Storms in Louisiana in 1968
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 1968, 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 1968 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
- 77
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $463,000
- Episodes
- 34
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 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 17 | 0 | 1 | $463,000 |
| Hail | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1968
February 1968
March 1968
April 1968
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 23, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 27, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 28, 1968
May 1968
- Hail in Louisiana, May 3, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 11, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 17, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 24, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 26, 1968
- Hail in Louisiana, May 27, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 30, 1968
June 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 5, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 7, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 12, 1968
- Tornado in Louisiana, June 17, 1968
- Tornado in Louisiana, June 20, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 22, 1968
- Tornado in Louisiana, June 24, 1968
July 1968
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 1, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 2, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 11, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 12, 1968
August 1968
September 1968
October 1968
November 1968
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 15, 1968
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 17, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 27, 1968
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 30, 1968
December 1968
More
Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 1968Tornadoes in Louisiana in 196819671969
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.