NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Dimmitt, 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 Dimmitt, Texas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 153 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 153
- EF3 or stronger
- 7
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
4 deaths in all
What the records show for Dimmitt
The strongest of the 153 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on April 17, 1970; its path passed within a mile of the city centre, and it killed 1 person. The deadliest, an F3 on April 12, 1960, killed 3 people. Of the 153, 17 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 40 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 52. The most recent tornado was on April 26, 2025. Dimmitt has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 80% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 108 times since 1958, with stones up to 5 inches. Dimmitt has more hail reports within 10 miles than 66% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Dimmitt
By decade
- 2020s7
- 2010s14(1 EF3+)
- 2000s19
- 1990s42(1 EF3+)
- 1980s17
- 1970s26(2 EF3+)
- 1960s21(3 EF3+)
- 1950s7
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 1970 | F4 | in town | 130 mi | 1 / 13 |
| Apr 12, 1960 | F3 | 13 mi | 5.2 mi | 3 / 32 |
| Apr 14, 2017 | EF3 | in town | 3.55 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 2, 1995 | F3 | 23 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 12 |
| Apr 19, 1971 | F3 | 19 mi | 6.1 mi | 0 / 24 |
| May 6, 1969 | F3 | 24 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 11, 1960 | F3 | 21 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 13, 2021 | EF2 | 25 mi | 21.25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 26, 2019 | EF2 | 17 mi | 8.03 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 21, 2007 | EF2 | 23 mi | 28.75 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 2, 1995 | F2 | 4 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 3 |
| May 10, 1991 | F2 | 15 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 153, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Dimmitt
The Storm Prediction Center has 108 hail reports within 10 miles of Dimmitt since 1958, made on 80 separate days. Of these, 73 were 1 inch across or larger, and 14 reached 2 inches. The largest, 5 inches, fell on May 28, 1980. The most recent report is from May 6, 2025. June has the most reports, 36.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Dimmitt
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Dimmitt 2 N, TX, 5 miles northeast of Dimmitt at 3,850 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 51°F and 22°F. June is the wettest at 3.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 0.5 inches; the year adds up to 21.0 inches over 37 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 72 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 131 nights a year. Snowfall averages 9.8 inches a year, most of it in December. That 21.0 inches is more than at 50 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (16%). Friona, 21 miles west, has its own station (Friona, TX): 19.3 inches a year, 1.7 less than here, and a July average high of 91°F against 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 51 | 22 | 0.6 | 1 | 1.9 |
| Feb | 56 | 25 | 0.5 | 1 | 2.1 |
| Mar | 64 | 31 | 1.0 | 3 | 1.4 |
| Apr | 72 | 39 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.1 |
| May | 81 | 49 | 2.6 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 90 | 60 | 3.6 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 92 | 63 | 2.4 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 90 | 62 | 3.1 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 83 | 55 | 2.4 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 73 | 43 | 2.1 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 61 | 31 | 0.7 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Dec | 51 | 24 | 0.7 | 2 | 2.8 |
| Year | 72 | 42 | 21.0 | 37 | 9.8 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Dimmitt 2 N, TX (3,850 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 Dimmitt
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 59 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Dimmitt: 53 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 flash floods, 2 floods and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $607,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 96 mph, on August 11, 2011.
August 11, 2011: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Dimmitt — $200,000 damage.
NWS: “A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet station near Dimmitt measured a wind gust to 95 mph. The mesonet station sustained significant damage during the thunderstorm.”
April 6, 2001: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Dimmitt — $150,000 damage.
NWS: “Several center pivot irrigation systems were destroyed by thunderstorm wind in the western portion of the county.”
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
Castro County, which includes Dimmitt, has been named in 14 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1992, 8 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 fires, 3 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 Castro County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for hail; Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes; Very Low for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $7.7 million a year, the 162nd highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.5 million (33%), 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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