NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Spearman, 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 Spearman, Texas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 126 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 126
- EF3 or stronger
- 8
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Spearman
The highest rating among the 126 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on March 18, 1982, came within 10 miles. Of the 126, 24 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 51 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 61. The most recent tornado was on September 8, 2025. Spearman has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 66% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 131 times since 1960, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Spearman has more hail reports within 10 miles than 74% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Spearman
By decade
- 2020s16
- 2010s23
- 2000s12
- 1990s29(2 EF3+)
- 1980s17(3 EF3+)
- 1970s16(2 EF3+)
- 1960s11(1 EF3+)
- 1950s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 1982 | F4 | 10 mi | 88 mi | 0 / 12 |
| Jun 9, 1971 | F4 | 13 mi | 15.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 5, 1993 | F3 | 24 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 31, 1990 | F3 | 8 mi | 14 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 25, 1987 | F3 | 10 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 25, 1987 | F3 | 12 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 5, 1971 | F3 | 23 mi | 4.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 27, 1962 | F3 | 17 mi | 4.5 mi | 0 / 13 |
| Jun 6, 2025 | EF2 | 2 mi | 9.48 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 15, 2023 | EF2 | 14 mi | 17.35 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 2010 | EF2 | 22 mi | 4.99 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 10, 2001 | F2 | in town | 4 mi | 0 / 2 |
The strongest 12 of 126, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Spearman
The Storm Prediction Center has 131 hail reports within 10 miles of Spearman since 1960, made on 85 separate days. Of these, 100 were 1 inch across or larger, and 14 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), was reported on 2 days, most recently May 14, 1989. The most recent report is from June 8, 2025. May and June have the most reports, 44 each.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Spearman
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Gruver, TX, 13 miles northwest of Spearman at 3,170 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 65°F; January is the coolest, at 49°F and 20°F. June is the wettest at 3.3 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 0.5 inches; the year adds up to 20.7 inches over 38 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 75 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 131 nights a year. Snowfall averages 11.8 inches a year, most of it in December. That 20.7 inches is more than at 44 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (14%). Perryton, 23 miles northeast, has its own station (Perryton, TX): 22.9 inches a year, 2.2 more than here, and a July average high of 96°F against 93°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49 | 20 | 0.6 | 1 | 2.7 |
| Feb | 53 | 23 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Mar | 62 | 31 | 1.3 | 3 | 2.0 |
| Apr | 70 | 39 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.5 |
| May | 79 | 50 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 89 | 60 | 3.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 93 | 65 | 2.7 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 91 | 64 | 2.7 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 84 | 55 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 72 | 42 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 60 | 30 | 0.8 | 2 | 1.4 |
| Dec | 49 | 22 | 1.0 | 2 | 3.8 |
| Year | 71 | 42 | 20.7 | 38 | 11.8 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Gruver, TX (3,170 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 Spearman
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 54 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Spearman: 45 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 floods, 3 flash floods and 2 heavy rain events. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $352,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 115 mph, on June 6, 2025.
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
Hansford County, which includes Spearman, has been named in 13 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1990, 7 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 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 Hansford County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and lightning; Very Low for inland flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $12.0 million a year, the 135th highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $671,000 (6%), 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).
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