AM CDT	F1	Lipscomb	0.1	20
March 27	11:50 PM CDT	F0	Grayson	0.1	10
March 27	12:45 AM CDT	F2	Cooke	2.0	320	2	$5,000 to $50,000

March 28 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 28	1:10 AM CDT	F0	Grayson	0.1	10
March 28	1:30 AM CDT	F0	Grayson	0.1	10

April 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 7	11:30 PM CDT	F2	Johnson	0.2	27		1	$50,000 to $500,000

April 10 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 10	1:42 PM CDT	F0	Jefferson	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000
April 10	2:00 PM CDT	F0	Chambers	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

April 29 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 29	3:35 PM CDT	F3	Medina	8.3	500	3	5
April 29	4:45 PM CDT	F2	Milam	26.3	200			$50,000 to $500,000
April 29	6:15 PM CDT	F1	Fayette	4.9	10
April 29	7:00 PM CDT	F0	Gonzales	0.1	10
April 29	8:40 PM CDT	F2	Wood	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000
April 29	9:30 PM CDT	F2	Bowie	0.1	10			$50,000 to $500,000
April 29	9:45 PM CDT	F1	Jefferson	0.1	10
April 29	10:20 PM CDT	F0	Orange	0.1	10
April 29	10:25 PM CDT	F0	Newton	0.1	10

May 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 4	4:45 PM CDT	F0	Runnels	0.1	10

May 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 5	2:25 PM CDT	F0	Travis	3.0	400

May 7 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 7	5:00 PM CDT	F2	Burnet	0.1	10		$50,000 to $500,000
May 7	6:00 PM CDT	F1	Williamson	1.0	10		$500 to $5,000
May 7	6:30 PM CDT	F2	Bell	0.1	10	2	$50,000 to $500,000

May 8 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 8	5:25 PM CDT	F0	Karnes	0.1	10	$500 to $5,000
May 8	5:45 PM CDT	F0	Zavala	0.1	10
May 8	6:20 PM CDT	F0	Wilson	0.1	10
May 8	7:30 PM CDT	F0	Victoria	0.1	10

May 10 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 10	8:15 AM CDT	F1	Hays	0.1	10	$5,000 to $50,000
May 10	4:30 PM CDT	F0	Brewster	2.0	880	$500 to $5,000
May 10	8:20 PM CDT	F0	Oldham	1.0	30

May 12 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 12	6:20 PM CDT	F0	Hartley	3.6	60	$500 to $5,000
May 12	12:30 AM CDT	F0	Carson	1.0	30
May 12	12:57 AM CDT	F0	Gray	0.5	30

May 13 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 13	6:15 PM CDT	F3	Coleman	0.1	27	2	5
May 13	8:00 PM CDT	F0	Mills	20.0	800			$5,000 to $50,000
May 13	8:45 PM CDT	F0	Wise	0.1	10
May 13	9:10 PM CDT	F0	Cooke	0.1	10
May 13	9:20 PM CDT	F1	Tarrant	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

May 14 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 14	1:20 PM CDT	F2	Tarrant	0.5	100		1	$5,000 to $50,000
May 14	5:20 PM CDT	F0	Jefferson	0.1	10			under $50

May 19 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 19	6:10 PM CDT	F0	Bandera	0.1	200
May 19	6:40 PM CDT	F0	Kendall	0.1	10
May 19	7:25 PM CDT	F0	Frio	0.1	10
May 19	8:00 PM CDT	F2	Uvalde	0.1	10

May 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 20	8:35 AM CDT	F0	Bell	0.1	10

May 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 21	8:05 PM CDT	F0	Stonewall	0.5	20

May 22 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 22	6:10 PM CDT	F0	Scurry	0.5	20
May 22	6:40 PM CDT	F0	Wichita	0.1	10
May 22	8:45 PM CDT	F0	Hutchinson	2.0	40
May 22	9:40 PM CDT	F0	Fisher	0.5	20
May 22	10:00 PM CDT	F0	Howard	1.0	30

May 23 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 23	4:15 PM CDT	F0	Travis	2.0	400
May 23	5:00 PM CDT	F0	Comal	0.1	10
May 23	5:35 PM CDT	F0	Guadalupe	0.1	10

