Storms in Arkansas in 1965
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 1965, 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.
Arkansas in 1965 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
- 60
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 225
- Damage
- $27 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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 24 | 6 | 225 | $27 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1965
February 1965
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 8, 1965
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, February 9, 1965
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, February 11, 1965
March 1965
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 1, 1965
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 16, 1965
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 17, 1965
April 1965
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 3, 1965
- Hail in Arkansas, April 4, 1965
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 8, 1965
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 10, 1965
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 11, 1965
- Hail in Arkansas, April 13, 1965
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 18, 1965
- Hail in Arkansas, April 25, 1965
May 1965
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 8, 1965
- Hail in Arkansas, May 15, 1965
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 16, 1965
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 19, 1965
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 26, 1965
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 27, 1965
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 28, 1965
July 1965
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 3, 1965
- Hail in Arkansas, July 5, 1965
- Hail in Arkansas, July 11, 1965
August 1965
September 1965
November 1965
December 1965
More
Every year in ArkansasEvery state in 1965Tornadoes in Arkansas in 196519641966
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.