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Pasadena storms: live alerts, hail & tornado history

Live watches and warnings for Pasadena, TX, the 48-hour thunderstorm outlook, and every hail, damaging-wind and tornado report within 25 miles since 2016.

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    Severe weather in Pasadena by the numbers

    11.0severe-weather days a year (avg 2016–2025)
    3.8hail days a year
    18storm reports in the last 12 months
    2.75″biggest hail since 2016 (May 31, 2024)
    33tornado reports since 2016 · strongest EF3

    Pasadena gets regular severe thunderstorms: since 2016, spotters and emergency managers have filed 341 severe-weather reports within 25 miles of the city — 110 hail reports, 198 damaging-wind reports and 33 tornado reports. On average that is 11.0 days a year with at least one report.

    Storm season here peaks in March, April, May, when 56% of all reports were filed.

    In the last 12 months there were 3 hail reports, 15 wind reports and 0 tornado reports around Pasadena; the largest hail was 1.25″ (half dollar) on Apr 30, 2026.

    Latest storm reports near Pasadena

    DateReportWhere
    Aug 28, 2026Damaging wind21 mi S · Galveston Co.
    Jul 22, 2026Damaging wind13 mi SE · Galveston Co.
    May 22, 2026Damaging wind11 mi NE · Gmz335 Co.
    Apr 30, 2026Hail 1.25″8 mi S · Harris Co.
    Feb 14, 2026Damaging wind9 mi SW · Brazoria Co.
    Oct 25, 2025Damaging wind6 mi SW
    Aug 18, 2025Hail 1.25″16 mi W
    Aug 4, 2025Damaging wind12 mi W
    May 27, 2025Damaging wind13 mi S
    May 26, 2025Damaging wind23 mi N

    One line per day and type — the closest report that day. Distance and direction from the city centre. The latest SPC reports are preliminary until NOAA finalises them.

    Storm reports by year

    01734516816: 19 hail16: 7 damaging wind16: 2 tornado1617: 6 hail17: 14 damaging wind17: 16 tornado1718: 3 hail18: 22 damaging wind18: 1 tornado1819: 15 hail19: 21 damaging wind19: 3 tornado1920: 4 hail20: 14 damaging wind20: 1 tornado2021: 12 hail21: 19 damaging wind2122: 1 hail22: 8 damaging wind22: 5 tornado2223: 18 hail23: 30 damaging wind23: 2 tornado2324: 26 hail24: 39 damaging wind24: 3 tornado2425: 3 hail25: 12 damaging wind2526: 3 hail26: 12 damaging wind26
    HailDamaging windTornado

    Storm season in Pasadena

    0265277103Jan: 36JanFeb: 13FebMar: 48MarApr: 41AprMay: 103MayJun: 37JunJul: 9JulAug: 17AugSep: 7SepOct: 22OctNov: 0NovDec: 8Dec

    All hail, wind and tornado reports within 25 miles, 2016–2026, by month.

    Hail in Pasadena

    Pasadena averages 3.8 days a year with hail reported nearby. The biggest stone on record since 2016 was 2.75 inches — about the size of a baseball — reported 17 miles from the city centre on May 31, 2024. Hail of 1 inch (quarter size) or larger is what makes a thunderstorm severe; see the hail size chart.

    Tornadoes near Pasadena

    There have been 33 tornado reports within 25 miles of Pasadena since 2016; the strongest was rated EF3 (Jan 24, 2023, 7 miles from the city centre). A tornado warning means a tornado is occurring or imminent — take shelter immediately.

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    Questions about storms in Pasadena

    Does Pasadena get a lot of severe storms?

    Pasadena averages 11.0 days a year with at least one hail, damaging-wind or tornado report within 25 miles, based on NOAA Storm Prediction Center reports 2016–2025.

    When is storm season in Pasadena?

    Most severe-weather reports around Pasadena come in March, April, May.

    What is the biggest hail recorded near Pasadena?

    2.75 inches (baseball size) on May 31, 2024, 17 miles from the city centre.

    Have tornadoes hit near Pasadena?

    Yes — 33 tornado reports within 25 miles since 2016, the strongest rated EF3 on Jan 24, 2023.

    How do I get storm alerts for Pasadena?

    The live panel on this page shows every active National Weather Service watch and warning for Pasadena, TX. For alerts on your phone, Lightning Tracker for iPhone shows storm risk and warnings for your location.

    How this page works: storm reports are NOAA Storm Prediction Center local storm reports (final database 2016–2025, preliminary daily reports after that) within 25 miles of Pasadena, TX. They are reports of hail, damaging wind and tornadoes — not lightning strike counts, which no free public dataset provides at city level. Live alerts come from the National Weather Service API, the outlook from Open-Meteo forecast models. Updated Sep 29, 2026.