Storms in Missouri in 1978
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 1978, 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 1978 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
- 175
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage
- $5.9 million
- Episodes
- 42
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 | 118 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 10 | 0 | 10 | $5.9 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1978
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 2, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 5, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 6, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 7, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 15, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 17, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 18, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 22, 1978
- Hail in Missouri, April 30, 1978
May 1978
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 3, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 7, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 11, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 12, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 22, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 23, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 28, 1978
June 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 1, 1978
- Hail in Missouri, June 17, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 23, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 26, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 30, 1978
July 1978
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 1, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 6, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 7, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 8, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 9, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 10, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 14, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 26, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 30, 1978
August 1978
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 1, 1978
- Hail in Missouri, August 10, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 11, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 13, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 15, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 25, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 26, 1978
September 1978
October 1978
- Hail in Missouri, October 10, 1978
- Hail in Missouri, October 11, 1978
- Hail in Missouri, October 12, 1978
December 1978
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Every year in MissouriEvery state in 1978Tornadoes in Missouri in 197819771979
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.