Areas of Excessive Rainfall and Fire Weather Today; Wildfire Smoke Bringing Unhealthy Air Quality to the Pacific Northwest

In southeast Texas, the coastal Carolinas, and much of New Mexico today, showers and thunderstorms may bring excessive rainfall which could lead to areas of flooding. Dry, gusty winds will contribute to scattered areas of elevated to critical fire weather today in the western U.S. Wildfire smoke is causing unhealthy air quality today in parts of the Pacific Northwest and central Plains. Read More >

Significant Weather Events in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles

2026	2025	2024
		January 8th: Blizzard in the northern and western Panhandles
		February 10th-11th: Heavy Snow Northwest, South
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		March 24th: Tornadoes and Dust
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		June_18_19_2024TexhomatoGuymonFlooding

2023 - Year in Review	2022 - Year in Review	2021 - Year in Review
February 14th: High Winds and a Dust Storm	February 2nd - 4th: Two Rounds of Snow and Dangerous Wind Chills	February 9th - 16th: Two Rounds of Snow and Record Cold Temperatures
February 15th: Heavy Snow in the NW Panhandles	March 21-22nd: Strong Winds and Heavy, Wet Snow	March 13th: Nine Tornadoes
February 26th: High Winds, Dust Storm, and 2 Tornadoes	May 1st: Wind Driven Hail	May 26th, 29th, and 30th: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Rainfall
May and June: Multiple Days of Heavy Rain Leads to Historic Flooding		June 12th: Severe Storms with Damaging Winds
June 15th: Perryton Tornado		June 24th + 25th: Thunderstorm Wind Damage, Rain
December 13th-15th: Heavy Rain and Snow		July 4th: Severe Storms for Independence Day
		December 15th: High Winds, Wildfires

2020 - Year in Review	2019 - Year In Review	2018 - Year in Review
January 28th: Moderate to Heavy Snow Across the Northern and Eastern Panhandles	January 3rd: Moderate to Heavy Snow Across the Eastern Texas Panhandle	May 11 Pyro-Cumulonimbus Turned Severe Thunderstorm
February 4th: Light to Moderate Snow Band Across the Southern Texas Panhandle	March 13th: 80+ MPH Winds Across the Panhandles	November 11 Veteran's Day Winter Storm and Thundersnow
June 9th: High Winds, Fires, Blowing Dust Across the Panhandles	March 22nd: 2 Tornadoes and Accumulating Hail	December 26-27 Severe Weather Then Snow Storm
June 19th: Severe Storms and Rainfall Across the Panhandles	April 17th: Severe Weather, Landspout Tornadoes, Tornado West of Higgins
June 21st: Widespread Severe Weather	May 7th: 7 Tornadoes in the Texas Panhandle
Oct 25-29: Multiple Rounds of Sleet, Ice, and Snow	May 23rd: Eight Tornadoes in the Panhandles
December 2nd: Heavy Snow in the Northeastern Panhandles	June 18th: Supercell Impacts Borger and Pampa
December 13th: Snow Across the Panhandles	October 24, 2019: Snow Event

2017 - Year in Review	2016 - Year in Review	2015 - Year in Review
May 16, 2017 Tornadoes	July 5-13 Heat 2nd Hottest Temp	November 16 Tornado Outbreak
May 10 Overnight Tornadoes	June 13 EF-2 Tornado	January 21-22 Snow
Rare Late April Snowfall and Blizzard	May 22 Tornadoes
January 13-16 Ice Storm	May 16 Tornadoes
January 5-6, 2017 Snow	April 23 Tornadoes & Flooding
	March 26 White Easter
	March 23 Wildfire Outbreak

2014 - Year in Review	2013 - Year in Review	2012 - Year in Review
February 9-10 Factory Effect Snows	February 12 Winter Storm	February 2-3 Tornadoes
June 22-23 Severe Storms	February 21 Winter Storm	April 11 Hail Glacier
June 30 Severe Storms	February 25 Blizzard	April 30 Severe Storms
July 16 Severe Storms & Flooding	May 28 Severe Storms	August 20 Storms and Flooding
	August 7-8 Severe Storms and Flooding	December 14 Tornadoes

2011 - Year in Review	2010 - Year in Review	2009 - Year in Review
February 8-9 Winter Storm	January 28 Winter Storm	May 15 Tornadoes
February 16-17 Wildfires	April 20 Severe Storms	April 16 Severe Weather
February 27 Wildfire Outbreak	April 22 Severe Storms	March 26-28 Blizzard
June 11 Severe Storms	May 18-19 Severe Storms
July 22 Amarillo Microburst	May 24-25 Heavy Rain and Severe Storms
	June 12-13 Severe Storms and Heavy Rain
	July 7 Record Rains
	November 10-11 Flooding and Snow

2008 - Year in Review	2007 - Year in Review	2006 - Year in Review
June 4 Wildfire (Use IE)	January 20 Winter Storm	March Panhandle Wildfires
June 19 Severe Weather	March 28 Tornado Outbreak	August 21 Amarillo Flash Flood
August 11-18 Heavy Rain	April 21 Tornado Outbreak	November 29-30 Winter Storm
October 11-14 Heavy Rain (Use IE)	May 23 Wolf Creek Flood	December 18-20 Winter Storm
	June 19 Wind Event	December 29 Winter Storm
	October 17 Tornado

2004 - Year in Review	2003 - Year in Review	1947
June 21 Amarillo Hailstorm	May 15 Tornado Outbreak	April 9 Higgins-Glazier Tornado

Climatological Data
Top 10 Panhandle Weather Events of the 20th Century
Top 10 Deadliest Texas Tornadoes
Tornadoes in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles 1950-2019
Severe Convective Storm Climatology of the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles

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Areas of Excessive Rainfall and Fire Weather Today; Wildfire Smoke Bringing Unhealthy Air Quality to the Pacific Northwest

Major events from the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles