Comanche County

Every recorded tornado

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

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.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Sep 14, 1996Tornado$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado damaged a dairy farm, blew out windows and uprooted trees. A mobile home was flipped and many other homes were damaged.

2. Apr 26, 2023Hail$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Baseball to softball sized hail was reported in De Leon.

3. Jun 26, 2007Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Flooding continued over the northwestern portion of the county from previous rainfall. Several roads were damaged and two bridges were washed out.

4. Apr 17, 2019Thunderstorm Wind$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Emergency management reported significant roof damage to a mobile home and fiberglass stairs destroyed in DeLeon. A 20 by 20 metal shed with tie-downs was blown apart with pieces moved up to 100 feet.

5. Jun 28, 2007Flood$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   CR 396 was impassable due to high water. Numerous other county roads were damaged by flood waters and closed.

6. Jun 12, 2023Hail$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Broadcast media reported tennis ball sized hail along Highway 16 north of Comanche.

7. Feb 1, 2011Ice Storm, Comanche$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Freezing rain, heavy sleet, and a few inches of snow fell across Comanche County. The sleet and ice made travel treacherous around the county. Most of the vehicle incidents reported were due to stuck vehicles or vehicles that had slid off the roadway. The prolonged cold that occurred after the winter storm kept the roads treacherous for the next four days and many schools and businesses were closed for just as long.

8. Oct 10, 2014Thunderstorm Wind$80,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Comanche County Sheriff's Office reported a roof blown off of a building in Comanche. This same storm damaged several transformers, power lines and significant tree damage.

9. Jun 22, 1997Tornado$70,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado removed the roof from a mobile home, destroyed 3 barns and downed trees.

10. Apr 13, 2014Hail$60,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Comanche County Volunteer Fire Departments reported golf ball sized hail that was covering the ground near DeLeon.

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

111°FJul 27, 1925

All-time low

−8°FDec 23, 1989

Warmest night

86°FAug 13, 1946

Coldest day

13°F2 times, most recently Dec 22, 1990

Wettest day

9.71 inMay 1, 1956

Snowiest day

6.0 in3 times, most recently Dec 11, 1986

Hottest year

2023mean 68.2°F

Coldest year

1961mean 60.4°F

Wettest year

199146.27 in

Driest year

20228.83 in

Snowiest season

7.4 in1986-87

Station Stephenville Clark Field (USW00003969), 1,321 ft elevation, 27.9 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1921 to October 26, 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.

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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 USW00003969.
• 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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