NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Pampa, 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
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Pampa, Texas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 158 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 16 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 158
- EF3 or stronger
- 16
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
3 deaths in all
What the records show for Pampa
The highest rating among the 158 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on June 8, 1995, passed within a mile of the city centre. The deadliest, an F3 on March 26, 1975, killed 2 people. Of the 158, 25 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 55 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 65. The most recent tornado was on May 26, 2025. Pampa has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 83% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 220 times since 1961, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Pampa has more hail reports within 10 miles than 88% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Pampa
By decade
- 2020s5
- 2010s22(2 EF3+)
- 2000s28(4 EF3+)
- 1990s43(1 EF3+)
- 1980s23(3 EF3+)
- 1970s15(3 EF3+)
- 1960s14(1 EF3+)
- 1950s8(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 1970 | F4 | in town | 130 mi | 1 / 13 |
| Jun 8, 1995 | F4 | in town | 3 mi | 0 / 7 |
| Mar 26, 1975 | F3 | 11 mi | 1 mi | 2 / 42 |
| Nov 16, 2015 | EF3 | 3 mi | 10.92 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 16, 2015 | EF3 | 5 mi | 31.86 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 28, 2007 | EF3 | 21 mi | 7.99 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 28, 2007 | EF3 | 16 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Mar 28, 2007 | EF3 | 25 mi | 3.35 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 29, 2001 | F3 | 16 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 19, 1982 | F3 | 8 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 19, 1982 | F3 | 5 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 19, 1982 | F3 | 4 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 158, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Pampa
The Storm Prediction Center has 220 hail reports within 10 miles of Pampa since 1961, made on 119 separate days. Of these, 151 were 1 inch across or larger, and 33 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), was reported on 2 days, most recently June 13, 2023. The most recent report is from April 29, 2025. May has the most reports, 72.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Pampa
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Pampa #2, TX, 2 miles northwest of Pampa at 3,150 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 50°F and 23°F. June is the wettest at 3.2 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 22.8 inches over 41 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 72 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 110 nights a year. Snowfall averages 15.7 inches a year, most of it in December. That 22.8 inches is more than at 65 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (21%). Borger, 27 miles west, has its own station (Borger, TX): 22.4 inches a year, 0.4 less than here, and a July average high of 95°F against 93°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 50 | 23 | 0.8 | 2 | 3.3 |
| Feb | 54 | 26 | 0.6 | 2 | 3.3 |
| Mar | 63 | 33 | 1.5 | 3 | 1.8 |
| Apr | 71 | 42 | 2.2 | 4 | 0.6 |
| May | 80 | 52 | 2.8 | 5 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 88 | 63 | 3.2 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 93 | 67 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 91 | 66 | 3.1 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 84 | 58 | 1.9 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 73 | 45 | 2.2 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Nov | 60 | 33 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Dec | 50 | 25 | 1.0 | 2 | 4.3 |
| Year | 71 | 44 | 22.8 | 41 | 15.7 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Pampa #2, TX (3,150 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 Pampa
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 109 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Pampa: 102 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 flash floods, 2 floods and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $546,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 96 mph, on June 22, 2014.
March 19, 2012: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Pampa — $130,000 damage.
NWS: “An official National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a narrow area of damaging thunderstorm wind gusts moved through Pampa, Texas between Banks Street and West Brown Street. The path of damage was twenty-five yards wide and five hundred yards long.”
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
Gray County, which includes Pampa, has been named in 16 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1970, 8 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 fires, 3 hurricanes, 3 ice storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, on February 19, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Gray County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and lightning; Very Low for hurricanes, inland flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $18.4 million a year, the 97th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.9 million (16%), is from tornadoes.
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.
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