Canyon

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 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 Randall County, the county that contains Canyon.

Claims by ZIP code

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

River crests

River gauges in Randall County, the county that contains Canyon.

The National Weather Service sets flood stages for 1 gauge here but lists no crests for it.

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

The drought index is for Randall County, the county that contains Canyon.

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.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

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. May 28, 2013Hail$50.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A supercell thunderstorm that developed along a retreating dryline in Deaf Smith and Oldham Counties tracked to the northeast across the southern Texas Panhandle. The supercell entered the city limits of Amarillo during the late night hours of the 28th. This supercell thunderstorm produced copious amounts of large destructive hail across the city. An amateur radio operator at the intersection of Soncy Road and 45th Ave reported half dollar size hail. Approximately 300 vehicles suffered hail damage at Street Toyota on the western side of this intersection and the adjacent neighborhood suffered varying degrees of roof damage. The supercell continued traveling in a northeastern…

2. Feb 27, 2011Wildfire, Randall$25.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Texas Forest Service reported that the Tanglewood Complex began one mile north northwest of Lake Tanglewood Texas in Randall County around 1632 CST. The wildfire complex consisted of three fires: the Lake Tanglewood fire, the Palisades fire, and the Timbercreek fire. The wildfire complex consumed a measured one thousand six hundred and fifty-nine acres. A total of twenty-six homes were destroyed, however there were no injuries reported. The wildfire was contained on March 2 at 1111 CST.

3. Jun 21, 2004Hail$25.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Many homes and cars damaged by the hail including roofs...windows and skylights.

4. Jun 21, 2004Hail$25.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Reported in the Sleepy Hollow area of south Amarillo. Many roofs and skylights to homes damaged by the hail.

5. Jun 21, 2004Hail$25.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Reported at Hunsley Road and Interstate 27. Many homes had damage to roofs and skylights from the hail.

6. Jun 21, 2004Hail$20.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Reported at Farm to Market Road 2186 about one mile west of Soncy Road. Several homes had damage to roofs and skylights from the hail.

7. Jun 21, 2004Hail$20.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Reported at Hillside Road and Bell Street. Many homes had damage to roofs and skylights from the hail.

8. Jun 21, 2004Hail$20.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Reported at 34th and Georgia Street. The large hail damaged roofs to many homes.

9. Jun 21, 2004Hail$15.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Reported in the Greyhawk subdivision south of Soncy Road and the southern part of Loop 335/Hollywood Road. Many homes and cars damaged by the hail including roofs...windows and skylights.

10. Jun 21, 2004Hail$10.0 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    Reported at Rockwell Road and Interstate 27. Several homes and businesses had damage to roofs and windows.

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

109°F9 times, most recently Jun 13, 2022

All-time low

−14°FFeb 1, 1951

Warmest night

80°FAug 1, 1952

Coldest day

1°FDec 22, 1990

Wettest day

7.87 inAug 29, 1968

Snowiest day

14.0 inFeb 4, 1956

Hottest year

2024mean 61.5°F

Coldest year

1991mean 56.2°F

Wettest year

194137.99 in

Driest year

20117.43 in

Snowiest season

40.9 in1923-24

Station Canyon (USC00411430), 3,590 ft elevation, 0.8 miles from the city centre. Daily records from 1950 to August 31, 2026; 92.0% 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 Randall 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 USC00411430.
• 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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