Northern Hidalgo County storm history
Storm events recorded in Northern Hidalgo County, Texas between 1950 and 2025.
119
Total events
0
Tornadoes
0
Hail
0
Floods
0
Deaths
$33.2M
Property damage
Most significant events
Strongest tornadoes, deadliest events, and biggest damage in this county. Up to 50 shown.
The slowly weakening inner eyewall of Hurricane Hanna eased into northern Hidalgo County during the early evening of July 25th and would exit a few hours after midnight on the 26th. The Automated Weather Observing System 11 miles north of Edinburg reported a peak sustained wind o…
Drought Drought
A sliver of Extreme (D2) Drought continued through all of December across the northern tip of Northern Hidalgo County, just south of the Brooks County line.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) Drought developed across most of northern Hidalgo County on March 11th, which would expand to the eastern sliver of the zone on the 18th and continue through the end of the month. Increasing stressors were noted in agriculture, with emerging spring crops showing signs…
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
Edinburg AWOS recorded about 46.5 hours of wind chills at or below 30F degrees from 11:35pm on February 19th to 12:15pm on February 20th, from 11:15pm on February 20th to 11:15pm on February 21st, and from 1:15am to 10:35am on February 22. A minimum wind chill temperature between…
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
South Texas International Airport in Edinburg recorded a total of 22 hours of freezing temperatures (32 degrees or lower) from 1:55am to 10:35am on January 21 and then again from 7:35pm on January 21 to 8:55am on January 22. on January 15, 2024. A minimum temperature of 25F degre…
Ice Storm Ice Storm
We received a report from Amateur (HAM) Radio of ice on trees in Edinburg. We received a report from the public of a glazing of ice at FM 107 and Sugar Rd in Edinburg. There was also a report of ice glazing on cars in La Joya. Finally, we received a report from a CO-OP Observer o…
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill
South Texas International Airport in Edinburg recorded 31 hours (from 10:35am on January 20 to 6:35pm on January 21) of wind chills at or below 30F degrees (cold weather advisory wind chills). Within that time period, Edinburg International Airport recorded 8.5 hours (from 1:55am…
Heat Heat
Edinburg International Airport recorded max heat indices between 112-115F for 4 hours, from 1:55-5:55 PM CDT on June 6, 2024.
Heat Heat
Edinburg International Airport recorded max heat indices between 111-117F for 7 hours, from 10:55 AM-5:55 PM CDT on June 5, 2024. Heat indices reached Excessive Heat Warning criteria with values between 116-117F over 4 hours, from 12:55-5:15 PM CDT.
Heat Heat
Edinburg International Airport (KMFE) recorded max heat indices between 111-112F for 3 hours, from 1:55-4:55 PM CDT on June 4, 2024.
Heat Heat
Edinburg International Airport (KMFE) recorded max heat indices between 111-112F for 2 hours, from 1:55-3:55 PM CDT on June 3, 2024.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
The South Texas International Airport, 11 miles north of Edinburg and along the north/south Hidalgo County line, recorded 111F of higher heat index values from 1145 AM until 630 PM, with 116F or higher from 2:25 until 5:45 PM. Linn-San Manuel Remote Automated Weather Station (RAW…
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
South Texas International Airport, 11 mile north of Edinburg along the north/south Hidalgo County line, recorded max heat indices between 113-120F for 5 hours, from 12:55-5:55 PM CDT on May 27, 2024. Max heat indices fell within Excessive Heat Criteria with values between 116-120…
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
South Texas International Airport, 11 miles north of Edinburg and along the north/south Hidalgo County line, recorded max heat indices between 112-120F for 7 hours, from 11:55 AM-6:55 PM CDT on May 26, 2024. Heat indices reached Excessive Heat Warning criteria with values between…
Heat Heat
South Texas International Airport (11 miles north of Edinburg) recorded max heat indices of 112F for 4 hours, from 11:15 AM -5:55 PM CDT on May 25, 2024.The Remote Automated Weather Station at Linn-San Manuel recorded max heat indices between 112-117F degrees for 7 hours, between…
Heat Heat
At South Texas International Airport 11 miles north of Edinburg and on the line between north and south Hidalgo County, peak heat index ranged from 112F to 117F between around 125 and 615 PM CDT, peaking qt 117F between 315 and 415 PM. The Remote Automated Observing Station at Li…
Heat Heat
The South Texas International Airport 11 miles north of Edinburg recorded max heat indices between 111 and 114.5F between 155 and 515 PM. The Linn-San Manuel Remote Automated Weather Station recorded max heat indices between 114-116F degrees for a couple of hours, between 1:46-3:…
Heat Heat
The South Texas International Airport Automated Weather Observation System site, 11 miles north of Edinburg, recorded max heat indices between 111-114 from 115 through 445 PM. A Remote Automated Weather Station near Linn-San Manuel recorded max heat indices between 111-118F for 5…
Heat Heat
The Automated Weather Observing System at the South Texas International Airport, 11 miles north of Edinburg and along the south/north Hidalgo line, recorded 2.5 hours of heat index of 111 or higher, peaking at 113F.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Linn-San Manuel (Remote Automated Weather Sensor) recorded heat indices between 116-122F for 6 hours, from 12:46-6:46 PM CDT (1146-546 PM CST) on May 9, 2024. Between the hours of 11:46 AM to 7:46 PM CDT (1046 AM to 656 PM CST) (8 hours), heat indices were at least 111F. The Sout…
