Collingsworth County

Every recorded tornado

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

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

River crests

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.

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 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. Feb 24, 2013Blizzard, Collingsworth$660,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Blizzard conditions reported by a trained spotter in Samnorwood and 4.0 inches storm total snow.

2. Apr 13, 1999Thunderstorm Wind$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   There was extensive damage all across the town of Wellington by downburst winds.

3. Apr 28, 2006Hail$118,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Report of pea-sized hail covering the ground four inches deep with several vehicle accidents as a result of hail on the roads along with near zero mile visibility from hail fog. There were no reports of injuries.

4. Jun 19, 2007Thunderstorm Wind$108,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Downburst winds resulted in extensive damage throughout the town of Wellington and across much of Collingsworth County. Numerous businesses and some homes suffered extensive damage to roofs...numerous large trees were uprooted...and at least one semi truck blew over. No injuries or fatalities were reported.

5. May 26, 2008Hail$90,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hailstones reported to be as large as baseballs broke out windows in several homes and caused damage to tractors and vehicles.

6. Apr 15, 2003Thunderstorm Wind$85,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Severe thunderstorms produced wind damage and large hail across the southern and central Texas panhandle along with an isolated tornado over the southeastern Texas panhandle during the afternoon and evening hours. No damage or injuries occurred from the tornado as it remained over open country.

7. Apr 15, 2003Thunderstorm Wind$60,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Large trees down and damage to a structure was reported.

8. May 31, 2022Tornado$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The tornado touched down just southside Dodson and moved across|the south side of town before moving across open fields to the|Oklahoma border. The tornado was relatively wide and exhibited|some signs of being multi vortex on storm chaser video, but|estimated wind speeds were only high end EF0. Along the path,|there were numerous large tree limbs snapped and a few uprooted|trees. There was damage to roofs and porches of several homes and|some weak out buildings were destroyed. One unanchored travel|trailer was rolled 40 feet and destroyed as well. There were a|few isolated power poles broken, but most remained standing along|the tornado path. The tornado did cross the county line…

9. Apr 30, 2012Flash Flood$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A storm chaser reported that streets in the town of Wellington, Texas were flooded under eight inches of water. Local law enforcement officials reported that numerous homes, roads, and buildings were flooded in Wellington and that U.S. Highway 62 between the towns of Dodson, Texas and Hollis, Oklahoma was flooded. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.

10. May 26, 1996Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Earlier morning thunderstorm over Wellington blew over a gas pump at the Allsups store and destroyed a barn and blew down a coupleof power poles.

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°F2 times, most recently Aug 3, 1944

All-time low

−11°FJan 18, 1930

Warmest night

88°FSep 4, 1922

Coldest day

9°FFeb 15, 2021

Wettest day

8.80 inJun 7, 1960

Snowiest day

12.0 inDec 16, 1931

Hottest year

1963mean 64.4°F

Coldest year

1924mean 57.6°F

Wettest year

194139.49 in

Driest year

19708.84 in

Snowiest season

20.0 in1929-30

Station Memphis (USC00415821), 2,065 ft elevation, 20.2 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1905 to October 22, 2026; 99.2% 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 USC00415821.
• 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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