Town of Pecos

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.

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 Reeves County, the county that contains Town of Pecos.

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

The drought index is for Reeves County, the county that contains Town of Pecos.

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. Apr 4, 2004Flash Flood$2.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A bridge along Interstate 20 just east-northeast of Toyah over the normally dry Salt Draw failed Sunday evening. This failure was the result of fast-moving flood waters originating from previous heavy rainfall over the Davis Mountains. Hydrologists also credited a residual flow of water through the draw from the Toyah dike break early Sunday for contributing to the gradual process that caused the bridge to collapse. Authorities said that advance warning of additional runoff and flooding allowed the interstate to be closed to both eastbound and westbound traffic at the first sign of danger to the bridge. A state official for the Texas Department of Transportation said that 86 feet…

2. Sep 23, 2014Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rain fell across Reeves County and produced flooding along the Pecos River. Flooding continued along the Pecos River from Orla to the city of Pecos over several days. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.

3. Apr 4, 2004Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Eight to twelve inches of rainfall resulted in the failure of a protective levee near Toyah. With the failure of this dike, three to four feet of water inundated the town of Toyah and prompted the evacuation of the town's residents. While 19 people in the town of 103 elected to stay through the flood event, the remainder of the town's residents were moved to a Red Cross shelter in the nearby community of Pecos. The extensive flooding in Toyah left virtually every home with flood damage. One home was completely destroyed.Flooding lingered until late afternoon on Sunday, April 4th with State Highway 17 and Farm to Market Roads 2903, 869, and 1450 remaining underwater.

4. Sep 21, 2014Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rain fell across Reeves County and produced flooding along the Pecos River. There were mandatory evacuations in the city of Pecos due to this flooding. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.

5. Sep 21, 2014Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rain fell across Reeves County and produced flooding along the Pecos River. Local emergency management officials were continuing to report flooding along the Pecos River from Orla to the city of Pecos. Mandatory evacuations were issued from the Pecos River to U.S. Highway 285. Emergency management in Loving County reported minor flooding on the western side of Mentone. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.

6. Mar 13, 2020Thunderstorm Wind$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A thunderstorm developed over eastern Culberson County and moved east northeast into northern Reeves County. This storm strengthened as it moved into Reeves County and produced significant damage to the Highway 285 RV Park about 15 miles southeast of Orla. It was determined by a National Weather Service survey team that damage to the RV park was the result of rear-flank downdraft winds which was a straight-line wind event. The survey team estimated the wind speeds to be 100-130 miles per hour based on damage to the RV park. This was based on damage to trailers, outbuildings, vehicles, and other structures. It was determined that the swath of damaging winds was around 300 yards…

7. Jul 1, 2025Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Reeves County Emergency Manager reported flooding across CR331, with three cars and one truck submerged. Duration is estimated from radar. The property damage cost is an estimation.

8. Apr 3, 2004Hail$100,000
9. Jul 28, 1997Thunderstorm Wind$70,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A thunderstorm cluster moving over the city of Pecos had a cell that produced a wet macroburst causing widespread minor wind damage. Damaged were an airport hangar, 8 utility poles and 2 transformers, an animal shelter, fences, and roofs of a few businesses.

10. Jul 1, 2005Thunderstorm Wind$60,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    The Texas Department of Public Safety closed Texas Highway 17 at Verhalen after 15 power poles were toppled onto the highway by severe thunderstorm winds.

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

117°FJun 27, 1994

All-time low

−14°FJan 11, 1962

Warmest night

88°FJun 24, 2023

Coldest day

11°FFeb 15, 2021

Wettest day

5.64 inOct 11, 1940

Snowiest day

8.0 inJan 1, 1983

Hottest year

2006mean 69.9°F

Coldest year

1940mean 62.2°F

Wettest year

194126.81 in

Driest year

19561.76 in

Snowiest season

12.0 in1982-83

Station Wink FAA Airport (USW00023040), 2,816 ft elevation, 32.9 miles from the city centre. Daily records from 1938 to October 27, 2026; 95.4% 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 Reeves County.

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

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 USW00023040.
• 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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