Dimmit County, Texas
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1959 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
3
Tornado reports
60
Hail reports
53
Floods since 1996
255
All events
3
Deaths
$14.4M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Dimmit County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 3 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
A non-U.S. resident, the victim was found outside.
A non-U.S. resident, the victim was found outside.
Drought Drought
The I-35 Corridor, Coastal Plains, and southern Rio Grande Plains received greater than normal rainfall in June leading to improvement in drought conditions. Fayette County improved from Extreme (D3) Drought to Moderate (D1) drought. Medina County went from Severe (D2) Drought to…
Drought Drought
Rainfall was above normal across the area in May. The Hill Country, Coastal Plains, and Winter Garden areas received up to three times normal rain. This resulted in improvement or maintenance of the drought. Dimmit, Medina, and Travis Counties all improved from Extreme (D3) Droug…
Hail Hail
A thunderstorm produced chicken egg to baseball size hail at the White Wing Motel on Hwy 83 northwest of Asherton.
Hail Hail
A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Asherton.
Hail Hail
A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Asherton. Report was from a picture on social media.
Drought Drought
Nearly all of South-Central Texas had above normal rainfall during the month. More than half of the area had two to three times normal. This led to improvement in the ongoing drought. Dimmit County improved from Exceptional (D4) Drought to Extreme (D3) Drought. Atascosa, Bastrop,…
Drought Drought
While nearly all of South-Central Texas had less than 50% of normal precipitation this month, drought conditions were mostly unchanged. Only in Val Verde County did drought conditions worsen. They went from Moderate (D1) Drought to Severe (D2) Drought. All of the other counties r…
Drought Drought
Nearly all of South-Central Texas received less than 50% of normal precipitation during the month, and most counties stayed in the same drought category. The one change was Dimmit County which went from Extreme (D3) Drought to Exceptional (D4) Drought. Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, C…
Drought Drought
The I-35 Corridor, Rio Grande and Coastal Plains received less than normal precipitation during the month, and the drought worsened or remained unchanged. Caldwell, Fayette, Guadalupe, Hays, Lavaca, Maverick, Travis, and Zavala Counties went from Severe (D2) Drought category to E…
Drought Drought
Most of South-Central Texas outside of the Hill Country received less than 50% of normal precipitation during the month. This led to worsening drought conditions in 13 counties and unchanged conditions in 11. De Witt and Lee Counties had the largest changes from Moderate (D1) Dro…
Drought Drought
Nearly all of South-Central Texas received less than normal precipitation during November. Most of the area saw less than 25% of normal. This worsened the drought in some locations and maintained it most other places. However, Fayette and Gonzales Counties received enough rain to…
Drought Drought
October rainfall was less than 50% of normal across most of South-Central Texas and drought conditions worsened in four counties. Fayette and Gonzales Counties changed from Severe (D2) Drought category to Extreme (D3) Drought while Dimmit and Lavaca went from Moderate (D1) Drough…
Drought Drought
Nearly all of South-Central Texas received above normal rainfall in July. A large part of the area had four to six times normal. The drought improved in nearly every county. Kerr County improved from Exceptional (D4) drought category to no drought. Gillespie County improved from …
Drought Drought
A large portion of the eastern half of South-Central Texas received above normal rainfall in June. This led to drought improvement in a number of counties and no change in all of the others. Atascosa, Bexar, and Kendall improved from Exceptional (D4) drought category to Extreme (…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that damaged the front porch of a house and bent a metal post in Carrizo Springs.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that snapped power poles and damaged a business sign on Hwy 277 in Carrizo Springs.
Hail Hail
A thunderstorm produced hail up to quarter size at the intersection of US 83 and US 277 in Carrizo Springs.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that snapped 3-6 inch diameter tree limbs in Carrizo Springs near the intersection of US 83 and US 277.
