NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit La Villa, 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
36 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of La Villa, Texas since 1851, 14 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Harold in 2023. Since 1950, 81 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 14
- Tropical storms
- 22
- Tornadoes
- 81
- EF3 or stronger
- 2
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for La Villa
The strongest storm to pass near La Villa was an unnamed storm in 1916, a Category 3 hurricane with 128 mph winds when its centre passed 58 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1880, whose centre came within 4 miles. The record near La Villa begins with an unnamed storm in 1854; the most recent system was Harold in 2023, a tropical storm 61 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1910s, with 6 systems, 4 of them at hurricane strength. Of the 36 systems, 4 have come since 2000. La Villa has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 87% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. The highest rating among the 81 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 12, 1969, came within 16 miles. Of the 81, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 36 have come since 2000. September has had the most tornadoes, 24. The most recent tornado was on March 27, 2025. Of the 753 Texas cities, 68% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than La Villa. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 30 times since 1966, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Of the 753 Texas cities, 85% have more hail reports within 10 miles than La Villa.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near La Villa
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | HaroldAug 22 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2020 | HannaJul 26 | 22 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2010 | HermineSep 7 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | DollyJul 24 | 16 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1999 | BretAug 23 | 47 mi | Category 2 (99 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1993 | ArleneJun 20 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1983 | BarryAug 28 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1980 | AllenAug 10 | 16 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1978 | AmeliaJul 31 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1971 | FernSep 12 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1967 | BeulahSep 20 | 15 mi | Category 2 (100 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1960 | Unnamed 1960 stormJun 24 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1958 | GerdaSep 20 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1958 | AlmaJun 15 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1954 | AliceJun 25 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormAug 2 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormSep 13 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1933 | Unnamed 1933 stormSep 5 | 20 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1933 | Unnamed 1933 stormAug 5 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1931 | Unnamed 1931 stormJun 28 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1925 | Unnamed 1925 stormSep 7 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1919 | Unnamed 1919 stormSep 14 | 71 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormAug 18 | 58 mi | Category 3 (128 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1913 | Unnamed 1913 stormJun 28 | 64 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormOct 16 | 56 mi | Category 2 (98 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1910 | Unnamed 1910 stormSep 15 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1910 | Unnamed 1910 stormAug 31 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormJun 29 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 26 | 58 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormSep 21 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormSep 23 | 35 mi | Category 1 (92 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormAug 13 | 4 mi | Category 2 (108 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormSep 5 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1867 | Unnamed 1867 stormOct 2 | 57 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1857 | Unnamed 1857 stormSep 30 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1854 | Unnamed 1854 stormJun 26 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 1 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in La Villa: 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 La Villa
By decade
- 2020s5
- 2010s9
- 2000s22
- 1990s12
- 1980s11
- 1970s8
- 1960s9(2 EF3+)
- 1950s5
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 1969 | F3 | 25 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 12, 1969 | F3 | 16 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 24, 1970 | F2 | 9 mi | 25.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 26, 1967 | F2 | 4 mi | 40.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 1, 1962 | F2 | 15 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Oct 30, 2015 | EF1 | 16 mi | 0.65 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 30, 2011 | EF1 | 21 mi | 0.4 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jul 16, 2007 | EF1 | 20 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 16, 1988 | F1 | 16 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 21, 1977 | F1 | 22 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 20, 1970 | F1 | 11 mi | 5.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 13, 1970 | F1 | 24 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 81, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in La Villa
The Storm Prediction Center has 30 hail reports within 10 miles of La Villa since 1966, made on 21 separate days. Of these, 18 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), fell on April 29, 1991. The most recent report is from May 8, 2025. May has the most reports, 13.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in La Villa
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Santa Rosa 3 WNW, TX, 4 miles southeast of La Villa at 50 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 97°F and low of 75°F; January is the coolest, at 71°F and 49°F. September is the wettest at 5.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 1.0 inches; the year adds up to 24.7 inches over 36 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 66% of the year's precipitation (16.2 of 24.7 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 36 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (13); a normal September there has highs of 93°F and 5.6 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 166 days a year, almost all from February to November. Lows fall below freezing on about 2 nights a year. That 24.7 inches is more than at 74 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (24%). Mercedes, 9 miles south, has its own station (Weslaco, TX): 25.8 inches a year, 1.1 more than here, and the same August average high, 97°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 71 | 49 | 1.1 | 2 |
| Feb | 76 | 53 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Mar | 81 | 58 | 1.4 | 3 |
| Apr | 86 | 64 | 1.4 | 2 |
| May | 91 | 71 | 2.5 | 3 |
| Jun | 95 | 75 | 2.9 | 4 |
| Jul | 96 | 76 | 1.7 | 3 |
| Aug | 97 | 75 | 2.1 | 3 |
| Sep | 93 | 72 | 5.6 | 7 |
| Oct | 88 | 65 | 2.7 | 3 |
| Nov | 80 | 57 | 1.2 | 3 |
| Dec | 73 | 50 | 1.1 | 3 |
| Year | 86 | 64 | 24.7 | 36 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Santa Rosa 3 WNW, TX (50 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 La Villa
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 65 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of La Villa: 32 thunderstorm wind reports, 19 flash floods, 9 floods, 3 heavy rain events and 2 lightning strikes. They killed 2 people and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $359.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on May 16, 2008. June has had the most flash floods, 6 of 19. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 414 have had fewer than La Villa.
March 27, 2025: lightning strike 9 miles from the centre of La Villa — 2 killed, $20,000 damage.
July 24, 2008: flood 2 miles from the centre of La Villa — $100.0 million damage.
NWS: “The combination of 10 to 16 inches of rain, poor drainage issues, and the overarching fact that the flat, saturated landscape of the Lower Rio Grande River Delta drains very slowly, maintained widespread flood conditions well after the rains ended during the early morning of the 24th.”
July 23, 2008: flash flood 9 miles from the centre of La Villa — $50.0 million damage.
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 La Villa's ZIP code 78562 have filed 18 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 2008, and were paid $313,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 61% 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, 66 have fewer than La Villa.
Hidalgo County, which includes La Villa, has been named in 32 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 22 of them major disasters (by incident: 15 hurricanes, 5 floods, 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms and Flooding, on May 21, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Hidalgo County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for hurricanes and hail; Relatively High for tornadoes, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $309.8 million a year, the 9th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $126.7 million (41%), 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 La Villa
- Edcouch, TX4 mi
- Elsa, TX4 mi
- Santa Rosa, TX6 mi
- Mercedes, TX9 mi
- Weslaco, TX11 mi
- La Feria, TX12 mi
- Donna, TX12 mi
- Edinburg, TX13 mi
- Harlingen, TX15 mi
- Lyford, TX15 mi
- Alamo, TX15 mi
- Progreso, TX15 mi
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