Storms in Missouri in 1972
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 1972, 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 1972 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
- 97
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 15
- Damage
- $2.8 million
- Episodes
- 35
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 | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 14 | 0 | 15 | $2.8 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1972
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 1, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 13, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 17, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 31, 1972
April 1972
- Hail in Missouri, April 7, 1972
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 11, 1972
- Tornado in Missouri, April 12, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 13, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 14, 1972
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 15, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 19, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 21, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 30, 1972
May 1972
June 1972
July 1972
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 1, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, July 2, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 14, 1972
- Hail in Missouri, July 17, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 26, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, July 27, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 28, 1972
August 1972
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 2, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 12, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 15, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 21, 1972
September 1972
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 7, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 11, 1972
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 13, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 19, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 20, 1972
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 28, 1972
- Hail in Missouri, September 29, 1972
December 1972
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Every year in MissouriEvery state in 1972Tornadoes in Missouri in 197219711973
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.