Heat Heat
Linn-San Manuel Remote Automated Weather System (RAWS) recorded max heat indices between 111-115F for up to 6 hours, from 12:46-6:46 PM CDT on May 8, 2024. The South Texas International Airport (KEBG) Automated Weather Observing Station along the edge of northern and southern Hid…
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
A few sites in Northern Hildago County including Deep South Texas International Airport in Edinburg, Linn San Manuel, and CRN recorded temperatures at or below freezing for roughly 10-12 hours (between 8:46 PM on the 16th and 925 AM on the 17th). A Hard Freeze (temperatures below…
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
A Minimum Wind Chill value of 11F degrees was recorded at the Deep South Texas International Airport (STX) in Edinburg at 3:35 AM. The duration of temperatures within the wind chill criteria was for about 10.5 hours.
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
South Texas International Airport in Edinburg recorded a little bit over 6 hours of freezing temperatures (32 degrees or lower) from 635AM to 1255PM on January 15, 2024. A minimum temperature of 30F degrees occurred between 730AM and Noon. Linn San Manuel recorded 6 and a half ho…
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Multiple sites in northern Hildago County recorded temperatures at or below freezing for 11-12 hours (spanning between 11 PM on the 15th and 1105 AM on the 16th. his included CRN, Linn San Manuel, and South Texas International Airport in Edinburg. A Hard Freeze (temperatures belo…
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
A Minimum Wind Chill of 17F degrees was recorded at South Texas International (EBG) in Edinburg at 9:35 AM. The duration of the wind chill criteria was for about 4 and a half hours.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) Drought persisted into early November across northern Hidalgo County, mainly west of Interstate 69C. Rainfall of 3 to 5 inches between November 10th and 13th in this area would improve conditions to Moderate (D1) on the 14th.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) Drought conditions prevailed across all of northern Hidalgo County from the 10th through the 16th (with a very slight improvement along the Willacy County line after 0.5 to 0.75 of rain fell during the afternoon of October 5th there. An area of less intense but quite …
Drought Drought
Severe Drought (D2) prevailed across all of Northern Hidalgo County through October 9th. Locally heavy rainfall across the eastern half of this area following locally heavy rainfall of 1 to 1.5 inches would improve conditions in these areas beginning on October 10th.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on September 6th.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on September 5th.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on September 4th.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) Drought persisted across the western half of Northern Hidalgo County through September 25th, mainly along and west of Interstate 69C, as the typically wet conditions in September failed to materialize, while temperatures remained at or near record levels for the month…
Drought Drought
Lack of persistent rain and hot to very hot temperatures allowed Severe (D2) Drought to develop across the western two-thirds of northern Hidalgo County on August 22nd except the eastern portion of the zone extending 6 miles west of the Hidalgo/Willacy County line near Hargill no…
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on August 13th.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on August 12th.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on August 11th.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on August 10th.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on August 9th.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on August 8th.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on August 7th.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on August 6th.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat Advisory criteria due to the South Texas International Airport (KEBG) reaching it the afternoon of August 5th. The South Texas International Airport AWOS station (KEBG) recorded heat indices reaching or exceeding…
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport and Edinburg International Airport, both of which reached criteria on July 13th.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on June 23rd.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on June 23rd.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on July 9th.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on July 1st.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on June 26th.
Heat Heat
It is reasonable to infer that Northern Hidalgo County reached Heat criteria due to readings at the McAllen-Miller International Airport, South Texas International Airport, and Brooks County Airport, all of which reached criteria on June 25th.
Events by year
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 19 | 0 |
| 2023 | 41 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14 | 0 |
| 2021 | 22 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 |