National Storms

October 1954 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In October 1954, 14 tornado reports were logged on 7 storm days across 8 states. The NOAA Storm Prediction Center record starts with tornado reports in 1950; hail and damaging-wind reports start in 1955. Tornadoes killed 2.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

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14tornado reports
7storm days

Biggest storm days of October 1954

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStates
Oct 22, 1954––4–2
Oct 11, 1954––3–3
Oct 10, 1954––2–2
Oct 25, 1954––2–2
Oct 1, 1954––1–1
Oct 4, 1954––1–1
Oct 14, 1954––1–1

Storm reports by state, October 1954

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Texas––5–
Kansas––3–
Illinois––1–
Indiana––1–
Michigan––1–
Ohio––1–
Oklahoma––1–
Oregon––1–

Every storm day in October 1954

Oct 1 Oct 4 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 14 Oct 22 Oct 25

A storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Read more about NOAA storm reports.