Counties
Water damage help by Texas county
Each county page combines Census housing data with ten years of daily NOAA weather data, so the advice fits the homes and winters where you live.
| County | Seat | Homes | Built pre-1980 | Freeze nights ≤ 20°F | 1"+ rain days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | Palestine | 20,648 | 41% | 2 | 14.9 |
| Andrews | Andrews | 7,153 | 45% | 6 | 2.4 |
| Angelina | Lufkin | 37,023 | 40% | 1 | 16.1 |
| Aransas | Rockport | 15,999 | 24% | 0 | 8.6 |
| Archer | Archer City | 3,966 | 46% | 6 | 8.9 |
| Atascosa | Jourdanton | 19,214 | 35% | 0 | 7 |
| Austin | Bellville | 14,319 | 32% | 1 | 12.7 |
| Bailey | Muleshoe | 2,740 | 71% | 26 | 3.1 |
| Bandera | Bandera | 11,585 | 22% | 2 | 7.1 |
| Bastrop | Bastrop | 39,706 | 22% | 1 | 11 |
| Baylor | Seymour | 2,190 | 74% | 7 | 7.5 |
| Bee | Beeville | 10,650 | 54% | 1 | 7.6 |
| Bell | Belton | 155,018 | 28% | 2 | 8.3 |
| Bexar | San Antonio | 820,780 | 36% | 1 | 6.8 |
| Blanco | Johnson City | 6,129 | 26% | 2 | 7 |
| Bosque | Meridian | 9,348 | 51% | 3 | 10.2 |
| Bowie | Boston | 39,948 | 43% | 3 | 16.1 |
| Brazoria | Angleton | 150,321 | 29% | 0 | 15.1 |
| Brazos | Bryan | 100,826 | 23% | 1 | 11.6 |
| Brewster | Alpine | 5,917 | 51% | 2 | 0.5 |
| Brooks | Falfurrias | 3,884 | 60% | 0 | 6 |
| Brown | Brownwood | 19,246 | 55% | 4 | 6.7 |
| Burleson | Caldwell | 9,579 | 29% | 1 | 12.3 |
| Burnet | Burnet | 25,555 | 28% | 2 | 7.4 |
| Caldwell | Lockhart | 17,582 | 34% | 1 | 9.6 |
| Calhoun | Port Lavaca | 10,833 | 53% | 0 | 9.1 |
| Callahan | Baird | 6,539 | 55% | 5 | 7.8 |
| Cameron | Brownsville | 159,679 | 30% | 0 | 6.1 |
| Camp | Pittsburg | 5,824 | 42% | 3 | 14.4 |
| Carson | Panhandle | 2,810 | 76% | 20 | 4.2 |
| Cass | Linden | 13,993 | 49% | 3 | 16.1 |
| Castro | Dimmitt | 3,024 | 69% | 24 | 3.3 |
| Chambers | Anahuac | 18,937 | 20% | 0 | 15.4 |
| Cherokee | Rusk | 21,053 | 38% | 2 | 16 |
| Childress | Childress | 2,772 | 67% | 10 | 6.2 |
| Clay | Henrietta | 5,163 | 53% | 7 | 9.4 |
| Cochran | Morton | 1,268 | 69% | 20 | 2.9 |
| Coke | Robert Lee | 2,144 | 60% | 4 | 4 |
| Coleman | Coleman | 4,899 | 66% | 4 | 6.2 |
| Collin | McKinney | 437,396 | 10% | 4 | 13.5 |
| Collingsworth | Wellington | 1,487 | 85% | 14 | 5.8 |
| Colorado | Columbus | 10,102 | 46% | 1 | 12.3 |
| Comal | New Braunfels | 77,961 | 17% | 1 | 7.4 |
| Comanche | Comanche | 6,940 | 54% | 4 | 7.6 |
| Concho | Paint Rock | 1,414 | 59% | 3 | 5.6 |
| Cooke | Gainesville | 17,944 | 46% | 5 | 12.2 |
| Coryell | Gatesville | 29,512 | 39% | 3 | 7.9 |
| Crane | Crane | 1,840 | 55% | 3 | 2.4 |
| Crockett | Ozona | 1,729 | 55% | 3 | 2.1 |
| Crosby | Crosbyton | 2,659 | 81% | 11 | 3.9 |
| Culberson | Van Horn | 1,097 | 59% | 4 | 0.6 |
| Dallam | Dalhart | 3,052 | 54% | 37 | 1.6 |
| Dallas | Dallas | 1,064,965 | 45% | 3 | 13.3 |
| Dawson | Lamesa | 4,903 | 80% | 7 | 3 |
