NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Ganado, 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
49 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Ganado, Texas since 1851, 23 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Beryl in 2024. Since 1950, 79 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 23
- Tropical storms
- 26
- Tornadoes
- 79
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Ganado
The strongest storm to pass near Ganado was an unnamed storm in 1886, a Category 4 hurricane with 135 mph winds when its centre passed 60 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1909, whose centre came within 18 miles. The record near Ganado begins with an unnamed storm in 1851; the most recent system was Beryl in 2024, a Category 1 hurricane 31 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1880s, with 6 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 49 systems, 9 have come since 2000. Ganado has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 95% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. The highest rating among the 79 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 3 times; the most recent, on December 24, 1975, passed within a mile of the city centre. Of the 79, 9 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 15 have come since 2000. September has had the most tornadoes, 21. The most recent tornado was on December 26, 2024. Of the 753 Texas cities, 70% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Ganado. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 30 times since 1972, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 753 Texas cities, 85% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Ganado.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Ganado
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | BerylJul 8 | 31 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2021 | NicholasSep 14 | 51 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | BetaSep 22 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2019 | ImeldaSep 17 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2017 | HarveyAug 28 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2015 | BillJun 16 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2003 | ClaudetteJul 15 | 37 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2002 | FaySep 7 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2001 | AllisonJun 5 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1998 | FrancesSep 11 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1995 | DeanJul 31 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1989 | AllisonJun 26 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1980 | DanielleSep 6 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1979 | ElenaSep 1 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1973 | DeliaSep 6 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1971 | FernSep 10 | 53 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1968 | CandyJun 24 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1964 | AbbyAug 8 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1961 | CarlaSep 12 | 21 mi | Category 2 (107 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormOct 4 | 55 mi | Category 2 (109 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormAug 25 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormAug 27 | 26 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1942 | Unnamed 1942 stormAug 30 | 40 mi | Category 2 (105 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormSep 24 | 55 mi | Category 2 (97 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJul 25 | 66 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1933 | Unnamed 1933 stormJul 23 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormAug 14 | 43 mi | Category 1 (87 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1929 | Unnamed 1929 stormJun 28 | 35 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1921 | Unnamed 1921 stormJun 22 | 34 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 17 | 54 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormJul 21 | 18 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 27 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormJul 10 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 9 | 63 mi | Category 2 (109 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1891 | Unnamed 1891 stormJul 5 | 63 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormJul 5 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormJun 17 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormSep 24 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormAug 20 | 60 mi | Category 4 (135 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormAug 13 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormJun 24 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1875 | Unnamed 1875 stormSep 17 | 39 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormJul 4 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormJun 4 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1869 | Unnamed 1869 stormAug 17 | 64 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1866 | Unnamed 1866 stormJul 15 | 36 mi | Category 2 (97 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormSep 29 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1854 | Unnamed 1854 stormSep 19 | 22 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1851 | Unnamed 1851 stormJun 25 | 60 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 Ganado: 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 Ganado
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s1
- 2000s12
- 1990s18
- 1980s4
- 1970s16(1 EF3+)
- 1960s22(2 EF3+)
- 1950s4
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 1975 | F3 | in town | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 20, 1967 | F3 | 3 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Feb 9, 1966 | F3 | 11 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 26, 2024 | EF1 | 21 mi | 0.51 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 21, 1992 | F1 | 23 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 19, 1992 | F1 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 6, 1992 | F1 | 9 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 1, 1991 | F1 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 4, 1991 | F1 | 18 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 21, 1980 | F1 | 6 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 21, 1980 | F1 | 10 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 20, 1979 | F1 | 15 mi | 13.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 79, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Ganado
The Storm Prediction Center has 30 hail reports within 10 miles of Ganado since 1972, made on 26 separate days. Of these, 18 were 1 inch across or larger, and 4 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on December 12, 2002. The most recent report is from April 2, 2017. April has the most reports, 8.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Ganado
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Danevang 1 W, TX, 17 miles east of Ganado at 70 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 94°F and low of 74°F; January is the coolest, at 63°F and 43°F. September is the wettest at 5.1 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.7 inches; the year adds up to 46.6 inches over 61 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 56% of the year's precipitation (26.2 of 46.6 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 49 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (16); a normal September there has highs of 90°F and 5.1 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 105 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 13 nights a year. Snowfall averages 0.9 inches a year, most of it in December. That 46.6 inches is more than at 247 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (79%). Edna, 10 miles southwest, has its own station (Victoria Regional Airport, TX): 40.4 inches a year, 6.2 less than here, and an August average high of 96°F against 94°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 63 | 43 | 3.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 67 | 47 | 2.7 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 73 | 53 | 3.2 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 80 | 59 | 2.9 | 4 | 0.0 |
| May | 85 | 67 | 4.7 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 90 | 73 | 4.9 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 93 | 74 | 4.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 94 | 74 | 4.1 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 90 | 70 | 5.1 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 83 | 61 | 4.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 73 | 52 | 4.1 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 65 | 45 | 3.4 | 5 | 0.9 |
| Year | 80 | 60 | 46.6 | 61 | 0.9 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Danevang 1 W, TX (70 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 Ganado
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 29 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Ganado: 25 thunderstorm wind reports and 4 flash floods. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $1.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 119 mph, on April 22, 2026.
February 11, 2008: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Ganado — 1 injured, $5,000 damage.
NWS: “A parked 18-wheeler tractor trailer was blown over at the intersection of Highway 59 and FM 441 near Hilje. The driver suffered minor injuries.”
September 25, 2023: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Ganado — $500,000 damage.
April 22, 2026: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Ganado — $400,000 damage.
NWS: “An emergency manager shared a photo of a snapped power line along FM 530. In the aftermath of this storm, an extensive coordination effort between local agencies, power companies and contractors were needed to clean up and repair damages across Jackson 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Ganado's ZIP code 77962 have filed 23 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1983, and were paid $498,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 39% 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, 93 have fewer than Ganado.
Jackson County, which includes Ganado, 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 Ganado
- Edna, TX10 mi
- El Campo, TX18 mi
- Inez, TX22 mi
- Palacios, TX26 mi
- Port Lavaca, TX30 mi
- Wharton, TX32 mi
- Hallettsville, TX32 mi
- Victoria, TX33 mi
- Bay City, TX35 mi
- Van Vleck, TX37 mi
- Boling, TX38 mi
- Eagle Lake, TX39 mi
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