Storms in Missouri in 1976
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 1976, 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 1976 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
- 124
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 28
- Damage
- $8.6 million
- Episodes
- 36
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 | 61 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 15 | 2 | 28 | $8.6 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1976
February 1976
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, February 16, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, February 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, February 21, 1976
March 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 3, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, March 4, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, March 26, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 29, 1976
April 1976
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 19, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 20, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 22, 1976
- Hail in Missouri, April 23, 1976
May 1976
- Hail in Missouri, May 15, 1976
- Hail in Missouri, May 28, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 29, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 30, 1976
June 1976
- Hail in Missouri, June 12, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 15, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 26, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 27, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 28, 1976
July 1976
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 15, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 26, 1976
- Tornado in Missouri, July 27, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 28, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 30, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 31, 1976
August 1976
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 5, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 10, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 11, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 13, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 14, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 23, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 27, 1976
October 1976
More
Every year in MissouriEvery state in 1976Tornadoes in Missouri in 197619751977
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.