Throckmorton County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Throckmorton County: 3.
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.

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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. Jun 2, 2017Flash Flood$460,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   About four homes and 2 businesses were flooded on the south side of Throckmorton. In addition, many roads were closed because of high water. Also, 3 cars were were damaged by flood waters. Firefighters rescued a couple from their residence located near the spillway.

2. Apr 30, 2000Thunderstorm Wind$400,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A downburst tore through the central and western sections of Throckmorton County during the early morning hours, causing extensive wind damage. Grain silos and power lines were damaged west of the town of Throckmorton, but the town itself took the brunt of the storm. The winds peeled parts of the roofs off of both the local high school and the hospital in Throckmorton, allowing rain to enter into the buildings and damage the contents. Many other homes and businesses throughout the town suffered severe roof damage as well.

3. Oct 17, 2018Flood$400,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Prolonged heavy rainfall flooded roads across Throckmorton County. This flooding caused damage to some of the roads.

4. Apr 30, 2000Tornado$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado struck the small community of Elbert. There was considerable damage to mobile homes and metal buildings, with lesser damage noted in permanent structures. A cotton gin was destroyed, with the silo blown northeast across State Highway 79. The tornado apparently first touched down near Elbert, tracking eastward along State Highway 79 to the Young County line. Fortunately, there were no reported injuries.

5. Apr 15, 2000Hail$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An isolated severe thunderstorm pounded the small northeast Throckmorton County community of Elbert with tennis ball to grapefruit size hail. Most of the buildings and vehicles in the town suffered some degree of damage, from cars dented and windshields smashed to severe roof damage to homes and businesses.

6. Apr 5, 2003Hail$115,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Softball size hail ravaged the community of Woodson in southeast Throckmorton county. There was severe damage to structures and automobiles throughout the community.

7. Apr 5, 2003Hail$80,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Severe damage to storm chaser vehicles all along county road 209 west of Woodson. Three people were injured by the combination of hail and broken glass.

8. May 26, 1999Thunderstorm Wind$80,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Damaging winds destroyed 2 large grain elevator and downed trees in the small community of Elbert.

9. Apr 30, 2000Tornado$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado developed west of Elbert, tracking along a 4 mile path to just northwest of Elbert.

10. Apr 28, 2021Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Damaging thunderstorm winds tore some of the metal roofing off a home. Hail broke out windows of about five to six homes, flipped a Recreational Vehicle on its side, and damaged a smaller outbuilding. The damaging thunderstorm winds caused an older barn to lean over. A porch awning was also damaged.

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°FJun 27, 1972

All-time low

−8°FJan 4, 1947

Warmest night

88°FJun 28, 1907

Coldest day

12°F3 times, most recently Jan 25, 2026

Wettest day

29.05 inAug 4, 1978

Snowiest day

12.0 inJan 27, 1895

Hottest year

1921mean 68.2°F

Coldest year

1914mean 59.3°F

Wettest year

194146.47 in

Driest year

195611.07 in

Snowiest season

13.2 in1946-47

Station Albany (USC00410120), 1,448 ft elevation, 31.6 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1901 to October 23, 2026; 94.1% 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 USC00410120.
• 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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