NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Dumas, 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 Dumas, Texas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 105 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 105
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Dumas
The highest rating among the 105 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on June 27, 1992, came within 20 miles. Of the 105, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 40 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 40. The most recent tornado was on June 2, 2024. Dumas has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 49% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 211 times since 1958, with stones up to 6 inches. Dumas has more hail reports within 10 miles than 87% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Dumas
By decade
- 2020s6
- 2010s13
- 2000s21
- 1990s13(2 EF3+)
- 1980s17(1 EF3+)
- 1970s17(2 EF3+)
- 1960s13
- 1950s5
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1992 | F4 | 20 mi | 20 mi | 0 / 7 |
| Mar 18, 1982 | F4 | 16 mi | 88 mi | 0 / 12 |
| Jun 9, 1971 | F4 | 12 mi | 5.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 27, 1992 | F3 | 13 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 5, 1971 | F3 | 24 mi | 4.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 21, 2007 | EF2 | 5 mi | 11.93 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 21, 2007 | EF2 | 7 mi | 19.67 mi | 0 / 14 |
| May 12, 1989 | F2 | 25 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 1971 | F2 | 12 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 1971 | F2 | 12 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 1971 | F2 | 12 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 5, 1971 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 105, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Dumas
The Storm Prediction Center has 211 hail reports within 10 miles of Dumas since 1958, made on 123 separate days. Of these, 143 were 1 inch across or larger, and 21 reached 2 inches. The largest, 6 inches, fell on June 12, 2010. The most recent report is from April 23, 2025. May has the most reports, 76.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Dumas
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Dumas, TX, 2 miles southwest of Dumas at 3,655 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 65°F; January is the coolest, at 49°F and 22°F. August is the wettest at 3.0 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.4 inches; the year adds up to 17.8 inches over 31 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 73 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 124 nights a year. Snowfall averages 9.1 inches a year, most of it in December. That 17.8 inches is more than at 17 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (5%). Fritch, 27 miles southeast, has its own station (Sanford Dam, TX): 19.3 inches a year, 1.5 more than here, and a July average high of 97°F against 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49 | 22 | 0.4 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Feb | 53 | 24 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Mar | 62 | 32 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.2 |
| Apr | 70 | 39 | 1.4 | 3 | 0.1 |
| May | 79 | 50 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 89 | 60 | 2.3 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 92 | 65 | 2.7 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 90 | 64 | 3.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 83 | 56 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 72 | 43 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 59 | 31 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Dec | 49 | 23 | 0.7 | 2 | 3.1 |
| Year | 71 | 42 | 17.8 | 31 | 9.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Dumas, TX (3,655 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 Dumas
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 84 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Dumas: 81 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 heavy rain events and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $447,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 85 mph, on June 8, 2022.
August 9, 2002: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Dumas — $200,000 damage.
NWS: “Widespread wind damage across western sections of Dumas including roofs which were torn off of two homes and another home had an attached garage totally destroyed leaving debris for one quarter of a mile. Another home had a cement brick fence destroyed.”
June 12, 2010: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Dumas — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “The Moore County Emergency Manager reported that three mobile homes had blown off of their foundations and into the road at the sixteen hundred block of Binkley Avenue in Dumas Texas.”
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
Moore County, which includes Dumas, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1992, 8 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 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 Moore County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for lightning; Very Low for inland flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $20.3 million a year, the 91st highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.9 million (14%), is from tornadoes.
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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