NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Cisco, 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 Cisco, Texas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 112 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 112
- EF3 or stronger
- 6
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Cisco
The highest rating among the 112 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3 or EF3, reached 6 times; the most recent, on May 9, 2015, came within 6 miles. Of the 112, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 36 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 39. The most recent tornado was on May 18, 2025. Cisco has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 54% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 75 times since 1955, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Of the 753 Texas cities, 52% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Cisco.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Cisco
By decade
- 2020s3
- 2010s8(1 EF3+)
- 2000s25
- 1990s15(1 EF3+)
- 1980s24
- 1970s20(4 EF3+)
- 1960s8
- 1950s9
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2015 | EF3 | 6 mi | 3.79 mi | 1 / 2 |
| May 29, 1994 | F3 | 17 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 30, 1979 | F3 | 16 mi | 18.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 21, 1979 | F3 | 16 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 25, 1976 | F3 | 24 mi | 20.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 19, 1976 | F3 | 23 mi | 2.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 25, 2024 | EF2 | 16 mi | 2.46 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | EF2 | 20 mi | 11.13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 2003 | F2 | 21 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 2003 | F2 | 20 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 7, 1989 | F2 | 22 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 20, 1977 | F2 | 8 mi | 9.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 112, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Cisco
The Storm Prediction Center has 75 hail reports within 10 miles of Cisco since 1955, made on 62 separate days. Of these, 56 were 1 inch across or larger, and 13 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), fell on June 11, 2009. The most recent report is from May 26, 2025. April has the most reports, 22.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Cisco
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Eastland, TX, 10 miles east of Cisco at 1,438 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 96°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 58°F and 30°F. May is the wettest at 3.8 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.2 inches; the year adds up to 29.2 inches over 44 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 97 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 68 nights a year. Snowfall averages 1.6 inches a year, most of it in December. That 29.2 inches is more than at 110 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (35%). Baird, 21 miles west, has its own station (Putnam, TX): 29.1 inches a year, 0.1 less than here, and the same July average high, 96°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58 | 30 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 61 | 33 | 2.0 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Mar | 70 | 42 | 2.4 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 77 | 49 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.1 |
| May | 84 | 60 | 3.8 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 91 | 67 | 3.4 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 96 | 70 | 2.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 96 | 68 | 3.1 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 88 | 61 | 2.8 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 79 | 50 | 3.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 67 | 39 | 1.9 | 4 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 59 | 31 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Year | 77 | 50 | 29.2 | 44 | 1.6 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Eastland, TX (1,438 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 Cisco
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 25 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Cisco: 10 flash floods, 10 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 floods, 2 lightning strikes and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $233,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 64 mph, on March 4, 2025. June has had the most flash floods, 5 of 10. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 201 have had fewer than Cisco.
June 12, 2007: lightning strike 2 miles from the centre of Cisco — 1 injured, $100,000 damage.
NWS: “A lightning strike hit a chemical plant, causing several explosions. One man was killed in the fire that followed.”
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 Cisco's ZIP code 76437 have filed 10 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 2000, and were paid $188,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 20% 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, 0 have fewer than Cisco.
Eastland County, which includes Cisco, has been named in 27 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1990, 14 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 fires, 5 floods, 4 severe storms, 3 hurricanes). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on May 17, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Eastland County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and hail; Relatively Low for inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $9.5 million a year, the 148th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.0 million (42%), 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Cisco
- Eastland, TX12 mi
- Ranger, TX20 mi
- Baird, TX21 mi
- Breckenridge, TX26 mi
- Albany, TX29 mi
- Clyde, TX31 mi
- De Leon, TX32 mi
- May, TX33 mi
- Comanche, TX41 mi
- Dublin, TX44 mi
- Abilene, TX44 mi
- Early, TX45 mi
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