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McAllen vs San Antonio, TX

San Antonio currently scores 1 points higher overall than McAllen, with the largest gap in wind.

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McAllen

42/100

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San Antonio

43/100

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Hazard breakdown

Scores describe each city’s reference grid tile, not every property. A missing model is unavailable, not zero risk. Air quality uses an ingested EPA AirNow snapshot and may not reflect current conditions; other factors describe baseline exposure. The overall score blends different hazards and is not a probability of damage. Read the scoring methodology and sources.

Overall

McAllen: 42/100 · San Antonio: 43/100

San Antonio is 1 points higher.

Flood

McAllen: Unavailable · San Antonio: 26/100

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

McAllen: Flood model is not available for this location yet.

San Antonio: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.

Wind

McAllen: 36/100 · San Antonio: 17/100

McAllen is 19 points higher.

McAllen: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

San Antonio: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Lightning

McAllen: 35/100 · San Antonio: 37/100

San Antonio is 2 points higher.

McAllen: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

San Antonio: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

McAllen: 27/100 · San Antonio: 38/100

San Antonio is 11 points higher.

McAllen: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

San Antonio: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

McAllen: 100/100 · San Antonio: 100/100

No gap.

McAllen: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

San Antonio: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

McAllen: Unavailable · San Antonio: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

McAllen: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

San Antonio: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Wildfire

McAllen: 70/100 · San Antonio: 57/100

McAllen is 13 points higher.

McAllen: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

San Antonio: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

McAllen: 26/100 · San Antonio: 28/100

San Antonio is 2 points higher.

McAllen: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.

San Antonio: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.