When Is Hurricane Season in Texas?

Texas coast · Wind is not the surge

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30. That calendar includes the Gulf. A hurricane deductible, when the form has one, is still not flood coverage, and this page will not count landfalls.

The National Hurricane Center’s climatology page states that season. Texas can see tropical wind before or after those dates. The date does not create coverage. On many inland homeowners forms, hurricane wind is a wind peril. On parts of the coast, the private policy excludes wind and hail and the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association writes that piece. TWIA is not flood. Wind that opens the house, then rain through that opening, is the wind claim. Storm surge and other water that comes in over the ground are flood. A hurricane name on the storm does not move that water onto the dwelling policy.

Some forms use a separate hurricane or named-storm deductible. It is often still a percent of Coverage A. Two percent of $450,000 is $9,000. That is an example, not a filing. Read the declarations. A percentage does not shrink because the roof is new. A wind-mitigation inspection documents roof covering, how it is attached, and opening protection. It can change eligibility or a carrier-specific credit. It is not a fixed discount, and a WPI-8 is an inspection certificate, not flood insurance. This page will not quote an average number of Texas storms.

The dwelling policy: Texas homeowners. The residual wind market, without an invented rate change: a TWIA premium change is not a blog percent and what TWIA covers. The water it leaves out: Texas flood insurance and flood is a separate policy. The inspection: wind mitigation. Forecasts, not a shopping list of apps: where to watch the weather. What most dwelling forms leave out: the peril that is not included.

Before June, read whether wind is on your policy or on TWIA, and whether flood is a third contract. Ask an agent or get a quote.