Storms in Texas in 1961
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 1961, 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 1961 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
- 354
- Deaths
- 11
- Injuries
- 278
- Damage
- $6.2 million
- Episodes
- 86
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 | 137 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 126 | 11 | 278 | $6.2 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 91 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1961
March 1961
- Tornado in Texas, March 3, 1961
- Hail in Texas, March 5, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 7, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 16, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 17, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 26, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 27, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 28, 1961
April 1961
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 5, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 6, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 8, 1961
- Tornado in Texas, April 9, 1961
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 11, 1961
- Tornado in Texas, April 23, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 26, 1961
- Tornado in Texas, April 27, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 29, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 30, 1961
May 1961
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 1, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 3, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 4, 1961
- Hail in Texas, May 5, 1961
- Hail in Texas, May 6, 1961
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 7, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 8, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 16, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 18, 1961
- Tornado in Texas, May 19, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 21, 1961
- Hail in Texas, May 22, 1961
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 23, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 24, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 25, 1961
- Hail in Texas, May 28, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 29, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 30, 1961
June 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 2, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 3, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 4, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 5, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 6, 1961
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 7, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 8, 1961
- Tornado in Texas, June 9, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 12, 1961
- Tornado in Texas, June 14, 1961
- Tornado in Texas, June 15, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 18, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 24, 1961
- Tornado in Texas, June 29, 1961
July 1961
- Hail in Texas, July 2, 1961
- Tornado in Texas, July 4, 1961
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 7, 1961
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 8, 1961
- Tornado in Texas, July 9, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 10, 1961
- Hail in Texas, July 11, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 12, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 14, 1961
- Hail in Texas, July 15, 1961
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 16, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 20, 1961
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 21, 1961
- Tornado in Texas, July 24, 1961
August 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 4, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 8, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 11, 1961
- Hail in Texas, August 21, 1961
- Tornado in Texas, August 29, 1961
September 1961
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 3, 1961
- Tornado in Texas, September 4, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 8, 1961
- Tornadoes in Texas, September 11, 1961
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 12, 1961
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 13, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, September 19, 1961
- Hail in Texas, September 22, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 24, 1961
October 1961
November 1961
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Every year in TexasEvery state in 1961Tornadoes in Texas in 196119601962
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.