Storms in Georgia in 1961

Events

78

Deaths

1

Injuries

19

Damage

$3.8 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.

January 1961

• Tornado in Georgia, January 19, 1961$250 · F1 · 1 event

February 1961

• Tornado in Georgia, February 22, 1961$25,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 24, 1961$150,000 · F2 · 7 events

March 1961

• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 8, 1961$280,000 · F2 · 7 events
• Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 18, 196162 kt wind · 2 events
• Tornadoes in Georgia, March 31, 19611 death · 15 injured · $2.6 million · F3 · 10 events

April 1961

• Tornadoes in Georgia, April 3, 19611 injured · $55,000 · F2 · 4 events
• Tornadoes in Georgia, April 9, 1961$28,000 · F2 · 3 events
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 12, 19612 injured · $100,000 · F2 · 6 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 15, 1961$275,000 · F2 · 8 events

May 1961

• Tornado in Georgia, May 9, 1961$25,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 23, 19611 event
• Tornado in Georgia, May 25, 1961$3,000 · F1 · 1 event

June 1961

• Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 11, 196165 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 14, 196160 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 21, 19611 event
• Tornado and Hail in Georgia, June 26, 1961$25,000 · F2 · 2 events

July 1961

• Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 12, 19611 event
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 13, 19611 event
• Tornado in Georgia, July 16, 1961$25,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 25, 19611 event
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 26, 19611 event

August 1961

• Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 1, 19611 event
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 3, 196163 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 8, 196165 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 21, 19611 event
• Tornado in Georgia, August 31, 19611 injured · $25,000 · F1 · 1 event

September 1961

• Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 5, 19611 event
• Tornado in Georgia, September 13, 1961$25,000 · F2 · 1 event

November 1961

• Tornadoes in Georgia, November 23, 1961$3,000 · F2 · 3 events

December 1961

• Tornado in Georgia, December 11, 1961$25,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Tornadoes in Georgia, December 12, 1961$50,000 · F1 · 2 events
• Tornado in Georgia, December 18, 1961$25,000 · F2 · 1 event

Every year in GeorgiaEvery state in 1961Tornadoes in Georgia 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.