1951
June 23 ◦Most expensive US hailstorm (US$1.5 million crop damage and US$14 million property - Kansas). [1]
August 6 ◦Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria. [1]
August 17 ◦Hurricane winds drive six ships ashore, at Kingston, Jamaica. [1]
1952
January 14 ◦Snow storm in Sierra Nevada kills 26. [1]
March 16 ◦Greatest 24-hour rainfall: 187 cm in Cilaos, Réunion, in the Indian Ocean. [1]
March 21 ◦Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths. [1]
August 15 ◦9 inches of rainfall creates a 20-foot wave in Lynmouth, England, killing 34. [1]
1953
January 31 ◦Hurricane-like winds flood Netherlands drowning nearly 2,000. [1]
May 11 ◦Tornado kills 114 in Waco, Texas, USA (US$39 million damage). [1]
June 8 ◦Cluster of six tornadoes touch down in Flint, Michigan, USA killing 113. [1]
June 9 ◦Tornado strikes Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, destroying Assumption College, killing 100. [1]
September 27 ◦Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya, Japan. [1]
December 24 ◦Wellington-Auckland (New Zealand) express train swept away in flood kills 166. [1]
1954
January 9 ◦-87 degrees F (-66 degrees C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record). [1]
January 11 ◦Two-ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche - ten die (Austria). [1]
August 31 ◦Hurricane Carol (first major named storm) hits New England, 70 die. [1]
September 2 ◦Hurricane Edna batters northeast US, killing 20. [1]
September 14 ◦Hurricane Edna (second of 1954) hits New York City, causing US$50 million damage. [1]
September 26 ◦Typhoon strikes Kakodate Bay, Japan, killing over 1,600. [1]
October 5 ◦Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US. [1]
October 18 ◦Hurricane Hazel (third of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US. [1]
1955
May 25 ◦Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall, Kansas, and most of Blackwell, Oklahoma. [1]
July 14 ◦Two killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England. [1]
August 3 ◦Hurricane Connie begins pounding US for 11 days. [1]
August 17 ◦Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage. [1]
1956
May 12 ◦East Pakistan is struck by cyclone and tidal waves. [1]
July 4 ◦US most intense rainfall (1.23 inches in one minute) at Unionville, Maryland. [1]
October 20 ◦58 degrees F (15 degrees C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high). [1]
1957
June 27 ◦390 die by Hurricane Audrey in coastal Louisiana and Texas, USA. [1]
1958
April 2 ◦Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado in Wichita Falls, Texas, USA (record). [1]
June 22 ◦Game in Kansas City between Kansas City Athletics and Boston Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado. [1]
July 10 ◦The highest tsunami wave ever recorded is at Lituya Bay, Alaska, at 524m high. [5]
1959
January 9 ◦Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die. [1]
February 10 ◦Tornado in Saint Louis kills 19 and injures 265. [1]
September 17 ◦Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan and Korea. [1]
September 27 ◦Typhoon Vera hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000. [1]
October 27 ◦Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico. [1]
December 16 ◦Snow falling in Lowarai Pass, West Pakistan, kills 48. [1]
1960
August 24 ◦A world-record low temperature (-88 degrees Celsuis, -127 degrees Fahrenheit) is measured in Vostok, Antarctica. [1] [5] [614.8]
1961
September 15 ◦Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph. [1]
1962
February 17 ◦Storm in Hamburg, Germany, kills 265. [1]
1963
May 28 ◦Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; estimated 22,000 die and one million houses destroyed. [1]
October 7 ◦Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190. [1]
December 8 ◦Three fuel tanks explode when jetliner is struck by lightning, crashing near Elkton Maryland; only case of lightning-caused crash, 81 die. [1]
1964
September 12 ◦Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, causing $17.5 million damage. [1]
December 23 ◦India and Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. [1]
1965
April 11 ◦40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000. [1]
May 11 ◦First of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 in India. [1]
June 2 ◦Second of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges River, India). [1]
September 12 ◦Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana; kills 75. [1]
December 15 ◦Third cyclone of year kills another 10,000 at mouth of Ganges River, Bangladesh. [1]
1966
January 11 ◦550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain. [1]
January 29 ◦Snow storm in north-east US kills 165. [1]
March 3 ◦Tornado hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die. [1]
March 5 ◦75-MPH air currents cause BOAC 707 crash above Mount Fuji, 124 die. [1]
November 4 ◦Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works. [1]
1967
February 1 ◦Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million and 60 lives. [1]
September 20 ◦Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38. [1]
1968
January 31 ◦Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32 inches), at Agata, USSR. [1]
May 15 ◦A tornado strikes Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA, at 10 PM, killing 36. [1]
1969
April 14 ◦Tornado strikes Dacca, East Pakistan, killing 540. [1]
April 23 ◦Over 1000 square miles flooded in Shantung Province, China. [1]
August 22 ◦Hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast; kills 255. [1]
December 8 ◦Greek DC-6B crashes in storm at Athens, Greece; 93 killed. [1]
1970
February 11 ◦26.37 cm (10.38 inches) of rainfall, Mount Washington, New Hampshire (state 24-hour record). [1]
August 3 ◦Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history. [1]
September 5 ◦Estimated 15 cm (6 inches) of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record). [1]
November 13 ◦Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. [1]
1971
January 23 ◦Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska, (north of Fairbanks) reaches a US record low temperature of -80 degrees F. [1] [32.23]
February 21 ◦Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi and Louisiana killing 117. [1]
April 26 ◦Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15 inches in 24 hours. [1]
1972
June 9 ◦14 inches of rain in six hours bursts Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 200. [1]
