Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Montgomery, TX

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Conroe, TX, 10 miles east of Montgomery at 245 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 96°F and low of 74°F; January is the coolest, at 63°F and 42°F. May is the wettest at 5.5 inches of precipitation on average and February and July the driest at 3.3 inches; the year adds up to 51.1 inches over 61 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (26.9 of 51.1 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 39 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (14); a normal September there has highs of 90°F and 3.7 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 105 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 17 nights a year. That 51.1 inches is more than at 284 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (91%). Magnolia, 13 miles south, has its own station (Houston Hooks Mem Airport, TX): 50.8 inches a year, 0.3 less than here, and an August average high of 95°F against 96°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 53 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Montgomery: 44 thunderstorm wind reports, 8 flash floods and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $394,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on May 23, 2023. August has had the most flash floods, 3 of 8. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 138 have had fewer than Montgomery.

Flood insurance policyholders in Montgomery's 2 ZIP codes have filed 649 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $25.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Harvey in 2017: 238 claims (37% of all) and $15.0 million, then Early summer severe storms in 2016 with 80 and Flooding in 1994 with 53. 76% 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, 347 have fewer than Montgomery.