NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Stamford, 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 Stamford, Texas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 123 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 123
- EF3 or stronger
- 7
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
18 deaths in all
What the records show for Stamford
The highest rating among the 123 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 26, 1962, came within 16 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on March 13, 1953, killed 17 people. Of the 123, 17 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 45 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 64. The most recent tornado was on May 25, 2025. Stamford has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 63% of the 753 Texas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 126 times since 1957, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Stamford has more hail reports within 10 miles than 72% of the 753 Texas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Stamford
By decade
- 2020s9(1 EF3+)
- 2010s8
- 2000s28
- 1990s27(2 EF3+)
- 1980s21
- 1970s5
- 1960s15(3 EF3+)
- 1950s10(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 1953 | F4 | 25 mi | 13.9 mi | 17 / 25 |
| May 26, 1962 | F4 | 16 mi | 10.7 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 25, 1962 | F3 | 10 mi | 4.1 mi | 1 / 1 |
| May 2, 2024 | EF3 | 22 mi | 3.29 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Apr 24, 1991 | F3 | 15 mi | 3.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 14, 1990 | F3 | 6 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 7, 1961 | F3 | 14 mi | 3.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 2, 2024 | EF2 | 9 mi | 2.31 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 23, 2023 | EF2 | 15 mi | 4.61 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 13, 2009 | EF2 | 16 mi | 3.56 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 4, 2004 | F2 | 15 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 3, 2003 | F2 | 14 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 123, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Stamford
The Storm Prediction Center has 126 hail reports within 10 miles of Stamford since 1957, made on 78 separate days. Of these, 96 were 1 inch across or larger, and 24 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), was reported on 2 days, most recently April 21, 1996. The most recent report is from May 25, 2025. May has the most reports, 44.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Stamford
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Stamford 1, TX, in Stamford at 1,612 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 97°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 56°F and 30°F. June is the wettest at 4.0 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.2 inches; the year adds up to 25.9 inches over 40 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 115 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 65 nights a year. Snowfall averages 3.6 inches a year, most of it in January and February. That 25.9 inches is more than at 86 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (28%). Anson, 14 miles south, has its own station (Anson, TX): 25.6 inches a year, 0.3 less than here, and a July average high of 96°F against 97°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56 | 30 | 1.2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Feb | 61 | 33 | 1.4 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Mar | 69 | 41 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 78 | 50 | 2.1 | 3 | 0.3 |
| May | 86 | 60 | 3.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 93 | 69 | 4.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 97 | 72 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 97 | 71 | 2.1 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 88 | 63 | 3.1 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 78 | 52 | 2.4 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 66 | 40 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 57 | 32 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Year | 77 | 51 | 25.9 | 40 | 3.6 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Stamford 1, TX (1,612 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 Stamford
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 46 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Stamford: 39 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 flash floods and 3 floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $18,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 86 mph, on June 8, 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Stamford's ZIP code 79553 have filed 15 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $79,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. Of the 433 Texas cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 45 have fewer than Stamford.
Jones County, which includes Stamford, has been named in 24 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1990, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 severe storms, 5 fires, 5 floods, 3 hurricanes). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on May 17, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Jones County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes, inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $8.9 million a year, the 153rd highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.6 million (40%), 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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