NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Sealy, 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
41 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Sealy, Texas since 1851, 11 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Beryl in 2024. Since 1950, 86 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 11
- Tropical storms
- 30
- Tornadoes
- 86
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
4 deaths in all
What the records show for Sealy
The strongest storm to pass near Sealy was an unnamed storm in 1900, a Category 2 hurricane with 101 mph winds when its centre passed 14 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1915, whose centre came within 4 miles. The record near Sealy begins with an unnamed storm in 1854; the most recent system was Beryl in 2024, a Category 1 hurricane 18 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1940s, with 6 systems, 2 of them at hurricane strength. Of the 41 systems, 7 have come since 2000. Sealy has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 84% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. The highest rating among the 86 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 5 times; the most recent, on September 20, 1967, came within 5 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on October 18, 1998, killed 1 person. Of the 86, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 19 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 22. The most recent tornado was on December 28, 2024. Of the 753 Texas cities, 64% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Sealy. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 14 times since 1980, with stones up to 2 inches (hen egg size). Of the 753 Texas cities, 97% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Sealy.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Sealy
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | BerylJul 8 | 18 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2021 | NicholasSep 14 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2019 | ImeldaSep 17 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2015 | BillJun 17 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | IkeSep 13 | 67 mi | Category 2 (99 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2003 | GraceAug 31 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2001 | AllisonJun 6 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1995 | DeanJul 31 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1989 | JerryOct 16 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1989 | ChantalAug 1 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1989 | AllisonJun 27 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1983 | AliciaAug 18 | 33 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1980 | DanielleSep 6 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1973 | Unnamed 1973 stormSep 12 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1973 | DeliaSep 6 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1970 | FeliceSep 16 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1964 | AbbyAug 8 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1961 | CarlaSep 12 | 64 mi | Category 1 (87 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1959 | DebraJul 25 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormOct 4 | 47 mi | Category 1 (89 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormAug 25 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormAug 28 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1943 | Unnamed 1943 stormJul 28 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1942 | Unnamed 1942 stormAug 21 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormSep 24 | 34 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormAug 14 | 9 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1921 | Unnamed 1921 stormJun 23 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 17 | 4 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormJul 21 | 38 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 27 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormJul 10 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 9 | 14 mi | Category 2 (101 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1897 | Unnamed 1897 stormSep 13 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1891 | Unnamed 1891 stormJul 6 | 54 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormJul 5 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormJun 17 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormJun 24 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1875 | Unnamed 1875 stormSep 17 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormJun 9 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormJun 4 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1854 | Unnamed 1854 stormSep 19 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 2 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Sealy: 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 Sealy
By decade
- 2020s5
- 2010s8
- 2000s6
- 1990s24
- 1980s15
- 1970s7
- 1960s16(4 EF3+)
- 1950s5(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 1965 | F3 | 25 mi | 0.2 mi | 1 / 3 |
| Sep 20, 1967 | F3 | 5 mi | 19.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 20, 1967 | F3 | 5 mi | 19.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 28, 1966 | F3 | 25 mi | 9.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 5, 1950 | F3 | 18 mi | 23.9 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Oct 18, 1998 | F2 | 14 mi | 1 mi | 1 / 1 |
| May 20, 1983 | F2 | 9 mi | 4 mi | 1 / 2 |
| May 13, 1994 | F2 | 24 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 21, 1992 | F2 | 23 mi | 25 mi | 0 / 11 |
| Feb 5, 1986 | F2 | 19 mi | 8 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Jan 31, 1983 | F2 | 2 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Feb 4, 1964 | F2 | 13 mi | 3.8 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 86, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Sealy
The Storm Prediction Center has 14 hail reports within 10 miles of Sealy since 1980, made on 13 separate days. Of these, 4 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2 inches (hen egg size), fell on May 30, 1999. The most recent report is from May 23, 2017.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Sealy
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Bellville 6NNE, TX, 18 miles north of Sealy at 280 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 95°F and low of 73°F; January is the coolest, at 61°F and 41°F. May is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 2.4 inches; the year adds up to 44.1 inches over 57 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 51% of the year's precipitation (22.4 of 44.1 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 41 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (13); a normal September there has highs of 90°F and 3.9 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 108 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 14 nights a year. That 44.1 inches is more than at 234 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (75%). Wallis, 11 miles southeast, has its own station (Sugar Land, TX): 51.1 inches a year, 7.0 more than here, and an August average high of 94°F against 95°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 61 | 41 | 3.4 | 5 |
| Feb | 65 | 45 | 2.7 | 5 |
| Mar | 72 | 52 | 3.4 | 5 |
| Apr | 78 | 58 | 3.5 | 4 |
| May | 85 | 66 | 5.2 | 5 |
| Jun | 91 | 72 | 4.2 | 6 |
| Jul | 94 | 73 | 2.4 | 4 |
| Aug | 95 | 73 | 3.7 | 5 |
| Sep | 90 | 69 | 3.9 | 5 |
| Oct | 82 | 60 | 4.3 | 5 |
| Nov | 72 | 51 | 3.9 | 5 |
| Dec | 63 | 43 | 3.5 | 5 |
| Year | 79 | 58 | 44.1 | 57 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Bellville 6NNE, TX (280 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 Sealy
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 24 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Sealy: 19 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 flash floods and 2 floods. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $1.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on May 23, 2017.
April 25, 2015: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Sealy — 1 killed, $2,000 damage.
NWS: “Severe thunderstorm winds toppled a large tree limb down onto a tent at Stephen F. Austin Park crushing a camper.”
May 23, 2017: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Sealy — $1.0 million damage.
NWS: “Severe thunderstorms moved rapidly across the Sealy area, and a very intense and wet microburst produced significant wind damage to trees, structures and utility poles. Wind gusts may have exceeded 80 to 100 mph.”
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 Sealy's ZIP code 77474 have filed 235 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1985, and were paid $9.6 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Harvey in 2017: 66 claims (28% of all) and $2.6 million, then Spring severe storms in 2016 with 57 and Early summer severe storms in 2016 with 38. The year with the most claims was 2016, with 96. 84% 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, 302 have fewer than Sealy.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Harvey2017 | 66 | $2.6 million |
| Spring severe storms2016 | 57 | $3.4 million |
| Early summer severe storms2016 | 38 | $2.3 million |
| Flooding1998 | 26 | $553,000 |
| Tropical Storm Bill2015 | 11 | $129,000 |
Austin County, which includes Sealy, has been named in 24 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1991, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 hurricanes, 6 floods, 3 fires, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Beryl, on July 9, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Austin County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and strong wind; Relatively Low for hurricanes, hail, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $14.5 million a year, the 114th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $6.9 million (48%), 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.
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