Storms in Louisiana in 1974
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 1974, 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.
Louisiana in 1974 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
- 180
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 126
- Damage
- $55 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 | 66 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 63 | 3 | 126 | $55 million |
| Hail | 51 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1974
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, January 19, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 26, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 27, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 28, 1974
February 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, February 6, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, February 14, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, February 18, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, February 21, 1974
March 1974
- Hail in Louisiana, March 11, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 19, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 20, 1974
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 21, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, March 26, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, March 28, 1974
April 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 1, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 11, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 12, 1974
May 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 4, 1974
- Tornado in Louisiana, May 10, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 11, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 25, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 26, 1974
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, May 31, 1974
June 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 4, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 7, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 9, 1974
- Tornado in Louisiana, June 13, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, June 15, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 16, 1974
- Tornado in Louisiana, June 17, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 19, 1974
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, June 23, 1974
July 1974
- Tornado in Louisiana, July 3, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 6, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 12, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 13, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, July 14, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 15, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, July 16, 1974
- Hail in Louisiana, July 17, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 19, 1974
- Tornado in Louisiana, July 23, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 25, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 30, 1974
August 1974
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 1, 1974
- Tornado in Louisiana, August 3, 1974
- Tornado in Louisiana, August 4, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 18, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 29, 1974
September 1974
- Hail in Louisiana, September 1, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 2, 1974
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, September 8, 1974
October 1974
November 1974
More
Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 1974Tornadoes in Louisiana in 197419731975
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.