Haskell County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Haskell County: 13.
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.

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. Oct 16, 2018Flood$2.3 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   TXDOT reported FM 617 between Rochester and Weinert closed due to flooding. Many other roads were affected across Haskell County. Prolonged heavy rainfall flooded roads across Haskell County and this flooding damaged some roads in the county. This damage and flooding was exasperated by all of the rainfall since September.

2. Jun 13, 2009Tornado$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A National Weather Service survey team found a quarter mile wide EF2 tornado that tore the roof off of four homes and desroyed several outbuildings, irrigation sprinklers, and power poles.

3. Aug 14, 2005Flood, Haskell$900,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Law enforcement officials reported numerous roads including highway 380 and U.S. 277 from Stamford to Haskell flooded from Sunday August 14th until August 17th. On Sunday August 14th, Red Cross and local law enforcement officials reported several homes were flooded in Rule. From Monday August 15th through August 17th rapidly rising waters from Lake Stamford flooded about 70 homes around the lake. Heavy rains of 10 to 12 inches over much of Haskell county and runoff caused the lake to rise 7 vertical feet in one night. Due to the low lake levels prior to the flood, many of the flooded homes were situated well into the lake bed. The lake continued to rise until the lake level…

4. Apr 29, 2000Hail$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Severe storms pounded the Big Country during the evening hours of the 29th and early morning hours of the 30th. The town of Stamford along the Haskell and Jones County line was heavily damaged, as hail larger than baseballs pounded the area. Three storms produced at least golf ball size hail in the town of Stamford over a 90 minute period. Many homes, businesses, and vehicles suffered severe hail damage. Later in the night, a severe downburst ripped through Haskell and Throckmorton counties. The town of Throckmorton itself saw the worst damage, as the high school and hospital lost parts of their roofs.

5. Aug 14, 2005Flash Flood$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Another round of showers and thunderstorms on already saturated ground produced additional flooding in the community of Rule and flooded some homes.

6. Feb 14, 2021Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Haskell$113,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Wind chill temperatures from the Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet located at Haskell measured a wind chill reading of -18 degrees. The coldest wind chill was -19 degrees. Haskell County reported damage to their public utility systems, police and EMS, and other infrastructure.

7. Feb 14, 2021Cold/Wind Chill, Haskell$113,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet Station located near Haskell recorded wind chill temperatures from -10 to -17 degrees. There was also a period of extreme wind chill temperatures during this period of time. Haskell County reported damage to their public utility systems.

8. Jun 3, 1996Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The high school gymnasium roof and five homes were damaged by high winds.

9. May 16, 2021Tornado$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   This EF-0 tornado with peak winds estimated at 85 mph began just west of U.S. Highway 277 where it damaged a roof of a home and broke many smaller to medium size Mesquite tree branches. It crossed U.S. Highway 277, broke more tree limbs and struck an auto and body shop. The tornado lifted a small steel metal building at the auto and body shop and threw it 75 yards. It broke tree branches and damaged the roof of a nearby building. The tornado also caused debris to penetrate a nearby metal building, and it damaged a nearby porch.

10. Mar 4, 2004Tornado$100,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Numerous manufactured homes were damaged or destroyed by the tornado along Lake Stamford.

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

115°F6 times, most recently Jun 27, 1994

All-time low

−6°F2 times, most recently Dec 23, 1989

Warmest night

94°F2 times, most recently Jun 28, 1893

Coldest day

10°F3 times, most recently Feb 15, 2021

Wettest day

14.29 inAug 4, 1978

Snowiest day

12.0 in2 times, most recently Jan 19, 1925

Hottest year

1933mean 67.9°F

Coldest year

1906mean 60.4°F

Wettest year

194148.07 in

Driest year

19109.46 in

Snowiest season

20.6 in1924-25

Station Haskell (USC00413992), 1,590 ft elevation, 1.7 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1893 to June 30, 2026; 91.1% 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 USC00413992.
• 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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