Eastland County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Eastland County: 1.
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. Jan 1, 2006Wildfire, Eastland$5.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A grass fire burned more than 35,000 acres in the southeastern part of the county and forced evacuations of the nearby towns of Carbon, Gorman, and Desdemona. The community of Kokomo was essentially demolished. Thirty-six buildings, including homes, were destroyed. Numerous livestock were lost in the fire. The fire was thirty-five miles long.

2. Feb 14, 2021Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Eastland$3.8 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Extreme cold gripped the county for several days. Overnight lows were near or below 15 degrees Fahrenheit almost all week. The period of February 15-16th was the coldest with low temperatures in the single digits to -8 degrees Fahrenheit. The maximum temperature on the 15th was only around 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Wind chill values during the 14th-16th were between 0 to -20 degrees Fahrenheit most of the time. The cold temperatures resulted in an extreme amount of damage to pipes, infrastructure, and power. According to the DSO at the time of this publication, over 6500 residences and business were affected or damaged with varying degrees of damage.

3. Mar 29, 2002Hail$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Widespread damage occurred across Eastland. The worst damage was in the east and south parts of town. Roof damage occurred to at least 150 homes. There were numerous reports of broken windows and damage to cars. Some locals claim this was the worse hailstorm in Eastland in 50 years.

4. Jun 27, 2007Flood$1.2 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Flooding of residences around Lake Leon continued from residual floodwaters flowing into the lake. Over 200 homes sustained flood damage.

5. Apr 13, 2021Hail$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   An unsettled weather pattern during the week of April 12th generated several days of showers and thunderstorms across North and Central Texas, as multiple upper level disturbances moved across the region. A few of these storms produced large hail.

6. Apr 16, 2011Wildfire, Eastland$900,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The CR104 Fire began 2 miles north of Cisco and burned approximately 2000 acres. Five homes and one vehicle were destroyed.

7. Apr 23, 2019Thunderstorm Wind$600,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Local news reported that a car dealership suffered approximately 600,000 dollars in damage from severe thunderstorm winds in the city of Eastland, TX.

8. Apr 4, 1997Hail$600,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Large hail damaged cars and buildings, and broke windows.

9. Jun 23, 1997Flood, Eastland$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Lake Leon rose to record levels after several days of heavy rain occurred in its drainage basin. Nearly 100 lakeside homes were flooded.

10. Feb 27, 2011Wildfire, Eastland$350,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    A wildfire south of Cisco burned 700 acres. The fire began near CR 2526 just east of Highway 206. The Southern Area Coordination Center reported four structures had been lost in the fire, but a local newspaper reported one home had burned to the ground. One firefighter was hospitalized for smoke inhalation.

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°FAug 23, 2024

All-time low

−8°FDec 23, 1989

Warmest night

85°FAug 30, 2011

Coldest day

10°F2 times, most recently Feb 1, 1985

Wettest day

5.55 inOct 9, 2011

Snowiest day

11.0 inDec 25, 2009

Hottest year

2023mean 66.7°F

Coldest year

2004mean 63.1°F

Wettest year

200742.96 in

Driest year

195610.95 in

Snowiest season

21.5 in2009-10

Station Putnam (USC00417327), 1,621 ft elevation, 20.3 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1963 to October 20, 2026; 99.4% 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 USC00417327.
• 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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