Coastal Brazoria storm history

A young male drowned in the Gulf nearshore waters when he became caught up in a rip current.

A young male drowned in the Gulf nearshore waters when he became caught up in a rip current.

Seventeen year old male died while swimming off Surfside Beach.

During the afternoon of the 21st, law enforcement and a member of the public measured 1.5-2.0 inches of snowfall near Lake Jackson in the aftermath of a heavy snowstorm.

To start the month of October most of the region was in Extreme or D3 drought with other locations in Severe or D2. By the end of the month drought was mostly in the D2 range.

A heat wave gripped much of Southeast Texas in early September with at least advisory level conditions experienced for several days between September 5th and September 9th.

The county was in Extreme (D3) to Exceptional (D4) Drought for entire month of September due a long duration lack of rainfall and a very hot, dry period.

The extremely hot and humid summer continued with excessive heat warnings for most days between 8/5 and 8/26, and heat advisories for many others. This episode includes the first of two stretches of warning level conditions, mainly between 8/23 and 8/26.

The extremely hot and humid summer continued with excessive heat warnings for most days between 8/5 and 8/26, and heat advisories for many others.

Period of extremely hot weather. Long period of at least advisory levels. In StormData periods of warning levels are recorded.

Severe to exceptional drought continued through the month of August.

Continued dry conditions led to continuing severe to extreme drought over portions of Southeast Texas.

Severe to extreme drought continued and intensified for coastal counties of SE Texas through the month of June.

Severe Drought continued through the month of May.

Due to prolonged dry period, severe drought began over southern portions of Southeast Texas.

Coastal tide gauges measured and NWS storm survey confirmed generally 3 to 6 feet of surge above MHHW along the Gulf Coast and Galveston Bay. Storm survey found a few spots of higher surge with close to 8 feet above MHHW estimated at Sargent but this included the impacts of surf/…

Very cold air and gusty winds overspread SE Texas behind an Arctic front with wind chill indices from near zero to single digits for much the period from Sunday night to Tuesday morning. Increased power demand, wind and ice led to widespread power outages. Bursting pipes caused m…

Weatherflow sensors at Matagorda Bay and Surfside Beach measured sustained winds at tropical storm force for a period of time on July 25th. Minor coastal flooding and beach erosion were also observed.

Minor coastal flooding and significant beach erosion along Gulf coast. Impacted areas included Sargent and Surfside. Tidal departures 2 to 3 feet above MHHW.

Maximum heat indices were above 108F for most observation sites in the county.