| Deaf Smith | Hereford | 6,984 | 72% | 26 | 3 |
| Delta | Cooper | 2,450 | 50% | 4 | 14.8 |
| Denton | Denton | 376,754 | 12% | 4 | 12.6 |
| DeWitt | Cuero | 9,238 | 53% | 1 | 9.4 |
| Dimmit | Carrizo Springs | 4,023 | 43% | 0 | 4.8 |
| Donley | Clarendon | 1,951 | 67% | 15 | 4.7 |
| Duval | San Diego | 4,420 | 50% | 0 | 6.3 |
| Eastland | Eastland | 9,384 | 65% | 5 | 9.4 |
| Ector | Odessa | 68,899 | 45% | 4 | 2.5 |
| El Paso | El Paso | 323,571 | 39% | 1 | 0.6 |
| Ellis | Waxahachie | 75,422 | 22% | 3 | 13.4 |
| Erath | Stephenville | 18,694 | 36% | 4 | 9.9 |
| Falls | Marlin | 7,450 | 60% | 2 | 9.6 |
| Fannin | Bonham | 14,814 | 41% | 4 | 14.2 |
| Fayette | La Grange | 13,233 | 45% | 1 | 10.7 |
| Fisher | Roby | 2,016 | 78% | 6 | 5 |
| Floyd | Floydada | 2,592 | 85% | 15 | 3.6 |
| Fort Bend | Richmond | 305,633 | 13% | 1 | 14.7 |
| Franklin | Mount Vernon | 5,121 | 34% | 3 | 14.5 |
| Freestone | Fairfield | 9,123 | 40% | 2 | 12.2 |
| Frio | Pearsall | 6,393 | 40% | 1 | 5.3 |
| Gaines | Seminole | 7,719 | 36% | 9 | 2.2 |
| Galveston | Galveston | 161,868 | 36% | 0 | 15.8 |
| Garza | Post | 2,190 | 57% | 8 | 4.7 |
| Gillespie | Fredericksburg | 14,373 | 34% | 2 | 6.1 |
| Goliad | Goliad | 3,547 | 41% | 1 | 8 |
| Gonzales | Gonzales | 9,020 | 46% | 1 | 8.5 |
| Gray | Pampa | 9,952 | 76% | 18 | 5.2 |
| Grayson | Sherman | 62,132 | 44% | 5 | 12.9 |
| Gregg | Longview | 53,883 | 50% | 2 | 15.6 |
| Grimes | Anderson | 12,349 | 24% | 1 | 12.7 |
| Guadalupe | Seguin | 69,700 | 19% | 1 | 8 |
| Hale | Plainview | 13,392 | 71% | 16 | 3.1 |
| Hall | Memphis | 1,739 | 89% | 10 | 4.9 |
| Hamilton | Hamilton | 4,372 | 69% | 4 | 7.5 |
| Hansford | Spearman | 2,275 | 72% | 25 | 3.4 |
| Hardeman | Quanah | 1,808 | 77% | 8 | 6.3 |
| Hardin | Kountze | 25,100 | 33% | 1 | 19.5 |
| Harris | Houston | 1,917,790 | 37% | 1 | 16.2 |
| Harrison | Marshall | 29,756 | 45% | 2 | 17.5 |
| Hartley | Channing | 1,814 | 52% | 31 | 2 |
| Haskell | Haskell | 3,081 | 67% | 6 | 7.5 |
| Hays | San Marcos | 104,675 | 12% | 1 | 8.4 |
| Hemphill | Canadian | 1,763 | 59% | 21 | 5.5 |
| Henderson | Athens | 41,852 | 34% | 3 | 13 |
| Hidalgo | Edinburg | 308,556 | 18% | 0 | 6.5 |
| Hill | Hillsboro | 16,434 | 45% | 3 | 13 |
| Hockley | Levelland | 9,233 | 54% | 16 | 3 |
| Hood | Granbury | 29,066 | 21% | 4 | 11.4 |
| Hopkins | Sulphur Springs | 15,882 | 43% | 4 | 13.6 |
| Houston | Crockett | 10,837 | 48% | 2 | 16.1 |
| Howard | Big Spring | 14,048 | 73% | 5 | 4 |
| Hudspeth | Sierra Blanca | 1,133 | 45% | 4 | 0.8 |
| Hunt | Greenville | 43,022 | 35% | 4 | 13.8 |
| Hutchinson | Stinnett | 10,170 | 68% | 19 | 3.6 |
| Jack | Jacksboro | 3,811 | 59% | 6 | 9.8 |
| Jackson | Edna | 7,029 | 53% | 0 | 10.5 |
| Jasper | Jasper | 16,727 | 39% | 1 | 17.6 |
| Jefferson | Beaumont | 109,884 | 54% | 0 | 17.8 |
| Jim Hogg | Hebbronville | 1,872 | 55% | 0 | 5.9 |
