Storms in Arkansas in 1961

Events

85

Deaths

7

Injuries

100

Damage

$9.4 million

Episodes

29

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.

March 1961

• Tornadoes in Arkansas, March 5, 1961$50,000 · F2 · 2 events
• Hail in Arkansas, March 6, 19611.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 12, 19611 death · 62 injured · $2.9 million · F3 · 23 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 17, 196160 kt wind · 1 event
• Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, March 26, 19616 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 3 events
• Hail in Arkansas, March 27, 19611.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Arkansas, March 29, 19612 in hail · 1 event

April 1961

• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 9, 19611 event
• Hail in Arkansas, April 14, 19611.5 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Arkansas, April 15, 19613 in hail · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 25, 19611.5 in hail · 7 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 30, 19610.75 in hail · 3 events

May 1961

• Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 5, 19611 death · 13 injured · $300,000 · F2 · 4 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 6, 19612 deaths · 9 injured · $750,000 · F2 · 7 events
• Tornadoes in Arkansas, May 7, 19613 deaths · 10 injured · $5.0 million · F3 · 3 events
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 8, 1961$50,000 · F2 · 5 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 14, 1961$28,000 · F2 · 3 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 22, 19612.75 in hail · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 23, 196150 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Arkansas, May 25, 19611.25 in hail · 1 event

June 1961

• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 8, 196166 kt wind · 1 event

July 1961

• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 14, 19611 event
• Hail in Arkansas, July 15, 19610.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 16, 19611 event

August 1961

• Hail in Arkansas, August 5, 19612 in hail · 4 events

September 1961

• Tornado in Arkansas, September 12, 1961$25,000 · F2 · 1 event

November 1961

• Tornadoes in Arkansas, November 2, 1961$3,000 · F2 · 2 events
• Tornado in Arkansas, November 22, 19611 event

December 1961

• Hail in Arkansas, December 31, 19611.75 in hail · 1 event

Every year in ArkansasEvery state in 1961Tornadoes in Arkansas in 196119601962

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.