NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Kingsland, 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
6 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Kingsland, Texas since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Delia in 1973. Since 1950, 45 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 6
- Tornadoes
- 45
- 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 Kingsland
None of the 6 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Kingsland; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1886, a tropical storm with 66 mph winds when its centre passed 50 miles away. The record near Kingsland begins with an unnamed storm in 1886; the most recent system was Delia in 1973, a tropical storm 26 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1960s, with 2 systems. None of the 6 systems has come since 2000. Of the 753 Texas cities on this site, 59% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Kingsland. The highest rating among the 45 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 3 times; the most recent, on May 13, 1994, came within 12 miles. Of the 45, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 16 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 15. The most recent tornado was on April 12, 2020. Of the 753 Texas cities, 90% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Kingsland. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 75 times since 1968, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 753 Texas cities, 52% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Kingsland.
Compare Kingsland's storm record with another city →
Tropical storms and hurricanes near Kingsland
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | DeliaSep 6 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1968 | CandyJun 24 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1961 | CarlaSep 12 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 27 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1897 | Unnamed 1897 stormSep 13 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormAug 21 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 4 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Kingsland: 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 Kingsland
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s3
- 2000s11
- 1990s6(1 EF3+)
- 1980s4
- 1970s10(1 EF3+)
- 1960s9(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1994 | F3 | 12 mi | 3.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 10, 1973 | F3 | 14 mi | 7.8 mi | 0 / 40 |
| May 6, 1969 | F3 | 9 mi | 38.9 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 12, 2014 | EF2 | 24 mi | 1.68 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 7, 1975 | F2 | 6 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 12, 2020 | EF1 | 16 mi | 6.96 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Apr 12, 2020 | EF1 | 23 mi | 11.56 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 16, 2004 | F1 | 12 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 10, 2000 | F1 | 19 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 28, 1995 | F1 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 21, 1992 | F1 | 17 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 20, 1982 | F1 | 23 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 45, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Kingsland
The Storm Prediction Center has 75 hail reports within 10 miles of Kingsland since 1968, made on 45 separate days. Of these, 58 were 1 inch across or larger, and 8 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently April 9, 2024. The most recent report is from May 28, 2025. May has the most reports, 29.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Kingsland
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Llano, TX, 14 miles northwest of Kingsland at 1,020 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 97°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 62°F and 34°F. May is the wettest at 3.9 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.5 inches; the year adds up to 27.6 inches over 44 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 120 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 50 nights a year. That 27.6 inches is more than at 94 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (30%). Horseshoe Bay, 10 miles southeast, has its own station (Burnet Municipal Airport, TX): 28.6 inches a year, 1.0 more than here, and an August average high of 96°F against 97°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 62 | 34 | 1.5 | 3 |
| Feb | 66 | 39 | 1.7 | 3 |
| Mar | 73 | 46 | 2.4 | 4 |
| Apr | 80 | 53 | 2.1 | 4 |
| May | 86 | 64 | 3.9 | 5 |
| Jun | 93 | 70 | 3.3 | 4 |
| Jul | 96 | 73 | 1.8 | 3 |
| Aug | 97 | 72 | 1.6 | 3 |
| Sep | 91 | 66 | 2.3 | 4 |
| Oct | 82 | 55 | 3.0 | 4 |
| Nov | 71 | 44 | 2.1 | 4 |
| Dec | 64 | 35 | 1.9 | 3 |
| Year | 80 | 54 | 27.6 | 44 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Llano, TX (1,020 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 Kingsland
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 65 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Kingsland: 37 thunderstorm wind reports, 24 flash floods and 4 floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $101.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on November 21, 2004. May has had the most flash floods, 5 of 24. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 497 have had fewer than Kingsland.
October 16, 2018: flood 3 miles from the centre of Kingsland — $50.0 million damage.
NWS: “Heavy rain across Llano County and points west produced a large flash flood on the Llano River. The flash flood emptied into Lake LBJ at Kingland, causing water to back up in the lake and flood areas as early as 7 am north of Kingland.”
October 16, 2018: flood 5 miles from the centre of Kingsland — $30.0 million damage.
NWS: “Heavy rain mainly west of Burnet County and lakes LBJ and Marble Falls, caused rapid rises on the Colorado River. Several hundred thousand CFS of flood water entered Lake LBJ near Kingsland (where the Llano River enters the lake), with flood waters flowing down the Colorado River into Lake Marble Falls.”
October 16, 2018: flash flood in Kingsland — $20.0 million damage.
NWS: “Heavy rain overnight produced flash flooding that washed away the FM 2900 bridge across the Llano River in Kingsland. A body was recovered near Kingsland and it was determined that this fatality came from a flood in the city of Junction the previous week.”
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 Kingsland's ZIP code 78639 have filed 486 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $15.9 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Fall 2018 Texas Flooding in 2018: 271 claims (56% of all) and $12.6 million, then Flooding in 1997 with 89 and Thunderstorms in 2007 with 22. 82% 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, 335 have fewer than Kingsland.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2018 Texas Flooding2018 | 271 | $12.6 million |
| Flooding1997 | 89 | $1.0 million |
| Thunderstorms2007 | 22 | $480,000 |
| 2025 July Central TX Flooding2025 | 13 | $306,000 |
Llano County, which includes Kingsland, has been named in 17 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1991, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 floods, 3 fires, 3 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding, on July 6, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Llano County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding and lightning; Relatively Low for strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $18.6 million a year, the 96th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $14.0 million (76%), 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Kingsland
- Horseshoe Bay, TX10 mi
- Marble Falls, TX11 mi
- Burnet, TX11 mi
- Llano, TX14 mi
- Bertram, TX25 mi
- Johnson City, TX26 mi
- Spicewood, TX27 mi
- Liberty Hill, TX31 mi
- Lago Vista, TX32 mi
- Lampasas, TX32 mi
- Leander, TX35 mi
- Lakeway, TX35 mi
All Texas cities →All hurricanes since 1851 →Compare Kingsland with another place →