NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Brownfield, 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 Brownfield, Texas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 87 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 87
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Brownfield
The highest rating among the 87 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 9 times; the most recent, on June 3, 1981, came within 5 miles. Of the 87, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 25 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 34. The most recent tornado was on June 6, 2025. Of the 753 Texas cities on this site, 64% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Brownfield. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 100 times since 1966, with stones up to 3.5 inches. Brownfield has more hail reports within 10 miles than 62% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Brownfield
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s6
- 2000s15
- 1990s9
- 1980s17
- 1970s10
- 1960s21
- 1950s5
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 1981 | F2 | 5 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 13, 1971 | F2 | 9 mi | 4.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 12, 1971 | F2 | 6 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 12, 1971 | F2 | 6 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 12, 1971 | F2 | 6 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 1965 | F2 | 19 mi | 19.4 mi | 0 / 8 |
| May 29, 1963 | F2 | 14 mi | 10.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 29, 1963 | F2 | 21 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 20, 1961 | F2 | 14 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 26, 2001 | F1 | 21 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 10, 1997 | F1 | 18 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 25, 1996 | F1 | 22 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 87, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Brownfield
The Storm Prediction Center has 100 hail reports within 10 miles of Brownfield since 1966, made on 77 separate days. Of these, 81 were 1 inch across or larger, and 8 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3.5 inches, fell on May 29, 2025, the most recent report. May has the most reports, 32.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Brownfield
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Brownfield #2, TX, 3 miles northeast of Brownfield at 3,300 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 94°F and low of 68°F; January is the coolest, at 55°F and 27°F. June is the wettest at 2.7 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 18.1 inches over 32 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 94 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 89 nights a year. Snowfall averages 5.0 inches a year, most of it in January. That 18.1 inches is more than at 18 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (6%). Seagraves, 22 miles southwest, has its own station (Denver City, TX): 19.1 inches a year, 1.0 more than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 94°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 55 | 27 | 0.7 | 2 | 1.4 |
| Feb | 60 | 30 | 0.6 | 2 | 1.2 |
| Mar | 68 | 37 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Apr | 77 | 45 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.0 |
| May | 85 | 56 | 2.2 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 92 | 65 | 2.7 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 94 | 68 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 93 | 66 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 85 | 59 | 2.6 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 76 | 47 | 1.6 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 64 | 36 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Dec | 56 | 28 | 0.7 | 2 | 1.2 |
| Year | 75 | 47 | 18.1 | 32 | 5.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Brownfield #2, TX (3,300 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 Brownfield
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 63 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Brownfield: 49 thunderstorm wind reports, 8 flash floods, 5 floods and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1.5 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 105 mph, on June 17, 2020. May has had the most flash floods, 3 of 8. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 138 have had fewer than Brownfield.
July 3, 2010: flash flood 6 miles from the centre of Brownfield — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “Prolonged and heavy rainfall began to result in flash flooding over portions of Terry County during the late evening of the 3rd. Local emergency management officials initially reported that all roads leading to The Draw area in Brownfield were inundated with high running water by 20:41 CST.”
June 26, 2007: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Brownfield — $250,000 damage.
NWS: “A swath of severe winds accompanied a bowing line-shaped convective complex as it moved southward over portions of Yoakum and Terry Counties during the late evening hours of the 26th. Severe winds impacted areas near Brownfield around 21:20 CST.”
July 4, 2010: flood 2 miles from the centre of Brownfield — $250,000 damage.
NWS: “The flash floods which occurred in Terry County during the late evening hours of the 3rd and the early morning hours of the 4th transitioned toward standing flood waters during the morning hours on Independence Day.”
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 Brownfield's ZIP code 79316 have filed 12 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $70,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 8% 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, 25 have fewer than Brownfield.
Terry County, which includes Brownfield, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1992, 9 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 fires, 4 hurricanes, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, on February 19, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Terry County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for hail; Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes and lightning; Very Low for hurricanes, inland flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $12.2 million a year, the 133rd highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.0 million (25%), is from hail.
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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