NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Albany, TX
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Albany, Texas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 70 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 70
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Albany
The highest rating among the 70 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 4 times; the most recent, on May 29, 1994, came within 13 miles. Of the 70, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 29 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 30. The most recent tornado was on May 18, 2025. Of the 753 Texas cities on this site, 76% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Albany. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 82 times since 1965, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Albany has more hail reports within 10 miles than 51% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Albany
By decade
- 2020s3
- 2010s7
- 2000s19
- 1990s14(1 EF3+)
- 1980s16
- 1970s5(2 EF3+)
- 1960s5(1 EF3+)
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1994 | F3 | 13 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 30, 1979 | F3 | 19 mi | 18.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 25, 1976 | F3 | 20 mi | 20.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 7, 1961 | F3 | 22 mi | 3.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 2025 | EF2 | 4 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 19, 2020 | EF2 | 22 mi | 5.38 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 2003 | F2 | 13 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 2003 | F2 | 17 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 19, 1994 | F2 | 19 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 7, 1989 | F2 | 24 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 23, 1980 | F2 | 14 mi | 4.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 20, 1977 | F2 | 24 mi | 9.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 70, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Albany
The Storm Prediction Center has 82 hail reports within 10 miles of Albany since 1965, made on 65 separate days. Of these, 60 were 1 inch across or larger, and 14 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on April 30, 2004. The most recent report is from June 8, 2025. May has the most reports, 30.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Albany
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Albany, TX, 3 miles southwest of Albany at 1,448 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 95°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 57°F and 32°F. June is the wettest at 3.9 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.2 inches; the year adds up to 28.9 inches over 42 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 106 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 57 nights a year. Snowfall averages 2.3 inches a year, most of it in January. That 28.9 inches is more than at 104 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (33%). Breckenridge, 21 miles east, has its own station (Breckenridge, TX): 29.8 inches a year, 0.9 more than here, and a July average high of 96°F against 95°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57 | 32 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.9 |
| Feb | 61 | 35 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 69 | 42 | 2.4 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 77 | 50 | 2.8 | 3 | 0.1 |
| May | 84 | 60 | 3.4 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 91 | 68 | 3.9 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 95 | 72 | 2.3 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 95 | 71 | 2.1 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 87 | 63 | 3.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 78 | 52 | 2.7 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 67 | 42 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 58 | 33 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Year | 76 | 52 | 28.9 | 42 | 2.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Albany, TX (1,448 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Albany
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 45 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Albany: 41 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 floods and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $197,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 96 mph, on April 1, 2024.
September 23, 1996: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Albany — $100,000 damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Albany's ZIP code 76430 have filed 21 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $111,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 14% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 433 Texas cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 82 have fewer than Albany.
Shackelford County, which includes Albany, has been named in 18 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1978, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 fires, 4 severe storms, 3 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, on February 19, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Shackelford County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for hail; Very Low for hurricanes, tornadoes, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $2.4 million a year, the 234th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $775,000 (33%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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