NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Plantersville, 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
34 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Plantersville, Texas since 1851, 2 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Beryl in 2024. Since 1950, 101 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 2
- Tropical storms
- 32
- Tornadoes
- 101
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
5 deaths in all
What the records show for Plantersville
The strongest storm to pass near Plantersville was Ike in 2008, a Category 2 hurricane with 98 mph winds when its centre passed 39 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1900, whose centre came within 22 miles. The record near Plantersville begins with an unnamed storm in 1854; the most recent system was Beryl in 2024, a tropical storm 8 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1940s, with 6 systems. Of the 34 systems, 5 have come since 2000. Plantersville has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 62% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. The highest rating among the 101 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 5 times; the most recent, on September 20, 1967, came within 22 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on December 2, 1953, killed 2 people. Of the 101, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 34 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 28. The most recent tornado was on November 24, 2025. Of the 753 Texas cities, 53% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Plantersville. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 23 times since 1986, with stones up to 4.75 inches. Of the 753 Texas cities, 90% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Plantersville.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Plantersville
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | BerylJul 8 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2021 | NicholasSep 14 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2008 | IkeSep 13 | 39 mi | Category 2 (98 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2008 | EdouardAug 5 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2003 | GraceAug 31 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1989 | JerryOct 16 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1989 | ChantalAug 1 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1989 | AllisonJun 27 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1983 | AliciaAug 18 | overhead | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1980 | DanielleSep 6 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1973 | Unnamed 1973 stormSep 12 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1973 | DeliaSep 6 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1970 | FeliceSep 16 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1963 | CindySep 18 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1959 | DebraJul 25 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormOct 4 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormAug 25 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormAug 28 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1943 | Unnamed 1943 stormJul 28 | 10 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1942 | Unnamed 1942 stormAug 21 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormSep 24 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormAug 14 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1921 | Unnamed 1921 stormJun 23 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 17 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 9 | 22 mi | Category 2 (97 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1897 | Unnamed 1897 stormSep 13 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1891 | Unnamed 1891 stormJul 6 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormJul 6 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormJun 18 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 15 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1875 | Unnamed 1875 stormSep 17 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormJun 10 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormJun 4 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1854 | Unnamed 1854 stormSep 20 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Plantersville: 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 Plantersville
By decade
- 2020s7
- 2010s10
- 2000s17
- 1990s23
- 1980s17
- 1970s10
- 1960s8(3 EF3+)
- 1950s9(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 1967 | F3 | 22 mi | 19.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 20, 1967 | F3 | 22 mi | 19.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 22, 1965 | F3 | 9 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 14, 1957 | F3 | 14 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 5, 1950 | F3 | 22 mi | 23.9 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Dec 2, 1953 | F2 | 20 mi | 0.1 mi | 2 / 5 |
| May 20, 1983 | F2 | 22 mi | 7 mi | 1 / 5 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | EF2 | 25 mi | 3.83 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 26, 2016 | EF2 | 10 mi | 1.28 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 12, 2015 | EF2 | 24 mi | 2.24 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 5, 1986 | F2 | 23 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 19, 1983 | F2 | 24 mi | 1.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 101, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Plantersville
The Storm Prediction Center has 23 hail reports within 10 miles of Plantersville since 1986, made on 20 separate days. Of these, 11 were 1 inch across or larger, and 2 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.75 inches, fell on April 10, 2004. The most recent report is from August 2, 2020. April has the most reports, 11.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Plantersville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Washington Sp, TX, 19 miles west of Plantersville at 215 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 96°F and low of 73°F; January is the coolest, at 62°F and 38°F. May and October are the wettest at 4.7 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 2.2 inches; the year adds up to 44.1 inches over 59 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 51% of the year's precipitation (22.6 of 44.1 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 34 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (13); a normal September there has highs of 91°F and 3.8 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 117 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 31 nights a year. That 44.1 inches is more than at 235 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (75%). Magnolia, 12 miles southeast, has its own station (Houston Hooks Mem Airport, TX): 50.8 inches a year, 6.7 more than here, and an August average high of 95°F against 96°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 62 | 38 | 3.5 | 6 |
| Feb | 65 | 42 | 3.0 | 5 |
| Mar | 72 | 49 | 3.3 | 5 |
| Apr | 79 | 56 | 3.4 | 5 |
| May | 86 | 65 | 4.7 | 5 |
| Jun | 91 | 71 | 4.6 | 6 |
| Jul | 95 | 73 | 2.2 | 4 |
| Aug | 96 | 73 | 3.3 | 4 |
| Sep | 91 | 67 | 3.8 | 5 |
| Oct | 82 | 56 | 4.7 | 5 |
| Nov | 71 | 47 | 4.0 | 5 |
| Dec | 64 | 40 | 3.6 | 5 |
| Year | 80 | 56 | 44.1 | 59 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Washington Sp, TX (215 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 Plantersville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 50 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Plantersville: 35 thunderstorm wind reports, 13 flash floods and 2 lightning strikes. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $4.9 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on February 10, 1998. May has had the most flash floods, 7 of 13. Of the 745 Texas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 275 have had fewer than Plantersville.
April 18, 2016: flash flood 5 miles from the centre of Plantersville — $3.0 million damage.
NWS: “FM 1774 was flooded just west of Magnolia near the Montgomery and Waller County line.”
April 18, 2016: flash flood 6 miles from the centre of Plantersville — $800,000 damage.
NWS: “There were water rescues in the Todd Mission area. Major flooding occurred along County Road 311 northwest of Todd Mission with water halfway up the street signage.”
May 26, 2016: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of Plantersville — $550,000 damage.
NWS: “Water rescues were occurring through the county. FM 362 at Beason Creek was closed due to flooding.”
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 Plantersville's ZIP code 77363 have filed 14 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1983, and were paid $357,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 86% 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, 40 have fewer than Plantersville.
Grimes County, which includes Plantersville, has been named in 28 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1993, 18 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 floods, 7 hurricanes, 6 fires, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on September 1, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Grimes County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hurricanes, tornadoes and lightning; Relatively Low for inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $14.4 million a year, the 115th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.1 million (22%), 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.
Cities near Plantersville
- Magnolia, TX12 mi
- Montgomery, TX13 mi
- Pinehurst, TX14 mi
- Navasota, TX15 mi
- Hockley, TX15 mi
- Waller, TX15 mi
- Prairie View, TX16 mi
- Hempstead, TX18 mi
- Washington, TX19 mi
- Anderson, TX20 mi
- The Woodlands, TX22 mi
- Willis, TX24 mi
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