Storms in Texas in 1972
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas 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.
Texas 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
- 399
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 63
- Damage
- $13 million
- Episodes
- 112
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 | 148 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 145 | 2 | 63 | $13 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 106 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1972
February 1972
March 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 1, 1972
- Hail in Texas, March 7, 1972
- Hail in Texas, March 8, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 11, 1972
- Hail in Texas, March 13, 1972
- Tornadoes in Texas, March 14, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 15, 1972
- Hail in Texas, March 19, 1972
- Tornadoes in Texas, March 20, 1972
- Hail in Texas, March 23, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 24, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 26, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 27, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 28, 1972
April 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 3, 1972
- Hail in Texas, April 9, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 13, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 14, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 15, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 17, 1972
- Damaging Winds in Texas, April 18, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 19, 1972
- Hail in Texas, April 20, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 21, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 25, 1972
- Hail in Texas, April 26, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 27, 1972
- Hail in Texas, April 28, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 29, 1972
- Hail in Texas, April 30, 1972
May 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 1, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 2, 1972
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 4, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 5, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 6, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 7, 1972
- Hail in Texas, May 8, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 9, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 10, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 11, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 12, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 13, 1972
- Hail in Texas, May 15, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 16, 1972
- Hail in Texas, May 18, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1972
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 24, 1972
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 1972
- Hail in Texas, May 26, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 27, 1972
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 28, 1972
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 29, 1972
June 1972
- Tornado in Texas, June 2, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 9, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 10, 1972
- Tornado in Texas, June 13, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 14, 1972
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 15, 1972
- Tornado in Texas, June 16, 1972
- Tornado in Texas, June 17, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 21, 1972
- Hail in Texas, June 27, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 28, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 29, 1972
July 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 1, 1972
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 2, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 3, 1972
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 4, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 8, 1972
- Tornado in Texas, July 10, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 12, 1972
- Tornado in Texas, July 13, 1972
- Tornado in Texas, July 14, 1972
- Tornado in Texas, July 15, 1972
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 17, 1972
- Tornado in Texas, July 19, 1972
- Tornado in Texas, July 22, 1972
- Tornado in Texas, July 29, 1972
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 30, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 31, 1972
August 1972
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 3, 1972
- Tornado in Texas, August 6, 1972
- Hail in Texas, August 7, 1972
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 8, 1972
- Tornado in Texas, August 10, 1972
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 11, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 12, 1972
- Tornado in Texas, August 13, 1972
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 14, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 18, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 22, 1972
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 23, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 30, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 31, 1972
September 1972
- Tornado in Texas, September 4, 1972
- Tornado in Texas, September 5, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 7, 1972
- Hail in Texas, September 9, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 21, 1972
- Tornadoes in Texas, September 22, 1972
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 26, 1972
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 29, 1972
October 1972
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 21, 1972
- Tornadoes in Texas, October 22, 1972
- Tornado in Texas, October 29, 1972
November 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, November 12, 1972
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, November 13, 1972
- Hail in Texas, November 18, 1972
December 1972
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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.