NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Dalhart, 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 Dalhart, Texas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 56 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 56
- 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 Dalhart
The highest rating among the 56 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 6 times; the most recent, on May 10, 1972, came within 23 miles. Of the 56, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 17 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 32. The most recent tornado was on June 8, 2025. Of the 753 Texas cities on this site, 85% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Dalhart. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 172 times since 1955, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Dalhart has more hail reports within 10 miles than 82% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Dalhart
By decade
- 2020s5
- 2010s6
- 2000s6
- 1990s7
- 1980s5
- 1970s14
- 1960s12
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1972 | F2 | 24 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 1972 | F2 | 23 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 1971 | F2 | 6 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 1971 | F2 | 6 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 1971 | F2 | 14 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Apr 19, 1971 | F2 | 7 mi | 7.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 2025 | EF1 | 11 mi | 1.56 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 16, 2016 | EF1 | 21 mi | 0.87 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 21, 2007 | EF1 | 25 mi | 13.56 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 2003 | F1 | 22 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 9, 1994 | F1 | 17 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 1991 | F1 | 9 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 56, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Dalhart
The Storm Prediction Center has 172 hail reports within 10 miles of Dalhart since 1955, made on 90 separate days. Of these, 127 were 1 inch across or larger, and 15 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on June 11, 1999. The most recent report is from September 9, 2025. May has the most reports, 58.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Dalhart
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Dalhart Municipal Airport, TX, 6 miles southeast of Dalhart at 3,990 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 94°F and low of 64°F; December is the coolest, at 51°F and 22°F. July is the wettest at 2.5 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 0.4 inches; the year adds up to 15.6 inches over 32 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 74 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 131 nights a year. Snowfall averages 20.3 inches a year, most of it in December. That 15.6 inches is more than at 14 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (4%). Cactus, 33 miles east, has its own station (Dumas, TX): 17.8 inches a year, 2.2 more than here, and a July average high of 92°F against 94°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 51 | 21 | 0.5 | 1 | 4.2 |
| Feb | 55 | 24 | 0.4 | 1 | 3.4 |
| Mar | 64 | 31 | 0.9 | 2 | 3.0 |
| Apr | 71 | 39 | 1.3 | 3 | 1.5 |
| May | 80 | 50 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 90 | 60 | 2.2 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 94 | 64 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 91 | 63 | 2.2 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 84 | 55 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 73 | 42 | 1.6 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Nov | 61 | 30 | 0.5 | 1 | 1.9 |
| Dec | 51 | 22 | 0.5 | 2 | 5.0 |
| Year | 72 | 42 | 15.6 | 32 | 20.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Dalhart Municipal Airport, TX (3,990 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 Dalhart
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 91 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Dalhart: 88 thunderstorm wind reports, 1 flash flood, 1 flood and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $155,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 110 mph, on August 13, 2017.
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
Dallam County, which includes Dalhart, has been named in 11 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1998, 5 of them major disasters (by incident: 3 fires, 3 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies, 2 ice storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, on February 19, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Dallam County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for lightning; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind; Very Low for inland flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $14.2 million a year, the 116th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.6 million (11%), 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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