Cameron County, Texas: 9 FEMA declarations and the hail record
9 declarations name Cameron County (4 storm, 3 flood, 2 winter, 0 fire), against 9 NOAA hail days of 1 in or more in 5 of the 12 full years.
- 9declarations
- 4storm-type
- #8 of 174in TX
- 4 of 5hail years undeclared
TX counties in our table: 174. Cameron County is #8 on declarations, with 9, above the TX median of 4. Storm, tornado and wind leads with 4.
Between the two furthest apart lie 1,236 days (3.4 years), DR-4586 (February 19, 2021) to DR-4798 (July 9, 2024). The newest, DR-4871, is 482 days old at the file's end.
By NOAA's count, 5 full years had 1 in hail. 4 lack a storm declaration, the first being 2016. The most days, 3, came in 2023. The other way round, 2020, 2024 have a storm declaration and no 1 in hail day: wind, rain or flood water.
NOAA lists 8 tornadoes here, the strongest EF1, May 13, 2023, near Bayside. Top gust 89 mph (May 9, 2023). Peaks land inside 2 of 4 storm windows.
Year by year
| Cameron County year | Storm-type | Other | Hail days 1 in+, Cameron | Hail reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | – | – | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | – | – | 1 | 8 |
| 2018 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | – | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | – | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | – | – | 3 | 15 |
| 2024 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 (hail Jan–Jun) | – | – | 1 | 2 |
All 9 declarations
| Cameron County # | DR | Declared | Hail days that year, Cameron | Incident | Kind | Days after prior | NOAA inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 of 9 | 4871 | 2025-05-21 | 1 | 2025-03-26 to 2025-03-28 | Flood DR | 316 | EF0 tornado |
| 8 of 9 | 4798 | 2024-07-09 | 0 | 2024-07-05 to 2024-07-09 | Hurricane DR | 1236 | EFU tornado |
| 7 of 9 | 4586 | 2021-02-19 | 0 | 2021-02-11 to 2021-02-21 | Severe Ice Storm DR | 5 | – |
| 6 of 9 | 3554 | 2021-02-14 | 0 | 2021-02-11 to 2021-02-21 | Severe Ice Storm EM | 174 | – |
| 5 of 9 | 3540 | 2020-08-24 | 0 | 2020-08-23 to 2020-08-27 | Hurricane EM | 29 | – |
| 4 of 9 | 3530 | 2020-07-26 | 0 | 2020-07-25 to 2020-07-31 | Hurricane EM | 375 | EF0 tornado |
| 3 of 9 | 4454 | 2019-07-17 | 0 | 2019-06-24 to 2019-06-25 | Flood DR | 376 | – |
| 2 of 9 | 4377 | 2018-07-06 | 0 | 2018-06-19 to 2018-07-13 | Flood DR | 954 | – |
| 1 of 9 | 4245 | 2015-11-25 | 1 | 2015-10-22 to 2015-10-31 | Severe Storm DR | first | – |
Hail reports on the map
Roofers we list: Brownsville, Harlingen.
Cameron County questions
How many FEMA declarations name Cameron County?
9 since 2014. First: DR-4245, November 25, 2015. Latest: DR-4871, May 21, 2025. Storm 4, flood 3, winter 2, fire 0.
Which Cameron County hail years have no storm declaration?
4 of 5; the latest is 2025.
Was the biggest Cameron County hail day declared?
The biggest stone, 3.01 in hail on April 2, 2017, falls inside none of the 9 declaration windows.
Nearby in TX
- Harris County (12)
- Hidalgo County (10)
- Jefferson County (7)
- Smith County (7)
- Bowie County (6)
Method and limits. Sources: OpenFEMA, NOAA Storm Events.