Storms in Louisiana in 2005

704 events in 479 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 2005, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Louisiana in 2005 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

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The year

Events: 704
Deaths: 820
Injuries: 34
Damage: $53 billion
Episodes: 479

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	230	0	16	$3.0 million
Hail	205	0	0	$1.1 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)	95	817	0	$21 billion
Tropical Storm	34	0	0	$48 million
Storm Surge/Tide	33	0	0	$32 billion
Tornado	26	0	18	$8.3 million
Lightning	26	1	0	$929,000
Flash Flood	22	0	0	$1.6 million
Drought	12	0	0
Heat	11	2	0
Funnel Cloud	10	0	0

Every episode, month by month

January 2005

February 2005

March 2005

April 2005

May 2005

June 2005

July 2005

August 2005

September 2005

October 2005

Damaging Wind in Louisiana, October 31, 2005$25,000 · 54 kt wind · 1 event

November 2005

December 2005

Every year in Louisiana Every state in 2005 Tornadoes in Louisiana in 2005 Warnings in Louisiana in 2005 2004 2006

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.