NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Cleveland, 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
48 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Cleveland, Texas since 1851, 10 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Beryl in 2024. Since 1950, 103 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 10
- Tropical storms
- 38
- Tornadoes
- 103
- EF3 or stronger
- 7
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
3 deaths in all
What the records show for Cleveland
The strongest storm to pass near Cleveland was an unnamed storm in 1900, a Category 3 hurricane with 110 mph winds when its centre passed 64 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Ike in 2008, whose centre came within 13 miles. The record near Cleveland begins with an unnamed storm in 1854; the most recent system was Beryl in 2024, a tropical storm 43 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1940s, with 8 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 48 systems, 9 have come since 2000. Cleveland has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 83% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. The strongest of the 103 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on November 21, 1992; its path came within 16 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on April 15, 1994, killed 1 person. Of the 103, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 41 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 22. The most recent tornado was on December 28, 2024. Of the 753 Texas cities, 51% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Cleveland. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 22 times since 1986, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Of the 753 Texas cities, 92% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Cleveland.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Cleveland
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | BerylJul 8 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2021 | NicholasSep 14 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2017 | CindyJun 22 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | IkeSep 13 | 13 mi | Category 2 (99 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2008 | EdouardAug 5 | 10 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2007 | HumbertoSep 13 | 62 mi | Category 1 (89 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2005 | RitaSep 24 | 54 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2003 | GraceAug 31 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2001 | AllisonJun 6 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1989 | JerryOct 16 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1989 | ChantalAug 1 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1989 | AllisonJun 27 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1987 | Unnamed 1987 stormAug 10 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1986 | BonnieJun 26 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1983 | AliciaAug 18 | 48 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1980 | DanielleSep 6 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1979 | ClaudetteJul 25 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1973 | Unnamed 1973 stormSep 12 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1970 | FeliceSep 16 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1963 | CindySep 18 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1959 | DebraJul 25 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1957 | BerthaAug 10 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormOct 4 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormAug 25 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormAug 28 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1943 | Unnamed 1943 stormJul 28 | 41 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1942 | Unnamed 1942 stormAug 21 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormSep 24 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1940 | Unnamed 1940 stormSep 24 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1940 | Unnamed 1940 stormAug 8 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1938 | Unnamed 1938 stormOct 17 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1921 | Unnamed 1921 stormJun 23 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1918 | Unnamed 1918 stormAug 6 | 74 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 17 | 70 mi | Category 2 (106 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 9 | 64 mi | Category 3 (110 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormSep 28 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1897 | Unnamed 1897 stormSep 13 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1895 | Unnamed 1895 stormOct 7 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1891 | Unnamed 1891 stormJul 6 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormJul 6 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJun 14 | 64 mi | Category 2 (98 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 15 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormAug 23 | 40 mi | Category 1 (92 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1875 | Unnamed 1875 stormSep 18 | overhead | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormJun 9 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormJun 4 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormSep 29 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1854 | Unnamed 1854 stormSep 20 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Cleveland: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Cleveland
By decade
- 2020s8(1 EF3+)
- 2010s11
- 2000s22
- 1990s32(2 EF3+)
- 1980s10
- 1970s12(1 EF3+)
- 1960s5(2 EF3+)
