Storms in Louisiana in 1959

Events

34

Deaths

0

Injuries

4

Damage

$608,000

Episodes

24

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 1959

• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 21, 1959$3,000 · F1 · 3 events

February 1959

• Tornado in Louisiana, February 14, 19591 injured · $25,000 · F1 · 1 event

March 1959

• Tornado in Louisiana, March 5, 1959$250 · F0 · 1 event
• Hail in Louisiana, March 20, 19592 in hail · 1 event

April 1959

• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 1, 19592 events
• Tornado in Louisiana, April 17, 1959$3,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 18, 19592 events
• Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 19, 1959$25,000 · F2 · 4 events
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 20, 195960 kt wind · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 21, 19591 injured · $500,000 · F1 · 3 events

May 1959

• Tornado in Louisiana, May 11, 1959F0 · 1 event

June 1959

• Tornado in Louisiana, June 1, 1959$3,000 · F0 · 1 event
• Tornado in Louisiana, June 3, 1959$25,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 8, 19591 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 12, 19591 event
• Tornado in Louisiana, June 14, 19592 injured · $25,000 · F1 · 1 event

July 1959

• Hail in Louisiana, July 11, 19591.75 in hail · 1 event

August 1959

• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 1, 195975 kt wind · 2 events
• Tornado in Louisiana, August 16, 1959$250 · F0 · 1 event

September 1959

• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 3, 19591 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 21, 19591 event

November 1959

• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 4, 19591 event
• Hail in Louisiana, November 23, 19590.75 in hail · 1 event

December 1959

• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 16, 19591 event

Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 1959Tornadoes in Louisiana in 195919581960

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.