Storms in Missouri in 1970
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 1970, 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 1970 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
- 216
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 20
- Damage
- $5.2 million
- Episodes
- 56
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 | 107 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 71 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 38 | 0 | 20 | $5.2 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1970
April 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 1, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 12, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 18, 1970
- Tornadoes in Missouri, April 19, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 23, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 27, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 29, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 30, 1970
May 1970
- Hail in Missouri, May 5, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 9, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 10, 1970
- Hail in Missouri, May 12, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 13, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 22, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 25, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 29, 1970
June 1970
- Tornado in Missouri, June 1, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 11, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, June 12, 1970
- Tornado in Missouri, June 13, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 15, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 16, 1970
- Hail in Missouri, June 17, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 18, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, June 19, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, June 20, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 24, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 25, 1970
July 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 3, 1970
- Hail in Missouri, July 7, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 14, 1970
- Tornado in Missouri, July 19, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 31, 1970
August 1970
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 4, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 6, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 8, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 9, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 15, 1970
- Hail in Missouri, August 17, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 18, 1970
- Tornado in Missouri, August 19, 1970
September 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 2, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 3, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 4, 1970
- Tornadoes in Missouri, September 7, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 9, 1970
- Hail in Missouri, September 12, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 21, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 22, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 23, 1970
October 1970
November 1970
More
Every year in MissouriEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Missouri in 197019691971
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.