NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Haskell, 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 Haskell, Texas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 117 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 117
- EF3 or stronger
- 7
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
19 deaths in all
What the records show for Haskell
The highest rating among the 117 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 26, 1962, came within 2 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on March 13, 1953, killed 17 people. Of the 117, 12 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 44 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 58. The most recent tornado was on June 8, 2025. Haskell has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 59% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 128 times since 1956, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Haskell has more hail reports within 10 miles than 73% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Haskell
By decade
- 2020s7
- 2010s10
- 2000s27
- 1990s19(2 EF3+)
- 1980s18
- 1970s8
- 1960s16(4 EF3+)
- 1950s12(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 1953 | F4 | 17 mi | 13.9 mi | 17 / 25 |
| May 26, 1962 | F4 | 2 mi | 10.7 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 25, 1962 | F3 | 24 mi | 4.1 mi | 1 / 1 |
| Apr 24, 1991 | F3 | 3 mi | 3.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 14, 1990 | F3 | 21 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Sep 3, 1961 | F3 | 18 mi | 0.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 7, 1961 | F3 | 15 mi | 3.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 27, 2024 | EF2 | 19 mi | 12.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 2, 2024 | EF2 | 15 mi | 2.31 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 13, 2009 | EF2 | 12 mi | 3.56 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 4, 2004 | F2 | 7 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 3, 2003 | F2 | 5 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 117, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Haskell
The Storm Prediction Center has 128 hail reports within 10 miles of Haskell since 1956, made on 88 separate days. Of these, 94 were 1 inch across or larger, and 19 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), was reported on 2 days, most recently May 1, 1993. The most recent report is from June 10, 2025. May has the most reports, 51.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Haskell
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Haskell, TX, 2 miles northwest of Haskell at 1,590 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 95°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 56°F and 29°F. June is the wettest at 3.8 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.2 inches; the year adds up to 27.1 inches over 42 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 110 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 63 nights a year. Snowfall averages 3.1 inches a year, most of it in February. That 27.1 inches is more than at 89 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (29%). Stamford, 16 miles southwest, has its own station (Stamford 1, TX): 25.9 inches a year, 1.2 less than here, and a July average high of 97°F against 95°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56 | 29 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 59 | 32 | 1.5 | 3 | 1.4 |
| Mar | 68 | 40 | 2.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 77 | 49 | 2.1 | 3 | 0.0 |
| May | 85 | 59 | 3.4 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 92 | 68 | 3.8 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 95 | 72 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 95 | 71 | 2.5 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 87 | 63 | 3.3 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 77 | 51 | 2.5 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 65 | 40 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 56 | 31 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Year | 76 | 50 | 27.1 | 42 | 3.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Haskell, TX (1,590 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 Haskell
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 74 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Haskell: 53 thunderstorm wind reports, 17 flash floods and 4 floods. They killed 1 person and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $70,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 89 mph, on June 12, 2004. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 375 have had fewer than Haskell.
June 15, 2002: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Haskell — 1 killed, 2 injured.
NWS: “Strong thunderstorm winds capsized a boat on Lake Stamford. Three people were in the boat at the time it capsized and one person drowned.”
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 Haskell's ZIP code 79521 have filed 167 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $2.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2018, with 37. 5% 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, 276 have fewer than Haskell.
Haskell County, which includes Haskell, has been named in 17 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1978, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 fires, 3 hurricanes, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, on February 19, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Haskell County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind; Very Low for hurricanes, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $4.4 million a year, the 206th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.3 million (30%), is from inland flooding.
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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