Storms in Texas in 1976
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas 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.
Texas 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
- 585
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 62
- Damage
- $36 million
- Episodes
- 90
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 | 254 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 186 | 2 | 62 | $36 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 145 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1976
February 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, February 17, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 20, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Texas, February 21, 1976
March 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 4, 1976
- Tornado in Texas, March 5, 1976
- Tornadoes in Texas, March 8, 1976
- Hail in Texas, March 12, 1976
- Hail in Texas, March 20, 1976
- Hail in Texas, March 25, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 26, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 28, 1976
- Hail in Texas, March 29, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 30, 1976
April 1976
- Hail in Texas, April 3, 1976
- Hail in Texas, April 4, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 7, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 14, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 15, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 17, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 18, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 19, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 20, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 22, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 23, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 24, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 26, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 27, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 28, 1976
- Tornado in Texas, April 29, 1976
- Hail in Texas, April 30, 1976
May 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 5, 1976
- Hail in Texas, May 6, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 7, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 10, 1976
- Hail in Texas, May 11, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 12, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 14, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 21, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 22, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 23, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 24, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 25, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 26, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 30, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 31, 1976
June 1976
- Hail in Texas, June 3, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 4, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 5, 1976
- Tornado in Texas, June 6, 1976
- Tornado in Texas, June 13, 1976
- Hail in Texas, June 15, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 17, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 18, 1976
- Hail in Texas, June 20, 1976
- Tornado in Texas, June 21, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 22, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 23, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 24, 1976
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 25, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 30, 1976
July 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 1, 1976
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 4, 1976
- Tornado in Texas, July 7, 1976
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 8, 1976
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 9, 1976
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 14, 1976
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 15, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 16, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 18, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 25, 1976
August 1976
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 6, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 17, 1976
- Tornado in Texas, August 18, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 24, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 26, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 29, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 31, 1976
September 1976
- Tornado in Texas, September 1, 1976
- Tornadoes in Texas, September 2, 1976
- Tornado in Texas, September 3, 1976
- Tornado in Texas, September 4, 1976
- Tornado in Texas, September 7, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 12, 1976
- Hail in Texas, September 25, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, September 26, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, September 27, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 28, 1976
October 1976
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Every year in TexasEvery state in 1976Tornadoes in Texas 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.