Storms in Texas in 1962
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas 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.
Texas 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
- 375
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 57
- Damage
- $14 million
- Episodes
- 97
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 143 | 1 | 57 | $14 million |
| Hail | 134 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 98 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1962
- Tornado in Texas, February 15, 1962
- Hail in Texas, February 17, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, February 18, 1962
- Tornadoes in Texas, February 23, 1962
March 1962
- Tornado in Texas, March 8, 1962
- Tornado in Texas, March 20, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 24, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 31, 1962
April 1962
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 4, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 10, 1962
- Hail in Texas, April 11, 1962
- Hail in Texas, April 22, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 24, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 26, 1962
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 27, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 30, 1962
May 1962
- Tornado in Texas, May 7, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 8, 1962
- Hail in Texas, May 12, 1962
- Hail in Texas, May 15, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 16, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 17, 1962
- Hail in Texas, May 19, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 24, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 25, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 26, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 27, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 28, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 29, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 31, 1962
June 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 1, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 3, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 4, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 5, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 6, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 7, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 8, 1962
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 9, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 11, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 12, 1962
- Hail in Texas, June 13, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 14, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 16, 1962
- Hail in Texas, June 17, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 18, 1962
- Tornado in Texas, June 20, 1962
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 24, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 25, 1962
- Tornado in Texas, June 26, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 27, 1962
- Tornado in Texas, June 28, 1962
- Tornado in Texas, June 30, 1962
July 1962
- Tornado in Texas, July 1, 1962
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 10, 1962
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 11, 1962
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 14, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 15, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 17, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 22, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 23, 1962
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 24, 1962
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 25, 1962
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 26, 1962
- Hail in Texas, July 28, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 31, 1962
August 1962
- Tornado in Texas, August 1, 1962
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 2, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 9, 1962
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 10, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 12, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 13, 1962
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 15, 1962
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 16, 1962
- Tornado in Texas, August 20, 1962
- Tornado in Texas, August 21, 1962
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 24, 1962
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 30, 1962
- Tornado in Texas, August 31, 1962
September 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 2, 1962
- Tornado in Texas, September 5, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, September 7, 1962
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 8, 1962
- Tornadoes in Texas, September 10, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 15, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 16, 1962
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 17, 1962
October 1962
- Hail in Texas, October 7, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 8, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 10, 1962
- Tornado in Texas, October 14, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 19, 1962
- Hail in Texas, October 20, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 27, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 28, 1962
December 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.