- 1950s3(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 1992 | F4 | 16 mi | 30 mi | 0 / 16 |
| Dec 13, 1977 | F3 | 19 mi | 25.1 mi | 1 / 40 |
| Dec 28, 2024 | EF3 | 15 mi | 10.34 mi | 0 / 10 |
| Nov 21, 1992 | F3 | 4 mi | 32 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Dec 12, 1968 | F3 | 23 mi | 6.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 12, 1961 | F3 | 18 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 22, 1957 | F3 | 4 mi | 4.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 15, 1994 | F2 | 25 mi | 5 mi | 1 / 20 |
| Apr 29, 2006 | F2 | 23 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Oct 23, 1997 | F2 | 18 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Oct 23, 1997 | F2 | 23 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 21, 1992 | F2 | 22 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 103, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Cleveland
The Storm Prediction Center has 22 hail reports within 10 miles of Cleveland since 1986, made on 18 separate days. Of these, 10 were 1 inch across or larger, and 2 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on May 25, 2011. The most recent report is from December 28, 2024. February and March have the most reports, 5 each.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Cleveland
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Cleveland, TX, 8 miles northwest of Cleveland at 196 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 61°F and 39°F. October is the wettest at 5.8 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 3.5 inches; the year adds up to 55.8 inches over 68 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (29.6 of 55.8 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 48 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (17); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 5.1 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 88 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 30 nights a year. That 55.8 inches is more than at 298 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (96%). Dayton, 18 miles south, has its own station (Liberty, TX): 62.8 inches a year, 7.0 more than here, and an August average high of 94°F against 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 61 | 39 | 4.5 | 6 |
| Feb | 65 | 43 | 4.3 | 6 |
| Mar | 72 | 49 | 3.8 | 5 |
| Apr | 77 | 55 | 3.7 | 4 |
| May | 83 | 63 | 5.3 | 5 |
| Jun | 89 | 70 | 5.2 | 7 |
| Jul | 91 | 72 | 3.5 | 6 |
| Aug | 92 | 71 | 4.6 | 6 |
| Sep | 88 | 66 | 5.1 | 5 |
| Oct | 79 | 56 | 5.8 | 5 |
| Nov | 69 | 47 | 5.4 | 6 |
| Dec | 62 | 40 | 4.6 | 7 |
| Year | 77 | 56 | 55.8 | 68 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Cleveland, TX (196 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 Cleveland
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 39 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Cleveland: 27 thunderstorm wind reports and 12 flash floods. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $453,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 70 mph, on March 25, 2009. October has had the most flash floods, 4 of 12. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 250 have had fewer than Cleveland.
August 11, 2014: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Cleveland — 2 injured, $25,000 damage.
NWS: “Trees were downed near FM 2518 south of Highway 105. One fell on a mobile home and injured two people.”
October 26, 2006: flash flood 8 miles from the centre of Cleveland — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “Four impassable roads in NW Cleveland; Joyce, Tony Tap, East Cherry Creek, and Meekins Roads were either closed or washed out due to flood waters. Two residential subdivisions were reported to be partially flooded.”
September 19, 2019: flash flood 9 miles from the centre of Cleveland — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “Flooding inundated Highway 59 in Cleveland. The highway was closed with numerous stranded cars within the floodwaters.”
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 Cleveland's 2 ZIP codes have filed 903 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $30.7 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Harvey in 2017: 164 claims (18% of all) and $11.2 million, then Flooding in 1994 with 145 and Tropical Storm Imelda in 2019 with 142. 68% 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, 363 have fewer than Cleveland.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Harvey2017 | 164 | $11.2 million |
| Flooding1994 | 145 | $2.1 million |
| Tropical Storm Imelda2019 | 142 | $9.1 million |
| Texas Spring Flooding2024 | 62 | $4.8 million |
| Tropical Storm Allison2001 | 32 | $194,000 |
| Early summer severe storms2016 | 19 | $204,000 |
Liberty County, which includes Cleveland, has been named in 38 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 27 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 floods, 10 hurricanes, 8 severe storms, 5 fires). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Beryl, on July 9, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Liberty County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for lightning; Relatively High for tornadoes; Relatively Moderate for hurricanes and heat waves; Relatively Low for hail, inland flooding and strong wind; Very Low for coastal flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $32.5 million a year, the 56th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $9.9 million (30%), 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 Cleveland
- Shepherd, TX13 mi
- Splendora, TX13 mi
- New Caney, TX15 mi
- Dayton, TX18 mi
- Huffman, TX20 mi
- Liberty, TX20 mi
- Goodrich, TX20 mi
- Kingwood, TX22 mi
- Porter, TX22 mi
- Coldspring, TX24 mi
- Humble, TX27 mi
- Crosby, TX27 mi
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