Goliad County

Every recorded tornado

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

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. Aug 26, 2017Hurricane (Typhoon), Goliad$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Widespread minor roof damage occurred in the city of Goliad. Numerous trees and a few power poles were blown down across the county. The roof of the old high school gymnasium was peeled off. A hole was punched in the roof of the new wing of the school. Some class rooms along with the weight room and dressing room suffered water damage. Three families were displaced from homes when roofs and walls collapsed. There was some minor structural damage to some homes in Goliad. Several barns were blown down throughout the county. Some livestock were injured.

2. Jun 4, 2017Hail$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Baseball sized hail occurred in the city of Goliad.

3. Aug 11, 2004Lightning$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Lightning struck and set a home on fire in the Lakewood subdivision. The home was a total loss.

4. Feb 14, 2021Cold/Wind Chill, Goliad$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Freezing temperatures affected the area from the 13th until 18th. Long duration cold spell led to power outages and issues with water pressure. Damages to homes occurred when frozen pipes burst.

5. Jun 14, 2021Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Significant structural damage occurred to the side of the building at the Grace Temple Church in Goliad.

6. Jan 24, 2014Ice Storm, Goliad$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Ice accumulations caused power outages for half of the city of Goliad during the early morning hours. Ice accumulations on an overpass near Fannin on U. S. Highway 59 caused an accident.

7. Mar 18, 2016Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An internet tower 150 feet tall collapsed on a house along Bego Road.

8. Apr 9, 2020Thunderstorm Wind$25,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A roof was blown off of a large ranch lodge.

9. Nov 21, 2004Flash Flood$20,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   See episode narrative below for additional details and rainfall totals.

10. Apr 15, 2012Hail$10,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Golf ball sized hail was reported in Goliad.

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°FSep 5, 2000

All-time low

9°FDec 23, 1989

Warmest night

84°FAug 12, 2023

Coldest day

27°F3 times, most recently Dec 23, 1989

Wettest day

9.87 inApr 5, 1991

Snowiest day

3.3 inFeb 12, 1958

Hottest year

2023mean 73.4°F

Coldest year

1979mean 68.0°F

Wettest year

200473.65 in

Driest year

201113.08 in

Snowiest season

3.3 in1957-58

Station Victoria Regional Airport (USW00012912), 111 ft elevation, 28.2 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1953 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 USW00012912.
• 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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