Storms in Louisiana in 2016

901 events in 134 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 2016, 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 2016 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: 901
Deaths: 22
Injuries: 103
Damage: $9.2 billion
Episodes: 134

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
Flash Flood	231	4	5	$670 million
Thunderstorm Wind	195	1	1	$2.4 million
Hail	176	1	2	$568,000
Heat	119	0	0
Drought	52	0	0	$1.2 million
Flood	46	0	0	$1.5 billion
Tornado	27	14	94	$7.0 billion
Lightning	16	2	1	$5,000
Astronomical Low Tide	9	0	0
Coastal Flood	7	0	0
Heavy Rain	5	0	0
Funnel Cloud	5	0	0
High Wind	5	0	0
Strong Wind	3	0	0	$100,000
Seiche	2	0	0
Winter Weather	1	0	0
Wildfire	1	0	0	$250,000
Dust Devil	1	0	0	$2,000

Every episode, month by month

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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.