Storms in Missouri in 1962
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 1962, 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.
Missouri in 1962 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
- 105
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $506,000
- Episodes
- 46
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 22 | 0 | 3 | $506,000 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1962
March 1962
April 1962
May 1962
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 6, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 7, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 8, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 10, 1962
- Hail in Missouri, May 17, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 18, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 19, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 22, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 24, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 26, 1962
- Hail in Missouri, May 27, 1962
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 28, 1962
- Tornado in Missouri, May 29, 1962
- Hail in Missouri, May 30, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 31, 1962
June 1962
- Tornado in Missouri, June 2, 1962
- Tornadoes in Missouri, June 3, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 6, 1962
- Tornado in Missouri, June 8, 1962
- Tornadoes in Missouri, June 9, 1962
- Hail in Missouri, June 10, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 18, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 22, 1962
- Hail in Missouri, June 23, 1962
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 24, 1962
July 1962
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 4, 1962
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 5, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 8, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 11, 1962
- Tornado in Missouri, July 13, 1962
- Tornado in Missouri, July 15, 1962
- Hail in Missouri, July 20, 1962
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 21, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 22, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 23, 1962
August 1962
- Hail in Missouri, August 3, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 4, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 9, 1962
- Hail in Missouri, August 21, 1962
September 1962
October 1962
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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.