01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR
Lightning in Galveston reports by year
NOAA recorded 9 Lightning in Galveston reports across the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.
EVENT FILE / 48167MINIMUM 5 REPORTS
GALVESTON · TX
Lightning history
NOAA recorded 9 county-coded Lightning reports in Galveston, TX, from 2016 through 2025, with 0 reported injuries, 0 reported fatalities, and $1.3M in filed damage.
Source: NOAA Storm Events details table · Complete years 2016–2025 · Compiled 16 Sep 2026
Reports9NOAA county-coded rows
Population context2.5per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 358,990
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
How to read the count
9 reports in ten years does not mean a 0.9-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES
Recorded impacts for Lightning in Galveston
The Lightning in Galveston records contain 0 injuries, 0 fatalities, $1.3M in property damage, and $0 in crop damage.
Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.
Property damage$1.3Mnot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,025within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE
Latest Lightning in Galveston source records
NOAA supplied 8 recent Lightning in Galveston source rows with dates, event IDs, report sources, magnitude fields, and filed damage.
Up to eight latest rows are shown for auditability. Open NOAA for complete narratives and revisions.
| Date | Event ID | Source | Magnitude / scale | Filed damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-22 | NOAA 1,281,248 | Newspaper | — | $20K |
| 2024-01-24 | NOAA 1,149,122 | Emergency Manager | — | $25K |
| 2023-05-16 | NOAA 1,091,996 | Broadcast Media | — | $250K |
| 2023-03-28 | NOAA 1,084,289 | NWS Employee | — | $25K |
| 2022-06-27 | NOAA 1,025,031 | Fire Department/Rescue | — | $25K |
| 2021-08-29 | NOAA 970,459 | Fire Department/Rescue | — | $250K |
| 2018-08-29 | NOAA 771,044 | Emergency Manager | — | $1K |
| 2018-08-29 | NOAA 771,043 | Newspaper | — | $745K |