01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR
EVENT FILE / 48167MINIMUM 5 REPORTS
GALVESTON · TX
Lightning history
NOAA records coded as Lightning in Galveston during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.
Reports9NOAA county-coded rows
Population context2.5per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 358,990
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability
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
Impact fields on these rows
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 records in this slice
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| 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 |