Storms in Texas in 1966
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas 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.
Texas 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
- 279
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- $916,000
- Episodes
- 78
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 110 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 92 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 77 | 0 | 11 | $916,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1966
February 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, February 8, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, February 9, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, February 10, 1966
March 1966
- Hail in Texas, March 12, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 22, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 27, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 28, 1966
April 1966
- Hail in Texas, April 9, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 10, 1966
- Hail in Texas, April 12, 1966
- Hail in Texas, April 13, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 14, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 17, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 18, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 19, 1966
- Hail in Texas, April 21, 1966
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 23, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 24, 1966
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 25, 1966
- Hail in Texas, April 27, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 28, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 29, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 30, 1966
May 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 10, 1966
- Hail in Texas, May 14, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 16, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 18, 1966
- Hail in Texas, May 20, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 21, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 23, 1966
- Hail in Texas, May 24, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 27, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 28, 1966
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 29, 1966
June 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 1, 1966
- Hail in Texas, June 5, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 7, 1966
- Hail in Texas, June 8, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 9, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 10, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 11, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 12, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 13, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 14, 1966
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 15, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 16, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 17, 1966
- Tornado in Texas, June 18, 1966
- Tornado in Texas, June 20, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 21, 1966
- Tornado in Texas, June 25, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 30, 1966
July 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 1, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 8, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 9, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 10, 1966
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 19, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 24, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 26, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 27, 1966
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 31, 1966
August 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 1, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 6, 1966
- Hail in Texas, August 7, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 8, 1966
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 9, 1966
- Tornado in Texas, August 12, 1966
- Tornado in Texas, August 13, 1966
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 18, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 19, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 29, 1966
- Tornado in Texas, August 30, 1966
September 1966
- Tornado in Texas, September 2, 1966
- Tornado in Texas, September 14, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, September 17, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 27, 1966
October 1966
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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.