Storms in Texas in 1956
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 1956, 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 1956 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
- 170
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- $878,000
- Episodes
- 71
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 69 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 56 | 0 | 11 | $878,000 |
| Hail | 45 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1956
February 1956
- Tornado in Texas, February 8, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, February 14, 1956
- Hail in Texas, February 15, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, February 17, 1956
March 1956
April 1956
- Hail in Texas, April 2, 1956
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 5, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 9, 1956
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 14, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 22, 1956
- Hail in Texas, April 28, 1956
- Hail in Texas, April 29, 1956
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 30, 1956
May 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 1, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 2, 1956
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 7, 1956
- Tornado in Texas, May 8, 1956
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 14, 1956
- Tornado in Texas, May 23, 1956
- Hail in Texas, May 24, 1956
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 25, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 26, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 27, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 29, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 31, 1956
June 1956
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 3, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 4, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 5, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 6, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 8, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 9, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 11, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 15, 1956
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 17, 1956
- Tornado in Texas, June 18, 1956
- Tornado in Texas, June 19, 1956
- Tornado in Texas, June 22, 1956
July 1956
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 2, 1956
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 4, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 6, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 8, 1956
- Hail in Texas, July 19, 1956
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 20, 1956
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 24, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 25, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 30, 1956
August 1956
- Tornado in Texas, August 8, 1956
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 14, 1956
- Hail in Texas, August 18, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 20, 1956
- Tornado in Texas, August 29, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 30, 1956
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 31, 1956
September 1956
- Hail in Texas, September 1, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 3, 1956
- Tornado in Texas, September 4, 1956
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 7, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 24, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 26, 1956
October 1956
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 3, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, October 4, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 14, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 15, 1956
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 18, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, October 20, 1956
- Hail in Texas, October 29, 1956
November 1956
- Tornado in Texas, November 1, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Texas, November 2, 1956
- Tornado in Texas, November 5, 1956
December 1956
More
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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.