Storms in Texas in 1969

410 events in 80 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas in 1969, 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 1969 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

Open the live radar over Texas

The year

Events: 410
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 67
Damage: $5.5 million
Episodes: 80

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	169	0	0
Tornado	131	3	67	$5.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind	110	0	0

Every episode, month by month

February 1969

March 1969

April 1969

May 1969

June 1969

July 1969

August 1969

September 1969

October 1969

November 1969

Every year in Texas Every state in 1969 Tornadoes in Texas in 1969 1968 1970

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.