National Storms

June 1965 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In June 1965, 150 hail, 169 damaging-wind and 147 tornado reports were logged on 30 storm days across 35 states. The largest hail reported was 4.00″ (grapefruit size) in Lincoln County, KS on June 7, 1965. The most hail reports came on June 7, 1965 (14). Tornadoes killed 7.

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

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150hail reports
169wind reports
147tornado reports
4.00″largest hail
30storm days
Jun 1: 9Jun 2: 9Jun 3: 10Jun 4: 10Jun 5: 3Jun 6: 2Jun 7: 14Jun 8: 10Jun 9: 4Jun 10: 2Jun 11: 0Jun 12: 2Jun 13: 2Jun 14: 1Jun 15: 2Jun 16: 7Jun 17: 5Jun 18: 7Jun 19: 2Jun 20: 4Jun 21: 2Jun 22: 2Jun 23: 2Jun 24: 2Jun 25: 3Jun 26: 4Jun 27: 5Jun 28: 7Jun 29: 12Jun 30: 6Jun 1Jun 4Jun 7Jun 10Jun 13Jun 16Jun 19Jun 22Jun 25Jun 28max 14
Hail reports by day, June 1965

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Biggest storm days of June 1965

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStates
Jun 4, 1965101892.00″7
Jun 7, 1965148104.00″11
Jun 27, 196551771.75″7
Jun 3, 1965103112.50″8
Jun 1, 19659853.00″6
Jun 23, 196528100.75″13
Jun 29, 196512803.00″6
Jun 10, 196526111.00″9
Jun 20, 196541312.00″7
Jun 5, 19653861.75″9

Largest hail reported in June 1965

DaySizeLocation
Jun 7, 19654.00″ (grapefruit)Lincoln County, KS
Jun 8, 19653.50″ (teacup)Potter County, TX
Jun 28, 19653.50″ (teacup)Marshall County, KS
Jun 1, 19653.00″ (teacup)Burt County, NE
Jun 28, 19653.00″ (teacup)Madison County, IL
Jun 29, 19653.00″ (teacup)Marion County, IN
Jun 30, 19653.00″ (teacup)Roosevelt County, MT
Jun 1, 19652.75″ (baseball)Rawlins County, KS
Jun 2, 19652.75″ (baseball)Castro County, TX
Jun 2, 19652.75″ (baseball)Winkler County, TX

Storm reports by state, June 1965

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Kansas2824144.00″
Texas1717243.50″
Colorado136162.50″
Oklahoma141282.00″
Nebraska16883.00″
Missouri61812.00″
South Dakota61172.75″
North Dakota32142.00″
New Mexico9191.75″
Iowa2861.50″
Illinois31013.00″
Florida2741.75″
Indiana3543.00″
Wisconsin1921.50″
Minnesota4231.75″
Georgia1421.00″
Michigan1600.75″
Montana5113.00″
New York1601.00″
Wyoming3221.00″
Louisiana3211.50″
Maine2120.75″
Mississippi1221.00″
Utah1221.50″
Alabama1200.75″
Massachusetts1111.50″
West Virginia2101.00″
Maryland020–
Ohio020–
South Carolina011–
Tennessee020–
Vermont1010.75″
Arizona010–
Kentucky010–
New Hampshire001–

Every storm day in June 1965

Jun 1 Jun 2 Jun 3 Jun 4 Jun 5 Jun 6 Jun 7 Jun 8 Jun 9 Jun 10 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24 Jun 25 Jun 26 Jun 27 Jun 28 Jun 29 Jun 30

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.