Storms in Texas in 1960
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas 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.
Texas 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
- 224
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 73
- Damage
- $5.2 million
- Episodes
- 79
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 | 83 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 77 | 3 | 73 | $5.2 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 64 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1960
- Hail in Texas, January 13, 1960
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, January 14, 1960
- Tornado in Texas, January 28, 1960
February 1960
April 1960
- Hail in Texas, April 1, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 12, 1960
- Hail in Texas, April 14, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 17, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 21, 1960
- Hail in Texas, April 22, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 24, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 25, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 26, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 27, 1960
- Hail in Texas, April 28, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 29, 1960
May 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 3, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 4, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 5, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 11, 1960
- Hail in Texas, May 15, 1960
- Hail in Texas, May 16, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 17, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 18, 1960
- Hail in Texas, May 19, 1960
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 20, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 22, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 23, 1960
- Tornado in Texas, May 24, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 25, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 26, 1960
- Hail in Texas, May 27, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 28, 1960
- Tornado in Texas, May 29, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 31, 1960
June 1960
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 1, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 4, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 6, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 7, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 8, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 9, 1960
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 10, 1960
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 12, 1960
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 15, 1960
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 24, 1960
- Tornado in Texas, June 25, 1960
- Tornado in Texas, June 26, 1960
July 1960
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 4, 1960
- Tornado in Texas, July 6, 1960
- Hail in Texas, July 12, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 13, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 15, 1960
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 18, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 19, 1960
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 20, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 25, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 26, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 28, 1960
August 1960
- Tornado in Texas, August 8, 1960
- Tornado in Texas, August 19, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 20, 1960
- Tornado in Texas, August 21, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 24, 1960
September 1960
- Hail in Texas, September 15, 1960
- Tornado in Texas, September 22, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 23, 1960
- Tornado in Texas, September 24, 1960
October 1960
- Hail in Texas, October 5, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 7, 1960
- Hail in Texas, October 10, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 11, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, October 13, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, October 15, 1960
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 16, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, October 18, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 28, 1960
November 1960
More
Every year in TexasEvery state in 1960Tornadoes in Texas 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.