Storms in Louisiana in 1961

Events

52

Deaths

6

Injuries

128

Damage

$5.0 million

Episodes

31

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.

February 1961

• Tornado in Louisiana, February 21, 19619 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Hail in Louisiana, February 24, 19611.75 in hail · 1 event

March 1961

• Hail in Louisiana, March 12, 19611.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 17, 1961$250,000 · F2 · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 20, 196152 kt wind · 1 event
• Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, March 27, 1961$3,000 · F1 · 4 events
• Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, March 29, 1961$250,000 · F1 · 3 events
• Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, March 30, 19611 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 3 events

April 1961

• Tornado in Louisiana, April 9, 1961$250,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 11, 19611 event

May 1961

• Hail in Louisiana, May 1, 19611.5 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 8, 19611 event
• Tornado in Louisiana, May 14, 1961$25,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 23, 196162 kt wind · 1 event

June 1961

• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 10, 196150 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Louisiana, June 30, 19610.75 in hail · 1 event

July 1961

• Hail in Louisiana, July 14, 19611.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 16, 196150 kt wind · 1 event

August 1961

• Hail in Louisiana, August 22, 19611 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Louisiana, August 23, 19611.75 in hail · 1 event

September 1961

• Hail in Louisiana, September 5, 19610.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornadoes in Louisiana, September 10, 19611 death · 71 injured · $2.6 million · F3 · 5 events
• Tornadoes in Louisiana, September 11, 19612 injured · $300,000 · F2 · 3 events
• Tornadoes in Louisiana, September 12, 19615 deaths · 37 injured · $275,000 · F3 · 2 events
• Tornado in Louisiana, September 13, 1961$250 · F1 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 27, 196150 kt wind · 2 events

November 1961

• Tornado in Louisiana, November 2, 19611 injured · $250,000 · F0 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 11, 19610.75 in hail · 2 events
• Tornadoes in Louisiana, November 13, 19611 injured · $278,000 · F2 · 3 events
• Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 22, 19613 injured · $28,000 · F2 · 3 events

December 1961

• Tornado in Louisiana, December 11, 19613 injured · $25,000 · F0 · 1 event

Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 1961Tornadoes in Louisiana 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.