Oklahoma Storm & Severe Weather History
Since 1996, Oklahoma has logged 63,159 severe-weather events — about 2,037 a year — with 406 direct deaths, 4,626 injuries and $7.9B in reported property damage.
By event type
Hail20,860—$638.6M
Thunderstorm Wind15,98719 d$1.1B
Drought6,621—$32.7M
Flash Flood3,28265 d$77.1M
Tornado2,509144 d$4.4B
Heat2,48492 d$10K
High Wind2,104—$3.2M
Excessive Heat2,08714 d—
Winter Storm1,3302 d$57.8M
Heavy Snow1,0641 d$7.0M
Flood1,02225 d$26.2M
Winter Weather8564 d$2.3M
Ice Storm6324 d$1.3B
Wildfire60313 d$181.6M
Cold/Wind Chill4557 d$100K
Lightning37713 d$25.2M
Events by year
19962026
Notable events (381)
Events with deaths, major damage, or a strong tornado — deadliest first.
LightningJuly 26, 2025
Marshall · 1 killed · 1 injured ·
LightningJune 27, 2025
Mcintosh · 1 killed ·
FloodApril 1, 2024
Tulsa · 1 killed ·
LightningAugust 5, 2023
Mayes · 1 killed · 3 injured ·
Thunderstorm WindJune 17, 2023
Mccurtain · 1 killed ·
FloodApril 1, 2022
Mccurtain · 1 killed ·
WildfireMarch 20, 2022
Comanche · 1 killed ·
Cold/Wind ChillFebruary 14, 2021
Oklahoma · 1 killed ·
Winter WeatherFebruary 8, 2021
Kingfisher · 1 killed ·
Flash FloodAugust 31, 2020
Oklahoma · 1 killed ·
HeatJuly 1, 2020
Oklahoma · 1 killed ·
Thunderstorm WindOctober 21, 2019
Mccurtain · 1 killed · 1 injured ·
Flash FloodJune 23, 2019
Le Flore · 1 killed ·
Flash FloodMay 1, 2019
Stephens · 1 killed ·
FloodApril 30, 2019
Tulsa · 1 killed ·
WildfireApril 12, 2018
Dewey · 1 killed · 3 injured ·
WildfireApril 12, 2018
Roger Mills · 1 killed · 1 injured ·
Flash FloodMarch 27, 2018
Johnston · 1 killed ·
FloodFebruary 21, 2018
Adair · 1 killed ·
Flash FloodApril 29, 2017
Latimer · 1 killed ·
Thunderstorm WindMarch 28, 2017
Canadian · 1 killed ·
WildfireMarch 3, 2017
Pottawatomie · 1 killed ·
HeatJuly 18, 2016
Tulsa · 1 killed · 11 injured ·
HeatJune 20, 2016
Osage · 1 killed ·
HeatJune 17, 2016
Tulsa · 1 killed · 8 injured ·
HeatJune 17, 2016
Delaware · 1 killed ·
Flash FloodJune 12, 2016
Stephens · 1 killed ·
Flash FloodMarch 8, 2016
Mccurtain · 1 killed ·
FloodDecember 27, 2015
Pittsburg · 1 killed ·
FloodDecember 27, 2015
Tulsa · 1 killed ·
Flash FloodJune 17, 2015
Carter · 1 killed ·
Tornado (EF2)May 25, 2015
Bryan · 1 killed ·
FloodMay 24, 2015
Creek · 1 killed ·
Flash FloodMay 24, 2015
Rogers · 1 killed ·
FloodMay 20, 2015
Choctaw · 1 killed ·
FloodMay 10, 2015
Le Flore · 1 killed ·
Flash FloodMay 6, 2015
Cleveland · 1 killed ·
WildfireMay 4, 2014
Logan · 1 killed ·
Flash FloodOctober 13, 2012
Tulsa · 1 killed ·
WildfireAugust 3, 2012
Cleveland · 1 killed ·
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Counts are every logged event since 1996; the "notable" list is filtered to events with fatalities, major damage or a strong tornado. Damage is the reporting office's estimate. A record of past weather is not a forecast. See About the Data.