Storms in Georgia in 1956

Events

42

Deaths

0

Injuries

2

Damage

$3.1 million

Episodes

27

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.

January 1956

• Tornado in Georgia, January 30, 1956$30 · F0 · 1 event

February 1956

• Tornado in Georgia, February 3, 1956$30 · F0 · 1 event
• Tornado in Georgia, February 18, 1956$2.5 million · F2 · 1 event
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 27, 1956$30 · F0 · 2 events

March 1956

• Tornado in Georgia, March 8, 1956$30 · F0 · 1 event
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 16, 1956$250 · F1 · 2 events

April 1956

• Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 6, 19561 event
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 10, 1956$250 · F0 · 2 events
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 15, 1956$250,000 · F2 · 2 events

May 1956

• Tornado in Georgia, May 3, 19561 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 24, 1956$30 · F1 · 2 events

June 1956

• Tornado in Georgia, June 4, 1956$25,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 29, 19561 event
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 30, 19561 event

July 1956

• Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 8, 19561 event
• Hail in Georgia, July 13, 19560.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 15, 195658 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 17, 19561 event
• Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 26, 19563 events
• Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 27, 19564 events
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 29, 195670 kt wind · 1 event

August 1956

• Tornado and Hail in Georgia, August 12, 1956$3,000 · F1 · 2 events
• Tornadoes in Georgia, August 31, 1956$5,000 · F1 · 2 events

September 1956

• Tornado in Georgia, September 4, 1956$25,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Tornado in Georgia, September 25, 1956$30 · F1 · 1 event

October 1956

• Damaging Wind in Georgia, October 21, 195651 kt wind · 1 event

December 1956

• Tornadoes in Georgia, December 23, 19561 injured · $5,000 · F1 · 2 events

Every year in GeorgiaEvery state in 1956Tornadoes in Georgia in 195619551957

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.