NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Goliad, 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
33 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Goliad, Texas since 1851, 11 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Beta in 2020. Since 1950, 43 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 11
- Tropical storms
- 22
- Tornadoes
- 43
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Goliad
The strongest storm to pass near Goliad was an unnamed storm in 1886, a Category 3 hurricane with 121 mph winds when its centre passed 7 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Harvey in 2017, whose centre came within 6 miles. The record near Goliad begins with an unnamed storm in 1851; the most recent system was Beta in 2020, a tropical storm 37 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1960s, with 4 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 33 systems, 6 have come since 2000. Goliad has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 84% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. The highest rating among the 43 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 11, 1969, came within 19 miles. Of the 43, 11 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 11 have come since 2000. September has had the most tornadoes, 17. The most recent tornado was on April 29, 2013. Of the 753 Texas cities, 91% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Goliad. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 34 times since 1962, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 753 Texas cities, 80% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Goliad.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Goliad
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | BetaSep 22 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2017 | HarveyAug 26 | 6 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2015 | BillJun 16 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2010 | HermineSep 7 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2003 | ClaudetteJul 15 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2002 | FaySep 7 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1998 | FrancesSep 11 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1998 | CharleyAug 22 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1978 | AmeliaJul 31 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1971 | FernSep 10 | 57 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1970 | CeliaAug 3 | 47 mi | Category 3 (112 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1968 | CandyJun 24 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1964 | AbbyAug 8 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1961 | CarlaSep 12 | 38 mi | Category 2 (105 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | Unnamed 1960 stormJun 24 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormAug 27 | 54 mi | Category 3 (115 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1942 | Unnamed 1942 stormAug 30 | 13 mi | Category 2 (96 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormJun 27 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJul 25 | 38 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1929 | Unnamed 1929 stormJun 29 | 15 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormOct 17 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormJul 22 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 27 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormJul 10 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormSep 24 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormAug 20 | 7 mi | Category 3 (121 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormAug 13 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1875 | Unnamed 1875 stormSep 17 | 6 mi | Category 1 (84 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormJul 5 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1869 | Unnamed 1869 stormAug 17 | 35 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1866 | Unnamed 1866 stormJul 15 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1854 | Unnamed 1854 stormSep 19 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1851 | Unnamed 1851 stormJun 26 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 1 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Goliad: 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 Goliad
By decade
- 2010s2
- 2000s9
- 1990s2
- 1980s9
- 1970s2
- 1960s19
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 1969 | F2 | 19 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 15, 1960 | F2 | 23 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 15, 2001 | F1 | 2 mi | 0.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 16, 1988 | F1 | 25 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 22, 1981 | F1 | 10 mi | 5.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 16, 1969 | F1 | 25 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 16, 1969 | F1 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 11, 1969 | F1 | 20 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 22, 1967 | F1 | 16 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Sep 20, 1967 | F1 | 20 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 8, 1963 | F1 | 5 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 27, 1962 | F1 | 25 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 43, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Goliad
The Storm Prediction Center has 34 hail reports within 10 miles of Goliad since 1962, made on 27 separate days. Of these, 27 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently June 4, 2017. The most recent report is from November 1, 2025. April has the most reports, 12.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Goliad
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Goliad, TX, 2 miles southeast of Goliad at 142 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 96°F and low of 74°F; January is the coolest, at 66°F and 43°F. September is the wettest at 4.7 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 1.7 inches; the year adds up to 37.1 inches over 50 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 56% of the year's precipitation (20.7 of 37.1 inches); the other six months are drier. Highs reach 90°F on about 135 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 13 nights a year. That 37.1 inches is more than at 179 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (57%). Yorktown, 22 miles north, has its own station (Cuero, TX): 34.3 inches a year, 2.8 less than here, and an August average high of 98°F against 96°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 66 | 43 | 2.7 | 4 |
| Feb | 70 | 47 | 1.7 | 4 |
| Mar | 75 | 53 | 2.7 | 3 |
| Apr | 81 | 60 | 2.7 | 3 |
| May | 87 | 67 | 4.5 | 4 |
| Jun | 92 | 73 | 3.9 | 5 |
| Jul | 95 | 74 | 3.0 | 5 |
| Aug | 96 | 74 | 3.4 | 4 |
| Sep | 91 | 70 | 4.7 | 6 |
| Oct | 84 | 61 | 3.4 | 4 |
| Nov | 75 | 52 | 2.3 | 4 |
| Dec | 68 | 45 | 2.1 | 4 |
| Year | 82 | 60 | 37.1 | 50 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Goliad, TX (142 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 Goliad
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 22 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Goliad: 14 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 flash floods and 3 heavy rain events. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $926,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 70 mph, on June 14, 2021. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 68 have had fewer than Goliad.
July 6, 2021: heavy rain event 4 miles from the centre of Goliad — $835,000 damage.
NWS: “Damage estimates due to sorghum losses in the county were at 835 thousand dollars across the county due to heavy rainfall. A 40 percent loss occurred across 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Goliad's ZIP code 77963 have filed 16 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $424,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 69% 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, 51 have fewer than Goliad.
Goliad County, which includes Goliad, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 12 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 hurricanes, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 ice storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Beryl, on July 9, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Goliad County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hurricanes; Relatively Low for tornadoes; Very Low for hail, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $6.3 million a year, the 181st highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.0 million (48%), 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 Goliad
- Yorktown, TX22 mi
- Victoria, TX26 mi
- Refugio, TX26 mi
- Beeville, TX28 mi
- Kenedy, TX28 mi
- Cuero, TX29 mi
- Karnes City, TX33 mi
- Skidmore, TX36 mi
- Inez, TX38 mi
- Yoakum, TX43 mi
- Sinton, TX44 mi
- Falls City, TX45 mi
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