Storms in Alabama in 1960
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1960, 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.
Alabama in 1960 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
- 29
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $558,000
- Episodes
- 20
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 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 11 | 0 | 2 | $558,000 |
| Hail | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1960
February 1960
March 1960
May 1960
- Tornado in Alabama, May 5, 1960
- Tornadoes in Alabama, May 7, 1960
- Tornado in Alabama, May 26, 1960
- Hail in Alabama, May 27, 1960
- Hail in Alabama, May 28, 1960
June 1960
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 9, 1960
- Tornado in Alabama, June 15, 1960
- Hail in Alabama, June 16, 1960
July 1960
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 4, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 22, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 29, 1960
August 1960
September 1960
October 1960
More
Every year in AlabamaEvery state in 1960Tornadoes in Alabama in 196019591961
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.