NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Fritch, 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 Fritch, Texas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 140 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 140
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Fritch
The strongest of the 140 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on June 27, 1992; its path passed within a mile of the city centre. The deadliest, an F1 on June 9, 1983, killed 1 person. Of the 140, 14 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 44 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 55. The most recent tornado was on June 8, 2025. Fritch has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 74% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 212 times since 1968, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Fritch has more hail reports within 10 miles than 87% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Fritch
By decade
- 2020s7
- 2010s16
- 2000s21(1 EF3+)
- 1990s32(2 EF3+)
- 1980s19
- 1970s20(1 EF3+)
- 1960s14
- 1950s11
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1992 | F4 | in town | 20 mi | 0 / 7 |
| May 29, 2001 | F3 | 20 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 27, 1992 | F3 | 15 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 5, 1971 | F3 | 21 mi | 4.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 13, 2016 | EF2 | 14 mi | 4.96 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 2010 | EF2 | 21 mi | 4.99 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 21, 2007 | EF2 | 17 mi | 11.93 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 27, 1992 | F2 | 2 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 1, 1987 | F2 | 19 mi | 4.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 5, 1982 | F2 | 14 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Jun 5, 1971 | F2 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 5, 1971 | F2 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 140, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Fritch
The Storm Prediction Center has 212 hail reports within 10 miles of Fritch since 1968, made on 103 separate days. Of these, 156 were 1 inch across or larger, and 19 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), fell on May 4, 1974. The most recent report is from July 11, 2025. June has the most reports, 61.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Fritch
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Sanford Dam, TX, 7 miles northeast of Fritch at 2,936 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 97°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 52°F and 21°F. June is the wettest at 3.0 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 0.5 inches; the year adds up to 19.3 inches over 36 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 94 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 103 nights a year. That 19.3 inches is more than at 30 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (10%). Borger, 12 miles east, has its own station (Borger, TX): 22.4 inches a year, 3.1 more than here, and a July average high of 95°F against 97°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 52 | 21 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Feb | 55 | 24 | 0.5 | 2 |
| Mar | 65 | 31 | 1.2 | 3 |
| Apr | 73 | 40 | 1.7 | 3 |
| May | 83 | 50 | 2.3 | 4 |
| Jun | 92 | 61 | 3.0 | 5 |
| Jul | 97 | 66 | 2.3 | 5 |
| Aug | 94 | 64 | 2.9 | 5 |
| Sep | 87 | 57 | 1.6 | 3 |
| Oct | 75 | 43 | 1.9 | 3 |
| Nov | 63 | 31 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Dec | 52 | 23 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Year | 74 | 43 | 19.3 | 36 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Sanford Dam, TX (2,936 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 Fritch
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 66 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Fritch: 59 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 flash floods, 2 floods and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $390,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 87 mph, on September 21, 2023.
May 19, 2018: thunderstorm wind in Fritch — 1 killed.
NWS: “m. Sunday morning, 57-year-old Carl Kaiser was trying to load his swamped tracker boat near the Fritch Fortress boat dock when it suddenly capsized.”
April 10, 2001: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Fritch — $140,000 damage.
NWS: “and two wood frame houses had severe damage.”
August 29, 2021: thunderstorm wind in Fritch — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “Video and photos received over social media showed considerable damage to some older storage buildings and boats off of highway 136 on the southwest side of Fritch. Time of event was estimated based on radar and local mesonet.”
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
Hutchinson County, which includes Fritch, has been named in 19 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1989, 8 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 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 Hutchinson County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and lightning; Very Low for inland flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $22.3 million a year, the 84th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.0 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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