NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Quanah, 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 Quanah, Texas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 98 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 98
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Quanah
The strongest of the 98 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on May 1, 1954; its path came within 18 miles. Of the 98, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 37 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 43. The most recent tornado was on November 18, 2024. Of the 753 Texas cities on this site, 56% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Quanah. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 161 times since 1961, with stones up to 5 inches. Quanah has more hail reports within 10 miles than 80% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Quanah
By decade
- 2020s15(1 EF3+)
- 2010s7(1 EF3+)
- 2000s15
- 1990s13
- 1980s17
- 1970s20(1 EF3+)
- 1960s1
- 1950s10(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 1954 | F4 | 18 mi | 68.6 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 4, 2022 | EF3 | 24 mi | 23.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 16, 2015 | EF3 | 17 mi | 40.41 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 17, 1976 | F3 | 22 mi | 14.7 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Nov 17, 1958 | F3 | 22 mi | 65.8 mi | 0 / 4 |
| May 23, 2024 | EF2 | 21 mi | 15.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 23, 2021 | EF2 | 21 mi | 6.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 15, 2003 | F2 | 16 mi | 9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 17, 1994 | F2 | 22 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 1980 | F2 | 18 mi | 13.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 10, 1979 | F2 | 25 mi | 22.1 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Aug 18, 1970 | F2 | 7 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 98, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Quanah
The Storm Prediction Center has 161 hail reports within 10 miles of Quanah since 1961, made on 95 separate days. Of these, 105 were 1 inch across or larger, and 20 reached 2 inches. The largest, 5 inches, fell on June 8, 1971. The most recent report is from March 2, 2025. May has the most reports, 75.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Quanah
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Quanah 2 SW, TX, 2 miles southeast of Quanah at 1,602 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 97°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 54°F and 27°F. May and June are the wettest at 3.5 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 25.7 inches over 42 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 97 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 78 nights a year. Snowfall averages 2.0 inches a year, most of it in January. That 25.7 inches is more than at 84 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (27%). Hollis, OK, 28 miles north, has its own station (Hollis 5E, OK): 26.0 inches a year, 0.3 more than here, and the same July average high, 97°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 54 | 27 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Feb | 58 | 30 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 68 | 38 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 76 | 46 | 2.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| May | 84 | 57 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 92 | 67 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 97 | 71 | 2.2 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 96 | 70 | 3.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 87 | 61 | 2.9 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 78 | 48 | 2.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 65 | 36 | 1.6 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 55 | 28 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Year | 76 | 48 | 25.7 | 42 | 2.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Quanah 2 SW, TX (1,602 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 Quanah
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 66 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Quanah: 63 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 flash floods and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $274,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on May 22, 1996.
March 11, 2007: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Quanah — $107,000 damage.
NWS: “All power was lost in the town of Quanah. Damage was reported to a log cabin.”
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
Hardeman County, which includes Quanah, has been named in 16 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1993, 7 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 fires, 3 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies, 2 ice storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, on February 19, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Hardeman County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes and hail; Very Low for hurricanes, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $2.5 million a year, the 230th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $530,000 (21%), is from strong wind.
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).
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