| Jim Wells | Alice | 16,229 | 49% | 0 | 6.2 |
| Johnson | Cleburne | 70,796 | 25% | 3 | 10.6 |
| Jones | Anson | 7,062 | 67% | 6 | 6.8 |
| Karnes | Karnes City | 5,975 | 40% | 1 | 8.5 |
| Kaufman | Kaufman | 54,130 | 17% | 3 | 12.5 |
| Kendall | Boerne | 19,213 | 17% | 2 | 7.1 |
| Kerr | Kerrville | 25,632 | 36% | 2 | 6 |
| Kimble | Junction | 2,736 | 49% | 3 | 5.5 |
| Kinney | Brackettville | 1,482 | 42% | 1 | 5.1 |
| Kleberg | Kingsville | 14,012 | 56% | 0 | 5.8 |
| Knox | Benjamin | 1,804 | 74% | 7 | 6 |
| La Salle | Cotulla | 2,271 | 45% | 0 | 5.9 |
| Lamar | Paris | 22,824 | 38% | 4 | 15.8 |
| Lamb | Littlefield | 5,885 | 76% | 21 | 2.9 |
| Lampasas | Lampasas | 9,871 | 37% | 2 | 8 |
| Lavaca | Hallettsville | 10,518 | 54% | 1 | 9.9 |
| Lee | Giddings | 7,981 | 31% | 1 | 12.1 |
| Leon | Centerville | 9,067 | 30% | 2 | 14.2 |
| Liberty | Liberty | 36,121 | 28% | 1 | 17.2 |
| Limestone | Groesbeck | 10,443 | 45% | 2 | 12 |
| Lipscomb | Lipscomb | 1,432 | 69% | 26 | 4.7 |
| Live Oak | George West | 5,996 | 41% | 0 | 7.5 |
| Llano | Llano | 15,788 | 33% | 2 | 6.4 |
| Lubbock | Lubbock | 139,344 | 44% | 12 | 3.6 |
| Lynn | Tahoka | 2,521 | 71% | 9 | 3.9 |
| Madison | Madisonville | 5,107 | 42% | 1 | 13.7 |
| Marion | Jefferson | 5,623 | 49% | 2 | 17 |
| Martin | Stanton | 2,135 | 60% | 5 | 2.7 |
| Mason | Mason | 2,430 | 54% | 3 | 5.5 |
| Matagorda | Bay City | 19,058 | 52% | 0 | 11.9 |
| Maverick | Eagle Pass | 20,445 | 23% | 0 | 4.9 |
| McCulloch | Brady | 4,219 | 64% | 3 | 5.4 |
| McLennan | Waco | 108,454 | 46% | 2 | 10.6 |
| Medina | Hondo | 19,890 | 29% | 1 | 6 |
| Midland | Midland | 72,723 | 32% | 4 | 2.7 |
| Milam | Cameron | 11,641 | 46% | 2 | 10.8 |
| Mills | Goldthwaite | 2,597 | 54% | 4 | 7.3 |
| Mitchell | Colorado City | 3,691 | 78% | 5 | 4.2 |
| Montague | Montague | 10,348 | 52% | 6 | 11.2 |
| Montgomery | Conroe | 266,019 | 14% | 1 | 15.4 |
| Moore | Dumas | 8,277 | 60% | 23 | 2.4 |
| Morris | Daingerfield | 5,821 | 59% | 3 | 14.5 |
| Nacogdoches | Nacogdoches | 29,156 | 42% | 2 | 16.6 |
| Navarro | Corsicana | 22,191 | 47% | 3 | 12.6 |
| Newton | Newton | 6,492 | 33% | 1 | 18.3 |
| Nolan | Sweetwater | 7,104 | 76% | 5 | 4.9 |
| Nueces | Corpus Christi | 154,408 | 46% | 0 | 7 |
| Ochiltree | Perryton | 4,345 | 57% | 24 | 4.6 |
| Oldham | Vega | 776 | 71% | 25 | 1.8 |
| Orange | Orange | 37,937 | 46% | 1 | 17.7 |
| Palo Pinto | Palo Pinto | 15,206 | 52% | 5 | 8.8 |
| Panola | Carthage | 10,853 | 44% | 2 | 16.5 |
| Parker | Weatherford | 59,879 | 20% | 4 | 9.7 |
| Parmer | Farwell | 3,745 | 68% | 25 | 3.7 |
| Pecos | Fort Stockton | 5,897 | 49% | 3 | 1.4 |
| Polk | Livingston | 26,469 | 34% | 1 | 16.5 |
| Potter | Amarillo | 49,390 | 70% | 21 | 3.3 |
| Presidio | Marfa | 3,273 | 47% | 2 | 0.3 |
| Rains | Emory | 5,925 | 24% | 4 | 14.2 |
| Randall | Canyon | 61,677 | 42% | 21 | 3.6 |
| Reagan | Big Lake | 1,336 | 44% | 4 | 2.8 |
