Bonham

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond this area.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Flood insurance figures are for Fannin County, the county that contains Bonham.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

The drought index is for Fannin County, the county that contains Bonham.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the city centre.
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Dec 5, 2013Winter Storm, Fannin$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Up to 4 of ice and sleet accumulated in Fannin County. On average, 2.5-3 of ice and sleet was reported and most of the reports were sleet accumulations. In Bonham, law enforcement reported 2.5 of sleet accumulation. Numerous tree branches broke under the weight of the ice. In Bonham, the roof of JCS Whiskey River caved in and the awning at Bonham Barber Stylists collapsed. In Ector, part of the roof of the junior high school caved inward and two of the main beams in the high school gym were twisted under the weight of the ice.

2. May 23, 2024Thunderstorm Wind$1.8 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Emergency management reported significant damage in Leonard with downed trees, trees on vehicles, and damages to the Leonard ISD campuses. Damage estimates to the school facilities were near 1.5 million.

3. Feb 14, 2021Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Fannin$1.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Extreme cold gripped the county for several days. Overnight lows were near or below 10 degrees Fahrenheit for most of the week. The period of February 15-16th was the coldest with low temperatures between 2 and -5 degrees Fahrenheit, and the maximum temperature on the 15th was only in the lower teens. Wind chill values during the 14th-16th were between 0 to -20 degrees Fahrenheit most of the time. The cold temperatures resulted in an extreme amount of damage to pipes, infrastructure, and power.

4. Aug 20, 1997Thunderstorm Wind$1.1 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Strong winds, estimated at more than 100 mph, caused severe building damage, demolished two grain elevators, destroyed sheds, damaged homes, and blew down power lines. Flying debris injured a man at the feed mill, where much of the damage occurred.

5. Jun 13, 2012Hail$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Softball sized hail fell in Leonard. Trees and shrubs were heavily damaged from the large hail.

6. Jun 13, 2012Thunderstorm Wind$600,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Damaging downburst winds between 70 to 95 mph caused damage along a line from approximately 1.5 miles north of Randolph to 2 miles east-southeast of Leonard. Many trees were snapped or uprooted along the path and several barns and outbuildings either lost much of their roofs or were overturned. Four manufactured homes were rolled over along the path of destructive winds, and a few more homes sustained damage to the roofs and/or siding. The homes that rolled over were located near FM 1553 and CR 4709 north of Leonard, near CR 4860 and 4855 east of Leonard, and two homes rolled over on CR 4851 east of Leonard. A total of three people were injured from the rolling homes. In addition,…

7. May 15, 2022Thunderstorm Wind$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Very strong straight-line winds associated with a line of severe thunderstorms produced considerable damage over portions of eastern Fannin County Sunday evening. The most significant damage occurred in and around Honey Grove, where winds of up to 95 mph produced widespread tree and light structural roof and fa��ade damage. A small wood framed church in Honey Grove was pushed approximately two feet off its foundation, and encountered substantial roof damage. A nearby metal-poled traffic sign was bent horizontally to the ground. Peak straight line winds of 95 mph were associated with these indicators. Numerous large trees and branches were snapped and/or uprooted in and near Honey Grove.

8. Oct 1, 2006Drought, Fannin$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Persistent drought conditions continued across portions of north Texas. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, much of the region was still experiencing extreme (D3) drought conditions. The areas which were rated exceptional drought (D4) last month had received enough rainfall to be downgraded into the D3 category this month.|Even though drought conditions were lessened by a few rain events this month, serious hydrological problems remained. For instance, as much water was used from Lake Bridgeport in one month alone as was saved through conservation efforts by north Texas over the summer. Almost every north Texas lake remained well below conservation levels. The rain events this…

9. Apr 24, 2020Tornado$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado began to the west of Ivanhoe along CR 1120. Minor house damage and notable tree damage was observed. The tornado was tracked by tree damage across SH 78. The tornado did additional damage to homes, structures and trees between SH 78 and FM 273. The tornado intensified as it approached FM 273 in Ivanhoe. To the east of the road, a brick home lost its roof, and a double wide was rolled and destroyed. This is where the one injury occurred. Farther east of this location, along CR 2210, another home sustained roof damage and damage to a large metal shop. From this point, the tornado tracked in mostly open land, but could be tracked in the trees before dissipating just west of…

10. Apr 26, 2026Hail$500,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Emergency manager reported baseball size hail in the areas of Whitewright, Trenton, and Leonard. Numerous homes and cars have windows broken.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

115°FAug 10, 1936

All-time low

−5°F3 times, most recently Jan 19, 1930

Warmest night

89°FJun 26, 2024

Coldest day

11°F2 times, most recently Feb 16, 2021

Wettest day

13.30 inJul 3, 1903

Snowiest day

8.0 inJan 4, 1910

Hottest year

1944mean 67.3°F

Coldest year

1989mean 60.7°F

Wettest year

201576.32 in

Driest year

196321.76 in

Station Bonham 3NNE (USC00410923), 598 ft elevation, 3.8 miles from the city centre. Daily records from 1903 to October 26, 2026; 88.1% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

Declarations for Fannin County.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00410923.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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