Haskell County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Haskell County: 3.
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.

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

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 county boundary (or inside the county).
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.

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jan 12, 2007Winter Storm, Haskell$5.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   An arctic cold front moved into northeastern Oklahoma during the late evening hours of the 11th and had finally passed through the southeastern portion of the state by the evening of the 12th. A strong upper level low pressure system moved into the southern Rockies and several disturbances translated across the Southern Plains bringing periods of heavy sleet and freezing rain to the region. The initial precipitation began around daybreak on the 12th and the final round occurred on the 14th. |A devastating swath of one to three inch ice amounts fell in an estimated 60 to 80 mile wide band from roughly Atoka to McAlester to Muskogee to Grove. An estimated 120,000 electric customers…

2. Apr 29, 2017Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Approximately 40 structures were damaged by flood waters. Numerous roads were flooded in town.

3. May 20, 2001Thunderstorm Wind$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorm winds severely damaged the Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative building and the Alumbaugh Health Clinic. Three doors on the Haskell County district county barn were damaged as were four bay doors at the Speedy Lube business. The building housing the Stigler livestock auction was also damaged as was the press box at the high school football stadium. Several homes also likely received garage door and roof damage.

4. Oct 25, 1997Thunderstorm Wind$350,000
5. May 16, 2003Tornado$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A F1 tornado touched down about a mile west southwest of Cartersville and traveled east producing extensive damage to 4 homes and destroying several outbuildings. The tornado continued moving east crossed over into Le Flore county before dissipating 2.8 miles north northwest of Bokeshe.

6. May 24, 2005Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour damaged outbuildings and blew down power lines.The winds damaged several homes as well.

7. Apr 11, 2001Tornado$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A F1 tornado touched down 4 miles north of Stigler and traveled 3 miles before it lifted 5 miles southwest of Tamaha. A roof of a house and a porch were tore off and six barns were destroyed. In addition numerous trees were damaged and several power lines were blown down. Winds associated with the parent storm of this tornado gusted to 91 miles an hour at the mesonet site 3 miles northwest of Stigler.

8. Nov 8, 2011Thunderstorm Wind$75,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A single family home was damaged by thunderstorm winds. Several outbuildings and trailers were also severely damaged by the wind.

9. Mar 13, 2025Wildfire, Haskell$65,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Unseasonably warm temperatures, high wind, and low relative humidity combined with dormant fuels to promote conditions that supported the rapid spread of wildfire across portions of eastern Oklahoma in mid to late March. Some of the worst wildfires occurred on the 14th, with near record warm temperatures, very dry air behind a dry line, and very strong wind gusting to near 70 mph locally. Numerous wildfires occurred during this period, some of the largest of which burned almost 32000 acres, 115 homes, and 145 outbuildings in Pawnee County, more than 6500 acres in Latimer County, about 3000 acres in Adair, Haskell and Pittsburg Counties, more than 2000 acres in Pushmataha County,…

10. Jun 8, 1998Tornado$60,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    An F2 tornado destroyed one single family dwelling, while another single family dwelling received major damage.

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 3, 2011

All-time low

−11°FFeb 16, 2021

Warmest night

82°F3 times, most recently Aug 19, 2026

Coldest day

5°FFeb 15, 2021

Wettest day

6.40 inDec 27, 2015

Hottest year

2024mean 64.2°F

Coldest year

2013mean 59.1°F

Wettest year

201568.75 in

Driest year

200525.80 in

Station Muskogee Davis Field (USW00093953), 602 ft elevation, 32.0 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1996 to October 26, 2026; 98.9% 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.

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

Neighbouring counties

• 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 USW00093953.
• 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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