60
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.3M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Presidio County, Texas: 60 recorded events between 1959 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 87. That places the county #2,639 nationally and #206 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Presidio County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Presidio County is the 1990s, when 16 of the county's 60 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Presidio County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 35.7% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,639 for this hazard and #206 within Texas, putting it in the 16.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Presidio County with 22 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2025 | TINAJA | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | TINAJA | 61 | $0 |
| Jun 10, 2025 | PERDIZ | 50 | $0 |
| Aug 22, 2023 | PRESIDIO | 51 | $0 |
| May 25, 2023 | QUEBEC | 63 | $0 |
| Sep 12, 2020 | PRESIDIO | 58 | $0 |
| Jul 29, 2019 | PRESIDIO | 51 | $0 |
| Mar 13, 2019 | MARFA | 63 | $0 |
| Mar 13, 2019 | MARFA | 52 | $0 |
| Sep 25, 2015 | PRESIDIO | 51 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Presidio County
- Hail 79
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A severe thunderstorm produced damaging outflow winds in Presidio. A warehouse was destroyed and four homes lost roofs. Small hail collected up to 6 inches deep in some locations around town. Slightly larger hail occurred approximately 30 minutes later, around 615 PM CDT, as the main core of the severe thunderstorm moved over the community.
For the second time in a week, severe thunderstorm winds impacted the Cibola Ranch north of Shafter. Employees at the ranch reported that large tree limbs were broken by 70 MPH winds on the evening of the 7th as an isolated severe thunderstorm moved south across parts of Presidio County.
A thunderstorm moving to the northeast through northwestern Presidio County formed a bow as it crossed U.S. Highway 90. A 62 knot gust was recorded at the Marfa Aerostat site. Power was lost at the site for about 5 hours.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Presidio County, Texas?
60 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Presidio County between 1959 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Presidio County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Presidio County measured 87.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Presidio County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Presidio County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/presidio-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.