Storms in Texas in 1959
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas 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.
Texas 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
- 249
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 64
- Damage
- $4.6 million
- Episodes
- 81
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 89 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 87 | 6 | 64 | $4.6 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 73 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1959
March 1959
- Damaging Winds in Texas, March 4, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 5, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 10, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 20, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 25, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 31, 1959
April 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 1, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 7, 1959
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 8, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 18, 1959
- Hail in Texas, April 19, 1959
- Hail in Texas, April 20, 1959
May 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 1, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 2, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 3, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 4, 1959
- Hail in Texas, May 5, 1959
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 7, 1959
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 8, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 10, 1959
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 15, 1959
- Tornado in Texas, May 17, 1959
- Hail in Texas, May 19, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 20, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 21, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 22, 1959
- Tornado in Texas, May 23, 1959
- Tornado in Texas, May 24, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 25, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 27, 1959
- Hail in Texas, May 28, 1959
- Hail in Texas, May 31, 1959
June 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 1, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 3, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 4, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 5, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 11, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 12, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 14, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 22, 1959
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 23, 1959
- Tornado in Texas, June 26, 1959
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 30, 1959
July 1959
- Tornado in Texas, July 2, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 4, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 6, 1959
- Tornado in Texas, July 8, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 10, 1959
- Tornado in Texas, July 11, 1959
- Tornado in Texas, July 13, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 14, 1959
- Tornado in Texas, July 15, 1959
- Hail in Texas, July 18, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 20, 1959
- Hail in Texas, July 21, 1959
- Hail in Texas, July 22, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 23, 1959
- Tornado in Texas, July 24, 1959
- Tornado in Texas, July 27, 1959
August 1959
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 13, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 18, 1959
- Tornado in Texas, August 21, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 30, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 31, 1959
September 1959
- Hail in Texas, September 1, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, September 3, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 9, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, September 24, 1959
- Tornado in Texas, September 28, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, September 29, 1959
October 1959
- Hail in Texas, October 1, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 2, 1959
- Tornadoes in Texas, October 3, 1959
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 4, 1959
- Tornado in Texas, October 12, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 31, 1959
November 1959
More
Every year in TexasEvery state in 1959Tornadoes in Texas 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.