NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Edna, 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
46 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Edna, Texas since 1851, 22 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Beryl in 2024. Since 1950, 86 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 22
- Tropical storms
- 24
- Tornadoes
- 86
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Edna
The strongest storm to pass near Edna was an unnamed storm in 1886, a Category 4 hurricane with 132 mph winds when its centre passed 51 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Carla in 1961, whose centre came within 11 miles. The record near Edna begins with an unnamed storm in 1851; the most recent system was Beryl in 2024, a Category 1 hurricane 40 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1880s, with 6 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 46 systems, 8 have come since 2000. Edna has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 95% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. The highest rating among the 86 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 4 times; the most recent, on December 24, 1975, came within 10 miles. Of the 86, 13 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 16 have come since 2000. September has had the most tornadoes, 21. The most recent tornado was on May 13, 2024. Of the 753 Texas cities, 64% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Edna. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 25 times since 1955, with stones up to 2 inches (hen egg size). Of the 753 Texas cities, 88% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Edna.
Compare Edna's storm record with another city →
Tropical storms and hurricanes near Edna
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | BerylJul 8 | 40 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2021 | NicholasSep 14 | 59 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | BetaSep 22 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2019 | ImeldaSep 17 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2017 | HarveyAug 28 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2015 | BillJun 16 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2003 | ClaudetteJul 15 | 29 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2002 | FaySep 7 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1998 | FrancesSep 11 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1989 | AllisonJun 26 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1980 | DanielleSep 6 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1979 | ElenaSep 1 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1973 | DeliaSep 6 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1971 | FernSep 10 | 51 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1968 | CandyJun 24 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1964 | AbbyAug 8 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1961 | CarlaSep 12 | 11 mi | Category 2 (107 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormOct 4 | 64 mi | Category 2 (109 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormAug 27 | 32 mi | Category 2 (96 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1942 | Unnamed 1942 stormAug 30 | 31 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormSep 23 | 64 mi | Category 2 (102 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormJun 27 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJul 25 | 60 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1933 | Unnamed 1933 stormJul 23 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormAug 14 | 53 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1929 | Unnamed 1929 stormJun 28 | 26 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1921 | Unnamed 1921 stormJun 22 | 43 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 17 | 63 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormJul 22 | 25 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 27 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormJul 10 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 9 | 73 mi | Category 2 (108 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1891 | Unnamed 1891 stormJul 5 | 71 mi | Category 1 (92 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormJul 5 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormJun 17 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormSep 24 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormAug 20 | 51 mi | Category 4 (132 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormAug 13 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormJun 24 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1875 | Unnamed 1875 stormSep 17 | 32 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormJul 4 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1869 | Unnamed 1869 stormAug 17 | 60 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1866 | Unnamed 1866 stormJul 15 | 30 mi | Category 1 (89 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormSep 29 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1854 | Unnamed 1854 stormSep 19 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1851 | Unnamed 1851 stormJun 25 | 54 mi | Category 1 (92 mph) | Category 1 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Edna: 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 Edna
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s3
- 2000s11
- 1990s14
- 1980s9
- 1970s22(1 EF3+)
- 1960s21(3 EF3+)
- 1950s4
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 1975 | F3 | 10 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 5, 1968 | F3 | 19 mi | 14.4 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Sep 20, 1967 | F3 | 11 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Feb 9, 1966 | F3 | in town | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 29, 1972 | F2 | 25 mi | 10.8 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 7, 1972 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Nov 2, 1961 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 13, 2024 | EF1 | 20 mi | 13.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 20, 2004 | F1 | 22 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 6, 1992 | F1 | 1 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 1, 1991 | F1 | 15 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 13, 1982 | F1 | 24 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 86, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Edna
The Storm Prediction Center has 25 hail reports within 10 miles of Edna since 1955, made on 22 separate days. Of these, 16 were 1 inch across or larger, and 2 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2 inches (hen egg size), was reported on 2 days, most recently April 26, 1973. The most recent report is from April 25, 2015. May has the most reports, 10.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Edna
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Victoria Regional Airport, TX, 18 miles southwest of Edna at 115 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 96°F and low of 74°F; January is the coolest, at 65°F and 44°F. May is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.0 inches; the year adds up to 40.4 inches over 54 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 55% of the year's precipitation (22.2 of 40.4 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 46 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (16); a normal September there has highs of 91°F and 4.5 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 120 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 9 nights a year. That 40.4 inches is more than at 214 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (69%). Ganado, 10 miles northeast, has its own station (Danevang 1 W, TX): 46.6 inches a year, 6.2 more than here, and an August average high of 94°F against 96°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Port Lavaca, TX, 23 miles south, averaged 88°F in August and 57°F in January over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from May to September.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 65 | 44 | 2.7 | 5 | 57 |
| Feb | 69 | 48 | 2.0 | 3 | 58 |
| Mar | 75 | 54 | 3.0 | 4 | 68 |
| Apr | 81 | 60 | 3.0 | 4 | 74 |
| May | 87 | 68 | 5.2 | 5 | 81 |
| Jun | 92 | 73 | 4.2 | 5 | 86 |
| Jul | 95 | 75 | 3.5 | 5 | 87 |
| Aug | 96 | 74 | 3.1 | 5 | 88 |
| Sep | 91 | 70 | 4.5 | 7 | 85 |
| Oct | 84 | 61 | 4.0 | 4 | 78 |
| Nov | 74 | 51 | 2.9 | 4 | 68 |
| Dec | 67 | 45 | 2.3 | 4 | 63 |
| Year | 81 | 60 | 40.4 | 54 | 74 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Victoria Regional Airport, TX (115 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Port Lavaca, TX, from NOAA Tides & Currents. 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 Edna
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 25 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Edna: 19 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 flash floods and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 119 mph, on April 22, 2026. September has had the most flash floods, 2 of 5. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 68 have had fewer than Edna.
September 25, 2023: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Edna — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “Widespread straight line wind damage was reported across parts of Jackson County as a strong thunderstorm moved through the area. This included extensive tree damage as well as damage to power lines and some buildings.”
April 22, 2026: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Edna — $400,000 damage.
September 22, 2020: flash flood 8 miles from the centre of Edna — $100,000 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 Edna's ZIP code 77957 have filed 166 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1981, and were paid $2.1 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1994: 77 claims (46% of all) and $1.4 million, then Hurricane Harvey in 2017 with 16. 60% 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, 275 have fewer than Edna.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1994 | 77 | $1.4 million |
| Hurricane Harvey2017 | 16 | $144,000 |
Jackson County, which includes Edna, has been named in 24 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 12 of them major disasters (by incident: 12 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies, 2 fires, 2 floods). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Beryl, on July 9, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Jackson County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for hurricanes; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, coastal flooding, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $24.0 million a year, the 78th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $13.4 million (56%), is from hurricanes.
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 Edna
- Ganado, TX10 mi
- Inez, TX11 mi
- Victoria, TX23 mi
- Port Lavaca, TX25 mi
- El Campo, TX28 mi
- Hallettsville, TX31 mi
- Palacios, TX31 mi
- Yoakum, TX35 mi
- Seadrift, TX39 mi
- Cuero, TX39 mi
- Wharton, TX42 mi
- Bay City, TX44 mi
All Texas cities →All hurricanes since 1851 →Compare Edna with another place →