Louisiana

Storms in Louisiana in 2022

815 events in 143 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Louisiana in 2022, 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 2022 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
815
Deaths
9
Injuries
60
Damage
$192 million
Episodes
143

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 Wind22000$559,000
Heat15320
Drought9700
Flash Flood9600$1.2 million
Tornado65660$189 million
Hail6400$134,000
Excessive Heat3500
Astronomical Low Tide2700
Winter Weather2300
Cold/Wind Chill1700
Lightning510$300,000
Flood500$2,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Strong Wind200
Funnel Cloud200
Winter Storm100

Every episode, month by month

January 2022

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April 2022

May 2022

June 2022

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September 2022

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November 2022

December 2022

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Every year in LouisianaEvery state in 2022Tornadoes in Louisiana in 2022Warnings in Louisiana in 202220212023

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.