NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Coleman, 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
2 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Coleman, Texas since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1886. Since 1950, 64 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 2
- Tornadoes
- 64
- EF3 or stronger
- 6
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
2 deaths in all
What the records show for Coleman
None of the 2 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Coleman; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1886, a tropical storm with 51 mph winds when its centre passed 46 miles away. The record near Coleman begins with an unnamed storm in 1851; the most recent system was an unnamed storm in 1886. Of the 753 Texas cities on this site, 84% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Coleman. The strongest of the 64 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on April 19, 1976; its path came within 24 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on May 13, 1975, killed 2 people. Of the 64, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 23 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 25. The most recent tornado was on May 29, 2025. Of the 753 Texas cities, 80% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Coleman. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 106 times since 1958, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Coleman has more hail reports within 10 miles than 65% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Coleman
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormAug 21 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1851 | Unnamed 1851 stormJun 28 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Coleman: 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 Coleman
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s9(2 EF3+)
- 2000s12
- 1990s10
- 1980s12(1 EF3+)
- 1970s12(3 EF3+)
- 1960s5
- 1950s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 1976 | F5 | 24 mi | 10.5 mi | 0 / 11 |
| May 13, 1975 | F3 | 2 mi | 0.1 mi | 2 / 5 |
| May 18, 2019 | EF3 | 8 mi | 7.84 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 2019 | EF3 | 17 mi | 5.79 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 14, 1982 | F3 | 21 mi | 40.5 mi | 0 / 14 |
| Apr 10, 1979 | F3 | 3 mi | 25 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 3, 1992 | F2 | 2 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 19, 1982 | F2 | 16 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 10, 1979 | F2 | 14 mi | 9.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 8, 1971 | F2 | 13 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 26, 1970 | F2 | 11 mi | 14.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 1965 | F2 | 8 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 64, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Coleman
The Storm Prediction Center has 106 hail reports within 10 miles of Coleman since 1958, made on 83 separate days. Of these, 85 were 1 inch across or larger, and 14 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), was reported on 2 days, most recently April 1, 2017. The most recent report is from April 19, 2025. May has the most reports, 32.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Coleman
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Coleman, TX, 2 miles southeast of Coleman at 1,718 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 97°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 59°F and 35°F. May and June are the wettest at 3.7 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.3 inches; the year adds up to 28.1 inches over 42 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 109 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 42 nights a year. Snowfall averages 1.5 inches a year, most of it in February. That 28.1 inches is more than at 97 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (31%). Bangs, 20 miles southeast, has its own station (Brownwood 2ENE, TX): 30.7 inches a year, 2.6 more than here, and the same July average high, 97°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 59 | 35 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 64 | 38 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Mar | 71 | 45 | 2.2 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 80 | 53 | 2.0 | 3 | 0.1 |
| May | 86 | 62 | 3.7 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 93 | 69 | 3.7 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 97 | 72 | 2.1 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 97 | 72 | 2.5 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 89 | 65 | 2.5 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 80 | 55 | 2.7 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 69 | 44 | 2.1 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 61 | 37 | 1.4 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Year | 79 | 54 | 28.1 | 42 | 1.5 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Coleman, TX (1,718 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 Coleman
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 56 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Coleman: 41 thunderstorm wind reports, 12 flash floods, 2 floods and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $685,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 96 mph, on May 26, 2016. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 250 have had fewer than Coleman.
May 29, 1996: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Coleman — $500,000 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 Coleman's ZIP code 76834 have filed 13 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1998, and were paid $139,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 62% 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, 31 have fewer than Coleman.
Coleman County, which includes Coleman, has been named in 18 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1991, 11 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 fires, 4 floods, 3 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on May 17, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Coleman County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail and 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 $5.0 million a year, the 200th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.8 million (36%), 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 Coleman
- Bangs, TX20 mi
- Brownwood, TX28 mi
- Ballinger, TX29 mi
- Winters, TX29 mi
- May, TX30 mi
- Early, TX31 mi
- Clyde, TX34 mi
- Baird, TX34 mi
- Tuscola, TX37 mi
- Abilene, TX44 mi
- Dyess Afb, TX45 mi
- Cisco, TX46 mi
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