Storms in Missouri in 1959
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 1959, 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 1959 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
- 126
- Deaths
- 21
- Injuries
- 351
- Damage
- $51 million
- Episodes
- 33
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 | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 39 | 21 | 351 | $51 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, February 9, 1959
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, February 10, 1959
March 1959
April 1959
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 2, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 17, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 19, 1959
- Hail in Missouri, April 27, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 28, 1959
May 1959
- Tornado in Missouri, May 4, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 9, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 10, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 18, 1959
- Tornadoes in Missouri, May 20, 1959
- Hail in Missouri, May 21, 1959
- Hail in Missouri, May 27, 1959
- Hail in Missouri, May 29, 1959
June 1959
July 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 5, 1959
- Tornado in Missouri, July 16, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 26, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 31, 1959
August 1959
September 1959
- Hail in Missouri, September 1, 1959
- Hail in Missouri, September 3, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, September 26, 1959
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 27, 1959
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 28, 1959
October 1959
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, October 2, 1959
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, October 4, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, October 10, 1959
December 1959
More
Every year in MissouriEvery state in 1959Tornadoes in Missouri in 195919581960
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.