Storms in Texas in 1978
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Texas 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.
Texas 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
- 496
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $4.0 million
- Episodes
- 92
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 | 195 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 160 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 141 | 1 | 0 | $4.0 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1978
March 1978
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 12, 1978
- Hail in Texas, March 20, 1978
- Hail in Texas, March 22, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 23, 1978
- Hail in Texas, March 31, 1978
April 1978
- Hail in Texas, April 1, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 3, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 4, 1978
- Tornado in Texas, April 7, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 8, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 9, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 17, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 22, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 23, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 24, 1978
- Hail in Texas, April 29, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 30, 1978
May 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 1, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 2, 1978
- Tornado in Texas, May 3, 1978
- Tornado in Texas, May 4, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 5, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 7, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 11, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 12, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 16, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 17, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 18, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 19, 1978
- Tornado in Texas, May 20, 1978
- Hail in Texas, May 21, 1978
- Hail in Texas, May 23, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 24, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 25, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 26, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 27, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 28, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 29, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 31, 1978
June 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 1, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 4, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 5, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 6, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 7, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 13, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 14, 1978
- Hail in Texas, June 17, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 18, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 19, 1978
- Hail in Texas, June 23, 1978
- Hail in Texas, June 26, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 27, 1978
- Tornado in Texas, June 30, 1978
July 1978
- Tornado in Texas, July 1, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 3, 1978
- Tornado in Texas, July 4, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 5, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 6, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 7, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 15, 1978
- Tornado in Texas, July 16, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 18, 1978
- Hail in Texas, July 22, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 26, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 27, 1978
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 28, 1978
- Tornado in Texas, July 31, 1978
August 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 5, 1978
- Hail in Texas, August 14, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, August 15, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 20, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 21, 1978
- Tornado in Texas, August 25, 1978
- Tornado in Texas, August 27, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 28, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 30, 1978
September 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 4, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 5, 1978
- Tornadoes in Texas, September 11, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 13, 1978
- Tornado in Texas, September 14, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 17, 1978
October 1978
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 4, 1978
- Tornado in Texas, October 5, 1978
- Hail in Texas, October 7, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 21, 1978
November 1978
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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.