Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Pharr, TX

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Mcallen, TX, 4 miles west of Pharr at 100 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 99°F and low of 77°F; January is the coolest, at 71°F and 49°F. September is the wettest at 3.8 inches of precipitation on average and February and December the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 18.8 inches over 29 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 70% of the year's precipitation (13.1 of 18.8 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 35 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (13); a normal September there has highs of 94°F and 3.8 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 170 days a year, almost all from February to November. Lows fall below freezing on about 1 nights a year. That 18.8 inches is more than at 26 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (8%). Hidalgo, 8 miles southwest, has its own station (Mcallen Miller International Airport, TX): 22.2 inches a year, 3.4 more than here, and an August average high of 100°F against 99°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 149 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Pharr: 80 thunderstorm wind reports, 25 floods, 24 flash floods, 16 heavy rain events and 4 lightning strikes. They killed 3 people and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $115.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 85 mph, on April 28, 2023. June has had the most flash floods, 7 of 24. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 497 have had fewer than Pharr.

Flood insurance policyholders in Pharr's ZIP code 78577 have filed 252 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $7.0 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Hanna in 2020: 64 claims (25% of all) and $1.9 million, then Hurricane Dolly in 2008 with 16 and Hurricane Allen in 1980 with 12. 39% 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, 306 have fewer than Pharr.