Dallam County

Every recorded tornado

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

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. Jun 11, 1999Hail$1.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A cold front south of the Texas panhandle along with several disturbances in the upper levels of the atmosphere approaching the northwest Texas panhandle from New Mexico triggered severe thunderstorms with large and damaging hail during the evening hours.

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

   Blizzard conditions reported by the National Weather Service COOP Observer in Dalhart, and reported 1.0 inch to 3.0 inches of storm total snow across the county.

3. Mar 29, 2014Wildfire, Dallam$340,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Kerrick Wildfire began approximately 1418CST about ten miles southwest of Griggs Oklahoma in extreme northeastern Dallam county Texas. The wildfire started just west of U.S. Highway 287 near Farm to Market Road 807 and consumed an estimated five acres. The wildfire destroyed two homes and three outbuildings. There was one home which was damaged. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities. The cause of the wildfire was determined to be from burning tumbleweeds in some horse pens that got out of control. There were a total of twelve fire departments or other fire agencies that responded to the wildfire including the Stratford Volunteer Fire Department, the Boise City Fire…

4. May 25, 1996Tornado$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An active tornadic day with minimum hail reports. The tornado south of Adrian did about $75K in damage to two houses and barns and blew down a dozen power poles. The second tornado near Texline hit the Shumbarger Ranch damaging barns, a trailer house and feed lot. This damage was estimated at $200K and the tornado tracks are also estimated.

5. Oct 25, 1997Winter Storm, Dallam$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A very strong winter weather storm moved across the central plains states through the day Saturday. This winter storm affected the northwest and northern Texas Panhandle producing four inches of snow at Texline with generally one to three inches elsewhere. High winds accompanied the winter storm which produced blowing and drifting of the snow which resulted in numerous road closures. Drifts were reported to be as high as four feet near Perryton.

6. Jun 4, 2003Thunderstorm Wind$125,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Four sprinklers loaded with water were picked up...twisted and then turned over by the high winds.

7. Aug 9, 2001Thunderstorm Wind$80,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The high winds blew over a one hundred plus foot radio tower onto a building and fence of the Cow Feed Company in Dalhart. Also damaged was the Junior High School in Dalhart when a one hundred and ten foot communication tower fell on the roof. The high winds took a roof off of a building in Dalhart. Two trees were uprooted and several tree limbs were blown down.

8. Jun 4, 2003Hail$70,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The large hail broke out all of the skylights in a house and barn plus all of the windows in the the house and tore siding off the house. At least one thousand and five acres of corn, three thousand acres of wheat, and two thousand acres of feed milo plus an additional fourteen circles of corn and wheat were destroyed by the hail.

9. Feb 26, 2023High Wind, Dallam$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Reports were received of metal roofing being torn off of a building as well as full size trees up rooted in Dalhart. Also received reports of a semi truck blown over along with the collapse of a grain bin in Dalhart.

10. Jun 14, 2024Thunderstorm Wind$35,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Video that was posted on social media shows a grain silo destroyed and laying across the south bound lane of Highway 87.

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

110°FJun 26, 2011

All-time low

−21°FJan 4, 1959

Warmest night

79°FJul 3, 1957

Coldest day

2°FJan 3, 1959

Wettest day

4.52 inAug 2, 1985

Snowiest day

12.5 inJan 21, 1983

Hottest year

2024mean 58.9°F

Coldest year

1961mean 53.9°F

Wettest year

198528.03 in

Driest year

20116.04 in

Snowiest season

47.1 in1982-83

Station Dalhart FAA Airport (USW00093042), 3,988 ft elevation, 5.6 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1948 to October 26, 2026; 99.9% 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 USW00093042.
• 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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