| Real | Leakey | 1,951 | 34% | 2 | 6.3 |
| Red River | Clarksville | 6,194 | 48% | 4 | 15.4 |
| Reeves | Pecos | 5,167 | 56% | 3 | 0.9 |
| Refugio | Refugio | 3,359 | 60% | 0 | 8 |
| Robertson | Franklin | 8,612 | 45% | 2 | 11.2 |
| Rockwall | Rockwall | 43,580 | 7% | 3 | 12.2 |
| Runnels | Ballinger | 4,990 | 76% | 5 | 5.3 |
| Rusk | Henderson | 21,311 | 49% | 2 | 16 |
| Sabine | Hemphill | 7,697 | 31% | 2 | 18.7 |
| San Augustine | San Augustine | 4,814 | 39% | 1 | 17.2 |
| San Jacinto | Coldspring | 15,011 | 32% | 1 | 16.1 |
| San Patricio | Sinton | 30,435 | 48% | 0 | 7.8 |
| San Saba | San Saba | 2,835 | 49% | 2 | 6.1 |
| Schleicher | Eldorado | 1,287 | 58% | 4 | 4.3 |
| Scurry | Snyder | 6,881 | 70% | 6 | 4.5 |
| Shackelford | Albany | 1,575 | 60% | 5 | 8.1 |
| Shelby | Center | 11,584 | 43% | 2 | 17.8 |
| Sherman | Stratford | 1,135 | 68% | 28 | 1.9 |
| Smith | Tyler | 99,673 | 42% | 3 | 14.7 |
| Somervell | Glen Rose | 4,017 | 28% | 3 | 12.7 |
| Starr | Rio Grande City | 23,139 | 20% | 0 | 6 |
| Stephens | Breckenridge | 4,676 | 63% | 6 | 9.3 |
| Sutton | Sonora | 1,766 | 57% | 3 | 4.6 |
| Swisher | Tulia | 3,029 | 83% | 18 | 3.8 |
| Tarrant | Fort Worth | 843,257 | 33% | 3 | 10.3 |
| Taylor | Abilene | 62,198 | 53% | 5 | 6.3 |
| Terry | Brownfield | 4,789 | 75% | 11 | 2.9 |
| Titus | Mount Pleasant | 12,146 | 41% | 4 | 14.4 |
| Tom Green | San Angelo | 52,318 | 50% | 4 | 4.7 |
| Travis | Austin | 618,236 | 24% | 1 | 9.3 |
| Trinity | Groveton | 8,326 | 33% | 1 | 15.9 |
| Tyler | Woodville | 9,518 | 42% | 1 | 18.5 |
| Upshur | Gilmer | 17,519 | 38% | 3 | 14.5 |
| Upton | Rankin | 1,683 | 63% | 3 | 2.6 |
| Uvalde | Uvalde | 10,095 | 44% | 1 | 6.2 |
| Val Verde | Del Rio | 18,711 | 46% | 2 | 3.2 |
| Van Zandt | Canton | 25,903 | 35% | 3 | 14.5 |
| Victoria | Victoria | 39,481 | 47% | 0 | 8.5 |
| Walker | Huntsville | 30,383 | 33% | 1 | 14.6 |
| Waller | Hempstead | 20,345 | 20% | 1 | 13.9 |
| Ward | Monahans | 5,165 | 66% | 3 | 0.8 |
| Washington | Brenham | 17,642 | 37% | 1 | 12.1 |
| Webb | Laredo | 88,176 | 24% | 0 | 5.3 |
| Wharton | Wharton | 17,711 | 51% | 1 | 12.5 |
| Wheeler | Wheeler | 2,606 | 69% | 17 | 5.5 |
| Wichita | Wichita Falls | 55,750 | 63% | 7 | 8.8 |
| Wilbarger | Vernon | 5,845 | 74% | 7 | 6.9 |
| Willacy | Raymondville | 6,885 | 43% | 0 | 5.9 |
| Williamson | Georgetown | 262,644 | 9% | 2 | 9.2 |
| Wilson | Floresville | 19,480 | 17% | 1 | 8 |
| Winkler | Kermit | 3,227 | 74% | 5 | 1.4 |
| Wise | Decatur | 27,530 | 25% | 5 | 9.8 |
| Wood | Mineola | 22,388 | 34% | 3 | 14.8 |
| Yoakum | Plains | 3,028 | 57% | 14 | 2.4 |
| Young | Graham | 8,545 | 57% | 6 | 9.7 |
| Zapata | Zapata | 6,255 | 28% | 0 | 4.9 |
| Zavala | Crystal City | 3,946 | 51% | 1 | 5 |
Housing: ACS 2020-2024. Weather: NOAA nClimGrid-Daily, 2015–2024, per year.
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