Louisiana

Storms in Louisiana in 2020

875 events in 124 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 2020, 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 2020 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

Open the live radar over Louisiana

The year

Events
875
Deaths
38
Injuries
28
Damage
$15 billion
Episodes
124

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind27500$1.8 million
Hail14201$295,000
Heat10210
Flash Flood8810$1.3 million
Tropical Storm8408$68 million
Tornado58615$261 million
Storm Surge/Tide3800
Hurricane (Typhoon)37292$14 billion
Excessive Heat1900
Astronomical Low Tide1000
Lightning600
Flood600$2,000
Tropical Depression300
Strong Wind200$5,000
High Wind200
Heavy Rain100
Rip Current112
Funnel Cloud100

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

February 2020

March 2020

April 2020

May 2020

June 2020

July 2020

August 2020

September 2020

October 2020

November 2020

December 2020

More

Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 2020Tornadoes in Louisiana in 2020Warnings in Louisiana in 202020192021

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.