Drought Drought
Most of South-Central Texas received above normal precipitation during the month. Some places had two to three times their normal. As a result, drought conditions improved in most of our counties and remained the same everywhere else. Blanco, Frio, Gillespie, Kinney, Maverick, Re…
Drought Drought
Most of South-Central Texas had near to below normal precipitation in April, and the drought mostly was unchanged or worsened. Only Burnet, Lavaca, and Williamson Counties improved from Extreme (D3) Drought category to Severe (D2) Drought. Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Val Verde, and…
Drought Drought
Most of South-Central Texas had another month of near to below normal precipitation, and the drought worsened or remained the same. Wilson County saw the biggest change from Severe (D2) Drought category to Exceptional (D4) Drought. Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Frio, Gillespi…
Drought Drought
Another dry month led to worsening drought conditions for South-Central Texas. Most of the region saw 50% or less of normal precipitation in February. Medina County went from Extreme (D3) Drought category to Exceptional (D4) Drought. Atascosa, Frio, Maverick, Real, and Zavala cou…
Drought Drought
Most of South-Central Texas had below normal precipitation again in January and the drought remained unchanged or worsened. Blanco and Gillespie Counties worsened from Moderate (D1) Drought category to Extreme (D3) Drought. Kerr and Uvalde Counties went from Severe (D2) Drought c…
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing Hwy 83 south of Catarina.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
High pressure built over the southern part of the country allowing temperatures to climb above normal. In combination with high relative humidity heat indices rose to 115 degrees and higher. The heat index in New Braunfels reached 120, LaGrange hit 119, and the Randolph AFB Auxil…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew down some large trees and damaged fences and outdoor structures in Asherton.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive heat was observed nearly every day of August across parts of South Central Texas. The heat wave started on the 1st in Blanco, Caldwell, De Witt, Lavaca, Llano, Gonzales, Guadalupe, and Travis Counties when temperatures reached 105 to 107. The heat spread to most of the …
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Strong high pressure settled over South Central Texas, and temperatures soared. The heat wave started on the 10th when temperatures in Blanco, Caldwell, De Witt, Hays, Llano and Travis Counties reached 105 degrees, and the heat index in Maverick County reached 114. The heat sprea…
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Strong high pressure settled over South Central Texas, and temperatures and heat indices soared. The heat wave started on the 14th in Atascosa County where the heat index reached 113. The excessive heat expanded over the next several days until it reached its peak on the 21st whe…
Drought Drought
May was a wet month across nearly all of South Central Texas. The area south of I-10/Hwy 90 received 150% to 400% of normal precipitation. This improved the drought category from Extreme (D3) to less than Severe (D2) in Bexar, Burnet, Dimmit, Llano, Uvalde, and Zavala Counties. E…
Drought Drought
Drought conditions generally improved in April. Most of the eastern half of South Central Texas received normal or greater precipitation. Hays County improved from Exceptional (D4) drought to Severe (D2) drought. Bexar, Comal, and Gillespie Counties improved from D4 to Extreme (D…
Drought Drought
Nearly all of South Central Texas saw below normal precipitation in March and the drought worsened in 17 counties. Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Hays, Kerr, and Medina Counties went from Extreme (D3) drought to Exceptional (D4). Dimmit and Guadalupe went from Severe (D2) drought to …
Drought Drought
February was another dry month across South Central Texas. Most of the area received less than 50% of normal precipitation. This worsened the drought in several counties. Burnet and Uvalde Counties went from Severe (D2) drought to Extreme (D3) drought and Llano and Real went from…
Drought Drought
Most of the area along and west of Hwy 281 had less than 50% of normal precipitation during January. This worsened the drought in Burnet, Dimmit, Uvalde, and Zavala Counties all of which went into Severe (D2) drought. All of the other counties remained unchanged. Guadalupe and Ki…
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
Temperatures dropped to 21 degrees with wind speeds 8-18 mph producing wind chill temperatures as low as 8 degrees. These are estimates based on nearby county observations.
Drought Drought
Several heavy rain episodes during August led to above normal precipitation across South Central Texas. Much of the western half of the area received three to four times their normal. The result was improvement on the drought in all but two counties. Atascosa, Karnes, and Zavala …
Drought Drought
July was another month with below normal precipitation across nearly all of South Central Texas and the drought continued to worsen. Bexar, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Wilson, and Zavala Counties moved from Extreme (D3) to Exceptional (D4) drought. Cald…
Drought Drought
June was another month with below normal precipitation across South Central Texas and the drought continued to worsen. Atascosa and Edwards Counties moved from Extreme (D3) to Exceptional (D4) drought. Comal, De Witt, Gonzales, and Guadalupe moved from Severe (D2) to D3. Caldwell…
Drought Drought
May was another dry month across most of South Central Texas which exacerbated the ongoing drought. In Blanco, Karnes, Kendall, and Kerr Counties the drought worsened to Exceptional (D4) drought. Hays and Williamson Counties moved into Severe (D2) drought for the first time. Band…
Drought Drought
Most of South Central Texas had another dry month in April with all but a few spots receiving less than normal rainfall. This led to a worsening of drought conditions for Atascosa, Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano, Medina, Real, and Uvalde Counties all of which went from Extreme…
Drought Drought
Nearly all of South Central Texas had below normal precipitation during the month and the area west of a line from Burnet to San Antonio and Pleasanton had less than 25% of normal. This worsened the drought across the region. Dimmit County ended the month in Exceptional (D4) drou…
Drought Drought
Another month of below normal precipitation left much of South Central Texas in Severe (D2) or worse drought conditions. Dimmit County stayed in Extreme (D3) drought and Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Medina, R…
Drought Drought
Most of the western half of South Central Texas received less than 25% of normal precipitation during January and the north central part of the area had less than 75% of normal. The lack of rainfall led to Severe (D2) Drought conditions developing in Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Bu…
Drought Drought
After several months of below normal rainfall Val Verde, Edwards, Dimmit, and Maverick Counties moved into Severe (D2) Drought category. Val Verde, Maverick, and Dimmit Counties had outdoor burn bans in effect. Lake Amistad was 47.8 feet below normal.
Drought Drought
Most of Dimmit County had near to above normal precipitation during November and the county improved to better than Severe Drought.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 |
| 2015 | 7 | 0 |
| 2013 | 16 | 0 |
| 2012 | 9 | 0 |
| 2011 | 12 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 15 | 0 |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 10 | 0 |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 1 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1975 | 2 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1 | 1 |
| 1971 | 1 | 1 |
| 1969 | 1 | 0 |
| 1968 | 1 | 0 |
| 1965 | 1 | 0 |
| 1959 | 1 | 0 |
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