NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit League City, 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
57 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of League City, Texas since 1851, 20 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Beryl in 2024. Since 1950, 301 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 14 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 20
- Tropical storms
- 37
- Tornadoes
- 301
- EF3 or stronger
- 14
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
14 deaths in all
What the records show for League City
The strongest storm to pass near League City was an unnamed storm in 1932, a Category 4 hurricane with 138 mph winds when its centre passed 35 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Jerry in 1989, whose centre came within 7 miles. The record near League City begins with an unnamed storm in 1854; the most recent system was Beryl in 2024, a Category 1 hurricane 50 miles away. The 1940s and the 1980s were the busiest decades, with 8 systems each. Of the 57 systems, 8 have come since 2000. League City has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 92% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. The highest rating among the 301 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on November 21, 1992, came within 19 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on September 12, 1961, killed 8 people. Of the 301, 28 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 88 have come since 2000. August has had the most tornadoes, 43. The most recent tornado was on December 28, 2024. League City has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 99% of the 753 Texas cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 91 times since 1959, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). League City has more hail reports within 10 miles than 56% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near League City
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | BerylJul 8 | 50 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2021 | NicholasSep 14 | overhead | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2019 | ImeldaSep 17 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | IkeSep 13 | 16 mi | Category 2 (106 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2008 | EdouardAug 5 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2007 | HumbertoSep 13 | 37 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2003 | GraceAug 31 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2001 | AllisonJun 6 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1995 | DeanJul 31 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1989 | JerryOct 16 | 7 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1989 | ChantalAug 1 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1989 | AllisonJun 26 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1987 | Unnamed 1987 stormAug 10 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1986 | BonnieJun 26 | 53 mi | Category 1 (82 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1983 | AliciaAug 18 | 15 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1982 | ChrisSep 11 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1980 | DanielleSep 6 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1979 | ClaudetteJul 24 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1973 | Unnamed 1973 stormSep 12 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1973 | DeliaSep 5 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1970 | FeliceSep 16 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1964 | AbbyAug 7 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1963 | CindySep 17 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1959 | DebraJul 25 | overhead | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1957 | BerthaAug 10 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormOct 4 | 20 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormAug 25 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormAug 28 | 55 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1943 | Unnamed 1943 stormJul 27 | 12 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1942 | Unnamed 1942 stormAug 21 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormSep 24 | 31 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1940 | Unnamed 1940 stormSep 23 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1940 | Unnamed 1940 stormAug 8 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1938 | Unnamed 1938 stormOct 17 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormAug 27 | 36 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormAug 14 | 35 mi | Category 4 (138 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1921 | Unnamed 1921 stormJun 22 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 17 | 18 mi | Category 3 (124 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormJul 21 | 42 mi | Category 2 (107 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 9 | 20 mi | Category 3 (129 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormJun 27 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormSep 28 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1897 | Unnamed 1897 stormSep 13 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1895 | Unnamed 1895 stormOct 7 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1891 | Unnamed 1891 stormJul 6 | 13 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormJul 5 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormJun 17 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJun 14 | 42 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 15 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormJun 24 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormAug 23 | 41 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1875 | Unnamed 1875 stormSep 17 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormJun 9 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormJun 4 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1867 | Unnamed 1867 stormOct 3 | 69 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormSep 29 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1854 | Unnamed 1854 stormSep 18 | 43 mi | Category 2 (101 mph) | Category 2 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in League City: 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 League City
