Storms in Texas in 1974
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas 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.
Texas 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
- 424
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 61
- Damage
- $11 million
- Episodes
- 106
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 | 178 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 128 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 118 | 2 | 61 | $11 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, January 18, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, January 19, 1974
- Tornado in Texas, January 27, 1974
February 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 14, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, February 20, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 21, 1974
March 1974
- Hail in Texas, March 7, 1974
- Hail in Texas, March 8, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 9, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 10, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 11, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 12, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 14, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 15, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 20, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 26, 1974
- Hail in Texas, March 28, 1974
April 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 2, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 10, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 11, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 12, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 13, 1974
- Hail in Texas, April 14, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 18, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 19, 1974
- Tornado in Texas, April 20, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 21, 1974
- Hail in Texas, April 22, 1974
- Tornado in Texas, April 26, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 27, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 28, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 30, 1974
May 1974
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 1, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 3, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 4, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 5, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 9, 1974
- Tornado in Texas, May 10, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 14, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 17, 1974
- Hail in Texas, May 18, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1974
- Hail in Texas, May 21, 1974
- Hail in Texas, May 23, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 24, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 25, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 26, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 28, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 31, 1974
June 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 1, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 2, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 3, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 4, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 5, 1974
- Hail in Texas, June 6, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 7, 1974
- Hail in Texas, June 8, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 9, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 11, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 12, 1974
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 13, 1974
- Hail in Texas, June 14, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 16, 1974
- Tornado in Texas, June 17, 1974
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 21, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 30, 1974
July 1974
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 1, 1974
- Hail in Texas, July 2, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 5, 1974
- Hail in Texas, July 6, 1974
- Tornado in Texas, July 13, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 14, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 27, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 29, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 31, 1974
August 1974
- Tornado in Texas, August 1, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 2, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 5, 1974
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 7, 1974
- Tornado in Texas, August 8, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 9, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 10, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 11, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 12, 1974
- Tornado in Texas, August 18, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 20, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 22, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 23, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 24, 1974
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 27, 1974
- Tornadoes in Texas, August 29, 1974
September 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 2, 1974
- Tornado in Texas, September 12, 1974
- Tornadoes in Texas, September 13, 1974
- Tornado in Texas, September 21, 1974
- Tornadoes in Texas, September 28, 1974
October 1974
- Hail in Texas, October 12, 1974
- Hail in Texas, October 22, 1974
- Hail in Texas, October 23, 1974
- Hail in Texas, October 27, 1974
- Tornadoes in Texas, October 28, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, October 30, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 31, 1974
November 1974
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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.