Storms in Mississippi in 1966
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi 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.
Mississippi 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
- 85
- Deaths
- 58
- Injuries
- 532
- Damage
- $78 million
- Episodes
- 30
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 | 38 | 58 | 532 | $78 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1966
March 1966
April 1966
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 3, 1966
- Hail in Mississippi, April 7, 1966
- Hail in Mississippi, April 12, 1966
- Hail in Mississippi, April 13, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 18, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 20, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 26, 1966
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, April 27, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 28, 1966
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, April 30, 1966
May 1966
- Tornado in Mississippi, May 3, 1966
- Tornado in Mississippi, May 6, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 15, 1966
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 16, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 24, 1966
June 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 16, 1966
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, June 26, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 28, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 29, 1966
July 1966
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 3, 1966
- Tornado in Mississippi, July 19, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 20, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 29, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 30, 1966
August 1966
November 1966
More
Every year in MississippiEvery state in 1966Tornadoes in Mississippi 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.