By decade
- 2020s8(1 EF3+)
- 2010s36
- 2000s44(1 EF3+)
- 1990s47(1 EF3+)
- 1980s62
- 1970s64(3 EF3+)
- 1960s25(6 EF3+)
- 1950s15(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 1961 | F4 | 22 mi | 1 mi | 8 / 200 |
| Nov 21, 1992 | F4 | 19 mi | 30 mi | 0 / 16 |
| Dec 13, 1977 | F3 | 22 mi | 25.1 mi | 1 / 40 |
| Oct 28, 1974 | F3 | 14 mi | 3.3 mi | 1 / 7 |
| Feb 11, 1950 | F3 | 12 mi | 12 mi | 1 / 12 |
| Jan 24, 2023 | EF3 | 11 mi | 23.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 30, 2002 | F3 | 9 mi | 0.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 8, 1976 | F3 | 1 mi | 12.7 mi | 0 / 18 |
| Sep 8, 1969 | F3 | 16 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 18, 1967 | F3 | 12 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 12, 1961 | F3 | 21 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 11, 1961 | F3 | 19 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 22 |
The strongest 12 of 301, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in League City
The Storm Prediction Center has 91 hail reports within 10 miles of League City since 1959, made on 60 separate days. Of these, 55 were 1 inch across or larger, and 8 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 3 inches (tea cup size), was reported on 2 days, most recently April 11, 1997. The most recent report is from May 31, 2024. May has the most reports, 28.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in League City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Houston NWSO, TX, 2 miles south of League City at 19 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 76°F; January is the coolest, at 64°F and 46°F. September is the wettest at 7.3 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.0 inches; the year adds up to 60.0 inches over 69 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 59% of the year's precipitation (35.1 of 60.0 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 57 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (19); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 7.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 76 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 9 nights a year. That 60.0 inches is more than at 304 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (97%). Friendswood, 6 miles west, has its own station (Houston Clover Field, TX): 53.2 inches a year, 6.8 less than here, and an August average high of 94°F against 92°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Eagle Point, Galveston Bay, TX, 10 miles east, averaged 89°F in August and 56°F in January over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from May to September. Sea level at the Eagle Point tide gauge, 10 miles from League City, has risen 4.80 ± 0.27 inches per decade from 1993 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 48.0 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 142 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 64 | 46 | 4.8 | 6 | 56 |
| Feb | 67 | 50 | 3.0 | 5 | 58 |
| Mar | 73 | 56 | 3.3 | 4 | 67 |
| Apr | 78 | 61 | 4.2 | 4 | 73 |
| May | 85 | 69 | 5.1 | 5 | 80 |
| Jun | 90 | 75 | 6.5 | 7 | 86 |
| Jul | 92 | 76 | 4.4 | 6 | 88 |
| Aug | 92 | 76 | 6.6 | 7 | 89 |
| Sep | 88 | 72 | 7.3 | 7 | 85 |
| Oct | 82 | 63 | 5.8 | 6 | 77 |
| Nov | 73 | 53 | 4.5 | 5 | 67 |
| Dec | 66 | 47 | 4.5 | 6 | 62 |
| Year | 79 | 62 | 60.0 | 69 | 74 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Houston NWSO, TX (19 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Eagle Point, Galveston Bay, TX, from NOAA Tides & Currents. 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 League City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 170 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of League City: 105 thunderstorm wind reports, 48 flash floods, 14 lightning strikes, 2 heavy rain events and 1 flood. They killed 47 people and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $10.03 billion in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 83 mph, on April 10, 2024. May has had the most flash floods, 10 of 48. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 661 have had fewer than League City.
August 26, 2017: flash flood 6 miles from the centre of League City — 38 killed, $10.00 billion damage.
May 25, 2015: flash flood 2 miles from the centre of League City — 7 killed, $25.0 million damage.
NWS: “Heavy rain produced flash flooding in and around the city of Houston that caused numerous creek and bayou overflows. Multiple water rescues were conducted.”
May 12, 2015: flash flood 3 miles from the centre of League City — 1 killed, $800,000 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 League City's ZIP code 77573 have filed 4,382 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $198.1 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Harvey in 2017: 1,665 claims (38% of all) and $164.8 million, then Hurricane Ike in 2008 with 502 and Tropical Storm Claudette in 1979 with 467. 89% 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, 419 have fewer than League City.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Harvey2017 | 1,665 | $164.8 million |
| Hurricane Ike2008 | 502 | $6.4 million |
| Tropical Storm Claudette1979 | 467 | $6.9 million |
| Hurricane Chantel1989 | 397 | $3.0 million |
| Flooding1979 | 337 | $1.8 million |
| Tropical Storm Allison2001 | 314 | $5.8 million |
Galveston County, which includes League City, has been named in 31 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 20 of them major disasters (by incident: 14 hurricanes, 5 floods, 3 fires, 3 severe storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Beryl, on July 9, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Galveston County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for lightning; Relatively High for hurricanes, tornadoes, inland flooding and coastal flooding; Relatively Moderate for strong wind and heat waves; Relatively Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $198.0 million a year, the 12th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $63.0 million (32%), 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.