Storms in Missouri in 1968
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri 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.
Missouri 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
- 135
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $1.2 million
- Episodes
- 41
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 | 60 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 32 | 0 | 8 | $1.2 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1968
March 1968
April 1968
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 3, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 14, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 16, 1968
- Hail in Missouri, April 17, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 19, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 22, 1968
- Tornado in Missouri, April 26, 1968
May 1968
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 2, 1968
- Hail in Missouri, May 3, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 8, 1968
- Hail in Missouri, May 9, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 13, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 15, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 23, 1968
June 1968
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 10, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, June 11, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 15, 1968
- Tornadoes in Missouri, June 24, 1968
July 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 1, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 7, 1968
- Hail in Missouri, July 8, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, July 9, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 12, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 17, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 22, 1968
August 1968
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 3, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 8, 1968
- Tornado in Missouri, August 15, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 16, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 17, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 18, 1968
September 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 8, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 16, 1968
October 1968
November 1968
December 1968
More
Every year in MissouriEvery state in 1968Tornadoes in Missouri 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.