Storms in Texas in 1968

469 events in 105 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas 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.

Texas 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

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The year

Events: 469
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 15
Damage: $8.1 million
Episodes: 105

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	Injuries	Damage
Hail	202	0
Tornado	139	15	$8.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind	128	0

Every episode, month by month

January 1968

Tornadoes in Texas, January 18, 1968$5,000 · F1 · 2 events

February 1968

March 1968

April 1968

May 1968

June 1968

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November 1968

December 1968

Every year in Texas Every state in 1968 Tornadoes in Texas in 1968 1967 1969

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.