Storms in Texas in 1955
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 1955, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Texas in 1955 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 241
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 63
- Damage
- $8.7 million
- Episodes
- 65
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 110 | 2 | 63 | $8.7 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 73 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 58 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1955
March 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 20, 1955
- Tornado in Texas, March 21, 1955
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 31, 1955
April 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 5, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 6, 1955
- Hail in Texas, April 9, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 11, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 12, 1955
- Tornado in Texas, April 18, 1955
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 20, 1955
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 22, 1955
- Hail in Texas, April 27, 1955
- Hail in Texas, April 29, 1955
May 1955
- Tornado in Texas, May 5, 1955
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 1955
- Tornado in Texas, May 8, 1955
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 10, 1955
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 11, 1955
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 14, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 15, 1955
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 16, 1955
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 17, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 18, 1955
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 19, 1955
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 22, 1955
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 23, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 25, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 26, 1955
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 30, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 31, 1955
June 1955
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 1, 1955
- Hail in Texas, June 2, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 3, 1955
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 4, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 5, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 8, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 9, 1955
- Hail in Texas, June 10, 1955
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 14, 1955
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 15, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 16, 1955
- Tornado in Texas, June 17, 1955
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 18, 1955
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 19, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 20, 1955
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 22, 1955
- Hail in Texas, June 26, 1955
July 1955
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 11, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 15, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 25, 1955
- Tornado in Texas, July 28, 1955
August 1955
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 3, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 4, 1955
- Tornado in Texas, August 6, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 7, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 9, 1955
- Tornado in Texas, August 12, 1955
- Tornado in Texas, August 18, 1955
- Tornado in Texas, August 29, 1955
- Tornado in Texas, August 30, 1955
September 1955
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 10, 1955
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 20, 1955
- Tornado in Texas, September 25, 1955
October 1955
More
Every year in TexasEvery state in 1955Tornadoes in Texas in 195519541956
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.