Storms in Texas in 1970
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas 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.
Texas 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
- 325
- Deaths
- 51
- Injuries
- 736
- Damage
- $382 million
- Episodes
- 84
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 136 | 51 | 736 | $382 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 101 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 88 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1970
February 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 1, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Texas, February 15, 1970
- Hail in Texas, February 24, 1970
March 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 2, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 3, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 10, 1970
- Hail in Texas, March 11, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 16, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 17, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Texas, March 27, 1970
April 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 16, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 17, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 18, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 19, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 25, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 26, 1970
- Hail in Texas, April 28, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 29, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 30, 1970
May 1970
- Hail in Texas, May 8, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 11, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 12, 1970
- Hail in Texas, May 13, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 14, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 15, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 21, 1970
- Tornado in Texas, May 22, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 23, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 24, 1970
- Tornado in Texas, May 25, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 26, 1970
- Hail in Texas, May 27, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 28, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 29, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 30, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 31, 1970
June 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 1, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 8, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 9, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 11, 1970
- Hail in Texas, June 13, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 14, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 17, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 20, 1970
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 21, 1970
- Tornado in Texas, June 23, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 24, 1970
- Tornado in Texas, June 25, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 26, 1970
July 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 4, 1970
- Hail in Texas, July 8, 1970
- Tornado in Texas, July 13, 1970
- Tornado in Texas, July 21, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 25, 1970
August 1970
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 3, 1970
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 4, 1970
- Tornado in Texas, August 11, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 13, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 18, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 19, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 20, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 23, 1970
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 24, 1970
- Tornado in Texas, August 29, 1970
- Tornado in Texas, August 31, 1970
September 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 1, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, September 2, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 5, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 13, 1970
- Tornado in Texas, September 17, 1970
- Tornadoes in Texas, September 20, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 23, 1970
- Tornado in Texas, September 27, 1970
October 1970
- Hail in Texas, October 4, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 6, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Texas, October 8, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 9, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, October 11, 1970
- Tornadoes in Texas, October 22, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 23, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, October 26, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, October 27, 1970
December 1970
More
Every year in TexasEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Texas 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.