Storms in Louisiana in 1972

Events

65

Deaths

0

Injuries

5

Damage

$1.7 million

Episodes

31

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.

January 1972

• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 3, 19721 event

February 1972

• Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 29, 19723 injured · $250,000 · F3 · 2 events

March 1972

• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 1, 197252 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 2, 197251 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Louisiana, March 7, 19721.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 15, 1972$250 · F1 · 2 events
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 16, 19722 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 5 events
• Hail in Louisiana, March 18, 19722 in hail · 6 events
• Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, March 20, 1972$25,000 · F2 · 4 events
• Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, March 24, 1972$250 · F0 · 2 events
• Hail in Louisiana, March 28, 19720.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Louisiana, March 30, 19721.75 in hail · 5 events

April 1972

• Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 15, 1972$50,000 · F2 · 3 events
• Hail in Louisiana, April 18, 19720.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado in Louisiana, April 22, 1972$25,000 · F1 · 1 event

May 1972

• Tornado in Louisiana, May 7, 1972$25,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 12, 1972$275,000 · F2 · 5 events

June 1972

• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 8, 197270 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 22, 197252 kt wind · 1 event

July 1972

• Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 3, 19722 events
• Tornado in Louisiana, July 11, 1972$25,000 · F1 · 1 event

August 1972

• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 15, 19721 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 23, 19721 event
• Hail in Louisiana, August 26, 19721.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 27, 19721 event

September 1972

• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 21, 197261 kt wind · 1 event

October 1972

• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, October 26, 19721 event

November 1972

• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 13, 1972$525,000 · F2 · 5 events
• Tornadoes in Louisiana, November 18, 1972$275,000 · F1 · 2 events

December 1972

• Hail in Louisiana, December 4, 19721.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 30, 197250 kt wind · 1 event

Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 1972Tornadoes in Louisiana in 197219711973

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.