Archer County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Archer County: 0.
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.

Claims by ZIP code

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

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 county boundary (or inside the county).
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 26, 2025Lightning$800,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Relayed social media images show a house fire caused by a suspected lightning strike. Event time is estimated.

2. Mar 4, 2004Thunderstorm Wind$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Most of the damage in this area was sustained on the north side of the lake. All of the siding was ripped off one home, while the roof on a new two-story home flew off and destroyed a shed. Boats were scattered along the roadside in places far from the lake. A boat dock was also moved many yards. Power lines were downed. In all it was estimated that 31 homes sustained damage, mostly to the rooftops.

3. May 27, 2000Hail$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Severe thunderstorms formed across portions of western north Texas during the afternoon of the 27th and moved southeastward. These storms resulted in areas of significant hail damage and 2 weak tornadoes. Hundreds of insurance claims were filed across Wichita, Archer, and Clay Counties (300 near and on the southwest side of Wichita Falls in Wichita County) due to hail damage, a total of approximately 1.8 million dollars.

4. May 27, 2000Hail$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Severe thunderstorms formed across portions of western north Texas during the afternoon of the 27th and moved southeastward. These storms resulted in areas of significant hail damage and 2 weak tornadoes. Hundreds of insurance claims were filed across Wichita, Archer, and Clay Counties (300 near and on the southwest side of Wichita Falls in Wichita County) due to hail damage, a total of approximately 1.8 million dollars.

5. May 27, 2000Hail$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Severe thunderstorms formed across portions of western north Texas during the afternoon of the 27th and moved southeastward. These storms resulted in areas of significant hail damage and 2 weak tornadoes. Hundreds of insurance claims were filed across Wichita, Archer, and Clay Counties (300 near and on the southwest side of Wichita Falls in Wichita County) due to hail damage, a total of approximately 1.8 million dollars.

6. Mar 4, 2004Thunderstorm Wind$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Holliday School sustained heavy damage. The south wall of the gym collapsed. A building that was used to store football equipment was destroyed. The restroom next to the football field also lost part of its roof. Extensive damage was seen on the softball field. Debris scattered across the parking lot damaging student and faculty vehicles.

7. Aug 16, 2013Thunderstorm Wind$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Minor structural damage in Windthorst with numerous downed trees and power lines and poles.

8. Apr 5, 2025Lightning$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A house fire was reported due to a suspected lightning strike. Event time is approximate.

9. May 7, 2002High Wind, Archer$60,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Two power poles were downed; one telephone pole was downed; approximately 25 percent of the homes in Archer City received minor roof damage; several fences and trees were downed. The high winds, perhaps lasting as long as two hours, were likely associated with a heat burst and not a thunderstorm.

10. May 19, 2001Hail$50,000

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 28, 1980

All-time low

−12°FJan 4, 1947

Warmest night

88°FJul 26, 2011

Coldest day

9°FFeb 15, 2021

Wettest day

6.19 inSep 27, 1980

Snowiest day

9.8 inJan 18, 1925

Hottest year

1933mean 67.7°F

Coldest year

1983mean 61.7°F

Wettest year

201547.38 in

Driest year

201112.97 in

Snowiest season

20.0 in1904-05

Station Wichita Falls Municipal Airport (USW00013966), 1,013 ft elevation, 19.5 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1907 to October 26, 2026; 100.0% 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.

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

Neighbouring counties

• 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 USW00013966.
• 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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