Storms in Missouri in 1957
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 1957, 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.
Missouri in 1957 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
- 120
- Deaths
- 56
- Injuries
- 310
- Damage
- $82 million
- Episodes
- 32
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 | 52 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 48 | 56 | 310 | $82 million |
| Hail | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1957
March 1957
April 1957
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 3, 1957
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 17, 1957
- Tornado in Missouri, April 25, 1957
- Tornado in Missouri, April 26, 1957
May 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 9, 1957
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 13, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 20, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 21, 1957
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 22, 1957
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 24, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 25, 1957
June 1957
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 5, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, June 7, 1957
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 11, 1957
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 12, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 13, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, June 14, 1957
- Tornado in Missouri, June 15, 1957
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 22, 1957
- Hail in Missouri, June 26, 1957
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 29, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 30, 1957
July 1957
August 1957
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 3, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 16, 1957
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 20, 1957
December 1957
More
Every year in MissouriEvery state in 1957Tornadoes in Missouri in 195719561958
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.