May 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 24	12:15 PM CDT	F0	Nueces	0.1	10

May 26 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 26	5:05 PM CDT	F0	Tom Green	2.0	30
May 26	7:40 PM CDT	F0	Taylor	0.1	10
May 26	11:40 PM CDT	F0	Tarrant	0.1	10

May 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 27	5:58 PM CDT	F0	Montague	0.1	10

May 28 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 28	6:38 PM CDT	F0	Armstrong	3.0	50	$500 to $5,000
May 28	7:58 PM CDT	F0	Hansford	0.5	30
May 28	8:25 PM CDT	F0	Hutchinson	1.0	40
May 28	12:30 AM CDT	F0	Midland	2.0	30	$5,000 to $50,000

May 29 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 29	8:00 AM CDT	F1	Travis	0.1	10
May 29	8:15 AM CDT	F2	Parker	0.1	10	$500 to $5,000
May 29	8:50 AM CDT	F1	Tarrant	0.1	10
May 29	9:00 AM CDT	F2	Wise	0.1	10	$50,000 to $500,000
May 29	7:15 PM CDT	F1	Galveston	0.1	10

June 8 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 8	2:05 AM CDT	F2	Parker	0.1	10	$5,000 to $50,000
June 8	5:30 PM CDT	F0	Schleicher	0.3	20
June 8	6:00 PM CDT	F2	Palo Pinto	0.1	10
June 8	7:26 PM CDT	F0	Dallas	0.1	10
June 8	7:56 PM CDT	F0	Ellis	0.1	10

June 9 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 9	7:40 PM CDT	F0	Collin	0.1	10
June 9	9:20 PM CDT	F0	Taylor	0.1	10

June 10 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 10	9:30 AM CDT	F0	Harris	0.1	10
June 10	10:00 AM CDT	F0	Jefferson	0.1	10
June 10	1:45 PM CDT	F0	Cameron	0.1	10
June 10	2:00 PM CDT	F0	Cameron	0.1	10

June 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 22	9:20 PM CDT	F1	Briscoe	10.0	80	3		under $50

June 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 24	1:30 PM CDT	F0	Galveston	0.1	10

June 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 25	8:00 AM CDT	F0	Matagorda	0.1	10

June 26 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 26	5:45 PM CDT	F0	Hansford	1.9	60
June 26	6:30 PM CDT	F1	Hansford	1.0	40			under $50

June 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 27	10:45 AM CDT	F0	Brazoria	0.1	10

June 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 30	6:30 PM CDT	F0	Harris	0.1	10

July 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 1	1:20 PM CDT	F0	Cameron	0.1	10

July 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 2	3:16 PM CDT	F0	Hidalgo	0.1	10

July 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 3	3:20 PM CDT	F2	Navarro	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

July 4 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 4	12:00 PM CDT	F0	Galveston	0.1	10
July 4	12:45 PM CDT	F0	Montague	0.1	10

July 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 9	9:25 PM CDT	F0	Hutchinson	0.1	10

July 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 12	4:50 PM CDT	F0	Fort Bend	0.1	10

July 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 20	5:30 PM CDT	F0	Lynn	0.1	10

July 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 25	12:10 PM CDT	F0	Dallas	0.1	10

July 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 28	5:30 PM CDT	F1	Rusk	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

August 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 3	10:55 AM CDT	F0	Matagorda	0.1	10

August 4 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 4	3:45 PM CDT	F0	Victoria	0.1	10
August 4	3:50 PM CDT	F0	Victoria	0.1	10

September 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 2	6:06 PM CDT	F0	Bee	0.1	10

September 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 4	7:05 PM CDT	F0	Victoria	0.1	10			$50 to $500

September 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 18	7:00 PM CDT	F1	Wise	0.1	107			$5,000 to $50,000

October 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 15	1:11 PM CDT	F0	Victoria	0.1	10			$50 to $500

October 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 23	1:55 AM CDT	F2	San Jacinto	6.4	100			$50,000 to $500,000

October 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 24	4:30 PM CDT	F2	Ellis	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

November 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 19	5:18 PM CST	F2	Wood	0.1	10

December 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 24	4:00 PM CST	F3	Jackson	1.0	440

Nearby

Every tornado in Texas since 1950 Warnings in force in Texas The live radar over Texas

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.