Storms in Louisiana in 1966
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 1966, 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.
Louisiana in 1966 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
- 40
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $59,000
- Episodes
- 27
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 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 12 | 0 | 2 | $59,000 |
| Hail | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1966
February 1966
March 1966
April 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 13, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 20, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 21, 1966
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 26, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 28, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 29, 1966
May 1966
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 13, 1966
- Tornado in Louisiana, May 19, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 24, 1966
- Tornado in Louisiana, May 26, 1966
- Hail in Louisiana, May 30, 1966
June 1966
July 1966
- Tornado in Louisiana, July 3, 1966
- Tornado in Louisiana, July 7, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 10, 1966
August 1966
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 8, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 12, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 13, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 18, 1966
September 1966
November 1966
More
Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 1966Tornadoes in Louisiana in 196619651967
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.