NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Holliday, 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
1 tropical system has passed within 75 miles of Holliday, Texas since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1900. Since 1950, 95 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 1
- Tornadoes
- 95
- EF3 or stronger
- 10
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
53 deaths in all
What the records show for Holliday
None of the 1 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Holliday; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1900, a tropical storm with 51 mph winds when its centre passed 53 miles away. Of the 753 Texas cities on this site, 87% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Holliday. The strongest of the 95 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on April 3, 1964; its path came within 16 miles, and it killed 7 people. The deadliest, an F4 on April 10, 1979, killed 42 people. Of the 95, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 25 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 35. The most recent tornado was on June 3, 2025. Of the 753 Texas cities, 57% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Holliday. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 212 times since 1958, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Holliday has more hail reports within 10 miles than 87% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Holliday
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 10 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 4 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Holliday: 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 Holliday
By decade
- 2020s8
- 2010s8
- 2000s9
- 1990s20
- 1980s11(2 EF3+)
- 1970s13(1 EF3+)
- 1960s10(3 EF3+)
- 1950s16(4 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 1964 | F5 | 16 mi | 4.7 mi | 7 / 111 |
| Apr 10, 1979 | F4 | 6 mi | 46.9 mi | 42 / 1740 |
| May 18, 1951 | F4 | 24 mi | 2 mi | 2 / 100 |
| Apr 2, 1980 | F4 | 21 mi | 8.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 2, 1958 | F3 | 16 mi | 16.4 mi | 1 / 14 |
| Jun 1, 1954 | F3 | 13 mi | 5.9 mi | 1 / 4 |
| May 14, 1986 | F3 | 16 mi | 20 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Apr 26, 1962 | F3 | 20 mi | 3.3 mi | 0 / 13 |
| Apr 8, 1961 | F3 | 12 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 1, 1954 | F3 | 25 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 3 |
| May 6, 2015 | EF2 | 6 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 26, 1994 | F2 | 21 mi | 9.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 95, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Holliday
The Storm Prediction Center has 212 hail reports within 10 miles of Holliday since 1958, made on 122 separate days. Of these, 117 were 1 inch across or larger, and 21 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), fell on June 16, 1973. The most recent report is from April 5, 2025. April has the most reports, 76.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Holliday
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Archer City 2W, TX, 12 miles south of Holliday at 1,001 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 97°F and low of 73°F; January is the coolest, at 56°F and 31°F. May is the wettest at 4.8 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.7 inches; the year adds up to 32.5 inches over 45 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 107 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 57 nights a year. Snowfall averages 3.0 inches a year, most of it in January. That 32.5 inches is more than at 136 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (44%). Iowa Park, 14 miles north, has its own station (Wichita Falls Municipal Airport, TX): 27.9 inches a year, 4.6 less than here, and the same July average high, 97°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56 | 31 | 1.7 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Feb | 60 | 35 | 2.0 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 68 | 43 | 2.0 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 77 | 51 | 2.4 | 4 | 0.0 |
| May | 84 | 62 | 4.8 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 93 | 70 | 3.4 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 97 | 73 | 2.5 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 97 | 73 | 2.9 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 89 | 65 | 2.8 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 78 | 53 | 3.8 | 5 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 67 | 42 | 2.0 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Dec | 57 | 33 | 2.2 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Year | 77 | 52 | 32.5 | 45 | 3.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Archer City 2W, TX (1,001 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 Holliday
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 49 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Holliday: 35 thunderstorm wind reports, 6 flash floods, 6 floods and 2 lightning strikes. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1.9 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on June 9, 1998. June has had the most flash floods, 3 of 6. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 91 have had fewer than Holliday.
April 26, 2025: lightning strike 8 miles from the centre of Holliday — $800,000 damage.
March 4, 2004: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Holliday — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “Most of the damage in this area was sustained on the north side of the lake. All of the siding was ripped off one home, while the roof on a new two-story home flew off and destroyed a shed.”
March 4, 2004: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Holliday — $250,000 damage.
NWS: “The Holliday School sustained heavy damage. The south wall of the gym collapsed.”
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
Archer County, which includes Holliday, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1989, 11 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 fires, 5 severe storms, 4 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, on February 19, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Archer County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes, inland flooding and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $3.9 million a year, the 214th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.1 million (29%), 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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