Fort Bend County

Every recorded tornado

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

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.

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. Aug 26, 2017Flash Flood$8.0 billion
   National Weather Service narrative

   There were numerous road closures around the Rosenberg and Richmond areas. Some of these roads included Highway 90 at Highway 36 and Lane Drive, Lane Drive at Mustang Road and I-69 at FM 762 and Reading Road. Major record level flooding of both the Brazos and San Bernard Rivers caused significant home flooding from Richmond to Rosharon. Massive flooding occurred in Tierra Grande subdivision along the San Bernard River in southwestern Fort Bend County. Home flooding occurred at Valley Lodge in Simonton, along Edgewood and Baudet Roads in Richmond, along Bar, Barker, Cumings, Sixth Street, Avenue B and Rio Brazos Roads in Rosenberg. Sections of FM 2759 as well as the Grand River,…

2. Sep 12, 2008Hurricane (Typhoon), Fort Bend$400 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Pockets of damage with eastern part of county hardest hit. An estimated 200 roofs sustained damage. Three indirect fatalities due to carbon monoxide poisoning of a family using a generator with inadequate ventilation.

3. Jun 7, 2001Tropical Storm, Fort Bend$7.7 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Tropical Storm Allison formed in the northwest Gulf of Mexico during the early afternoon of June 5th, 80 miles south of Galveston. Allison moved northward, making landfall on the west end of Galveston Island between midnight and 1am on the 6th, less than 12 hours after forming. As Allison moved inland it caused two to three foot tides, which had little impact on the area. On the evening of the 5th a tornado briefly touched down in Brazoria county causing damage to one home in the Manvel area. Over the next five days Allison produced record rainfall that led to devastating flooding across Southeast Texas, killing 22 people and damaging over 48,000 homes, 70,000 automobiles and…

4. Sep 5, 2002Tropical Storm, Fort Bend$4.5 million
5. Feb 16, 1998Tornado$3.7 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Tornado touched down at the First Colony Mall. Dillards downwind wall was torn down along with minor structural damage to other stores. The tornado then crossed HWY 59 And damaged the Aerodrome (ice skating rink) and other nearby stores and signs. The tornado path ended on the south side of HWY 6 at Williams Grant Rd. 4 minor injuries from flying glass

6. Aug 26, 2017Tornado$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Damage to 28 homes in the Woodland West subdivision. Damage path extends from Stafford into Missouri City. The worst of the damage was high end EF1.

7. Apr 16, 2001Hail$2.0 million
8. Feb 15, 2021Cold/Wind Chill, Fort Bend$1.6 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Very cold air and gusty winds overspread SE Texas behind an Arctic front with wind chill indices from near zero to single digits for much the period from Sunday night to Tuesday morning. Increased power demand, wind and ice led to widespread power outages. Bursting pipes caused many to be without water as well.

9. Oct 23, 1997Tornado$1.1 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   109 houses/businesses sustained damage. This tornado was mostly F0 with some F1 damage.

10. Apr 16, 2001Thunderstorm Wind$1.0 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    Numerous trees and power lines down across county.

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

109°FAug 27, 2023

All-time low

5°FJan 23, 1940

Warmest night

84°F3 times, most recently Aug 22, 2024

Coldest day

25°FFeb 1, 1951

Wettest day

12.07 inAug 26, 2017

Snowiest day

4.4 inFeb 12, 1960

Hottest year

2023mean 74.3°F

Coldest year

1940mean 66.8°F

Wettest year

197983.02 in

Driest year

201125.40 in

Snowiest season

4.4 in1959-60

Station Houston William P Hobby Airport (USW00012918), 43 ft elevation, 24.0 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1930 to October 25, 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 USW00012918.
• 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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