Severe Weather History


Texas Heavy Rain History: 841 Recorded Events

841

Recorded events

148

Counties affected

8

Direct deaths

$3.2M

Property damage

Texas heavy rain history: 841 recorded events across 148 counties between 1996 and 2025.

Decade by decade

Texas heavy rain history by decade

Texas heavy rain history: recorded events per decade
Texas heavy rain history: recorded events per decade

The 2010s are the busiest decade on record with 371 reported heavy rain events across Texas. Earlier decades are thinner because systematic reporting for this hazard expanded over time, not because the weather was calmer.

County ranking

Counties with the most heavy rain events in Texas

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1Cameron County400$50K1996–2016
#2Hidalgo County300$01998–2020
#3Webb County220$100K2008–2025
#4Lubbock County180$455K2007–2022
#5Zapata County170$01996–2017
#6Brewster County170$02013–2020
#7Nueces County160$02007–2025
#8Potter County150$02013–2013
#9Randall County130$02013–2013
#10Ector County130$30K2004–2022
#11Tarrant County111$608K1996–2015
#12Starr County100$02009–2015
#13Jim Hogg County100$02007–2017
#14Victoria County100$02007–2025
#15Dallas County91$136K2001–2015
#16El Paso County80$02012–2025
#17Hockley County80$02008–2017
#18Harris County81$2K2004–2018
#19Hale County70$02009–2021
#20Hutchinson County70$02013–2013
#21Jefferson County70$02009–2012
#22Willacy County70$21K2008–2015
#23Hall County70$100K2010–2020
#24Aransas County70$02010–2025
#25San Patricio County60$02008–2025
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

Significant events

Deadliest heavy rain events in Texas

DateCountyScaleDeathsInjuries
Jun 17, 1997Galveston County—22
Nov 17, 2004Harris County—10
Feb 29, 2004Tarrant County—10
Sep 10, 2015Bexar County—10
Sep 10, 2015Bexar County—10
Apr 11, 2022Bexar County—10
May 24, 2015Dallas County—10
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC

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