Durant

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond this area.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Flood insurance figures are for Bryan County, the county that contains Durant.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges in Bryan County, the county that contains Durant.

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

The drought index is for Bryan County, the county that contains Durant.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the city centre.
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Dec 26, 2000Ice Storm, Bryan$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A major winter storm developed during the evening of the 25th across all of western, central, and southeast Oklahoma, with significant accumulations of snow and ice beginning shortly after 0000 CST on the 26th. Mainly snow fell across northwest Oklahoma with accumulations between 8 and 12 inches reported across northern Beckham, Roger Mills, and southern Ellis Counties. Snow amounts varied widely across the rest of northwest Oklahoma with 4 to 8 inches falling across portions of Dewey and Custer Counties, and only 1 to 2 inches across Woods and Alfalfa Counties, however even in areas where snow amounts were light, significant disruptions in travel and power outages were reported.A…

2. Apr 30, 2019Tornado$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado developed about 2 miles south-southeast of Blue, and quickly became a large and strong tornado. Before crossing SH-70 east of Blue, the tornado widened to 1400 yards and damaged or destroyed a number of mobile homes. One mobile home was blown about 50-75 yards east-northeast into a grove of trees. A woman in this mobile home suffered significant injuries and died in a hospital on May 2. The tornado crossed US-70 producing significant tree damage. Just north of US-70, another mobile home was destroyed and blown away with another fatality. The tornado moved northeast into a less densely populate area, although at least one other home was unroofed northeast of Blue.||About…

3. Jun 4, 1998Thunderstorm Wind$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Severe thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 mph caused major damage in and around Durant. At least 4 businesses in downtown sustained damage. A building was unroofed on Main Street and a nearby clinic was partially unroofed. The roof of a feed store was blown off and then tossed onto a car. The Walmart greenhouse was also blown away. Buildings in an industrial park suffered damage to overhead doors and one building had a corner blown out. Choctaw Bingo reported damage to awnings and the roof. Outbuildings at approximately 6 residences just north of the airport were damaged or destroyed. 1000-gallon tanks were blown over at 21st and Evergreen. Several trees up to 1-foot in diameter…

4. Jan 12, 2007Winter Storm, Bryan$129,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A strong winter storm crippled much of Oklahoma from January 12th through the 14th, spreading snow, freezing rain and sleet across the state. The snow and sleet was confined to northern and western Oklahoma. The freezing rain and sleet occurred mainly over central and southwest Oklahoma, with mainly freezing rain over the southeast. The hardest hit areas with freezing rain were Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Cotton, Hughes, Seminole, and Johnston counties. The wintry precipitation caused numerous traffic accidents with numerous indirect injuries and 14 indirect fatalities. Many trees and powers lines were downed with thousands of residents without power, mainly over southern and eastern…

5. Apr 22, 2020Tornado$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   This tornado touched down about 3 miles west-northwest of Armstrong and moved generally east for 5 miles damaging a number of homes, barns and trees.

6. Jun 4, 1998Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Significant and widespread wind damage was reported in Calera. A roof was blown off a trailer house on the east side of town, at least three trailer houses were destroyed, and one brick home was damaged by downed trees. Numerous barns and outbuildings were damaged and/or unroofed. Three businesses in an industrial complex at the airport sustained structural damage. Fifteen other businesses received minor damage.

7. Sep 24, 2025Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A wind gust measured at the City of Durant Emergency Operations Center. Relayed images show four light aircraft damaged by thunderstorms winds at nearby Durant Eaker Field (KDUA).

8. Jun 21, 2015Flash Flood$80,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Storms developed in eastern Texas the morning of the 21st. These storms developed slowly westward, bringing flooding rains to south central Oklahoma.

9. Nov 4, 2022Tornado$75,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado touched down southwest of Calera crossing US-69 and blowing a semi truck and trailer into the median. A number of unoccupied, unanchored mobile homes just north of US-69 were displaced and damaged including at least one that was rolled and destroyed. The tornado moved northeast, parallel to and just northwest of US-69, and moved into the west and north sides of Calera. A number of trees had damage or were snapped in Calera with at least two houses heavily damaged by falling trees. Other homes in town received shingle damage from the tornado. The tornado dissipated just northeast of the city limits of Calera before reaching Choctaw Road.

10. Feb 9, 2001Thunderstorm Wind$65,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Four mobile homes and nine barns were destroyed by high winds.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

113°FAug 10, 1936

All-time low

−3°FFeb 16, 2021

Warmest night

87°F2 times, most recently Aug 1, 1904

Coldest day

9°FFeb 15, 2021

Wettest day

8.40 inAug 28, 1920

Snowiest day

7.0 inJan 16, 1964

Hottest year

1921mean 68.0°F

Coldest year

1983mean 60.7°F

Wettest year

201577.40 in

Driest year

196318.63 in

Station Sherman (USC00418274), 760 ft elevation, 24.7 miles from the city centre. Daily records from 1897 to October 26, 2026; 96.8% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

Declarations for Bryan County.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00418274.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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