Storms in Mississippi in 1968
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi 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.
Mississippi 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
- 117
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 47
- Damage
- $405,000
- 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 | 68 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 23 | 1 | 47 | $405,000 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1968
April 1968
- Tornado in Mississippi, April 3, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 4, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 23, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 27, 1968
- Hail in Mississippi, April 28, 1968
- Hail in Mississippi, April 29, 1968
May 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 16, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 17, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 25, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 26, 1968
- Hail in Mississippi, May 27, 1968
June 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, June 11, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 12, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 16, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 17, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 18, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 19, 1968
July 1968
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 1, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 2, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 8, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 11, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 14, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 28, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 29, 1968
August 1968
September 1968
November 1968
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, November 3, 1968
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, November 17, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, November 28, 1968
- Tornado in Mississippi, November 30, 1968
December 1968
More
Every year in MississippiEvery state in 1968Tornadoes in Mississippi 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.