Oklahoma County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Oklahoma County: 16.
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.

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

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.

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.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. May 3, 1999Tornado$450 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Tornado A9 (Oklahoma County portion). See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports.

2. May 29, 2012Hail$250 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Widespread hail damage was reported with sizes ranging from 1.25 to 2.75 inches. 8,000 to 10,000 vehicles and numerous homes were damaged in the Edmond and Nichols Hills areas. Monetary damages were based on estimates from several media outlets.

3. May 8, 2003Tornado$160 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   This is the final segment of a tornado that moved east-northeast from Cleveland County, 1.5 miles west-northwest of Moore, into Oklahoma County crossing the county line at Southeast 89th Street. The western edge of the damage path along SE 89th Street was about halfway between Eastern Avenue and Bryant Avenue and the eastern edge of the damage path was just east of Bryant Avenue. As the tornado approached Sunnylane Road, it produced significant damage to a manufacturing and distribution plant just west of Sunnylane along Southeast 85th Street. Six people were in the plant when the tornado struck, but were able to seek shelter in a safe room and nobody was injured at the plant. The…

4. May 29, 2012Hail$150 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous reports of damage were received from the Oklahoma City area along with at least two injuries. Multiple power poles were toppled and several buildings received window and roof damage. Vehicles were also damaged due to the large hail. Monetary damage estimates were based on a combination of several media damage estimates.

5. Dec 9, 2007Ice Storm, Oklahoma$150 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   In addition to the above mentioned damage, all but the gym burned at Jones High School. Seven deaths were reported across the county due to the ice storm. The total estimated monetary damage listed is for the entire event that occurred in the National Weather Service County Warning Area.

6. May 29, 2012Hail$50.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The hail was reported at Southwest 74th and May avenue. Damage to vehicles and homes was also reported around the Oklahoma City metro area. Damage estimates are based on several media estimates.

7. Nov 3, 2024Tornado$40.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   This tornado developed southeast of Indian Meridian Road and SE 59th Street in southeastern Oklahoma City, and then moved north and north and northeast through the far southeastern section of Choctaw, and the western and northern portions of Harrah. This tornado caused extensive damage to many homes, trees and power lines. ||EF1 damage was initially observed to trees, power lines and a few homes, but the more significant damage began as the tornado approached SE 44th Street. EF2 to EF3 damage was observed near and north of SE 44th Street as the tornado moved through neighborhoods between Indian Meridian Road and Triple XXX Road. Widespread EF2 to EF3 damage was also observed in…

8. Nov 3, 2024Tornado$15.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   This tornado initially developed in Cleveland County before moving into Oklahoma County between Sunnylane Road and Sooner Road. The tornado moved through neighborhoods west of Sooner Road between SE 89th Street and Interstate 240 damaging dozens of homes. The most intense damage was along SE 85th and SE 86th Street where at least three homes had EF3 damage. The tornado turned more north as it approached Interstate 240 and moved north along and just west of Sooner Road before dissipating north of SE 70th Street.

9. May 9, 2003Tornado$10.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   This tornado began within the Bethany city limits and moved northeast before dissipating within Warr Acres city limits. This tornado which caused mostly F0 damage with pockets of high-end F1 damage tracked from near the intersection of Glade Avenue and Northwest 38th Street, across Northwest 50th Street and North Rockwell Avenue, and finally to Hammond Avenue and Northwest 59th Street. Most damage was in the F0 category to trees and roof shingles. Several pockets of F1 damage were noted embedded within the path, indicative of possible multiple-vortices. Most structures that received F1 damage were structures with susceptibilities to high wind. These included several churches, a…

10. Mar 14, 2025Wildfire, Oklahoma$8.0 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    The Hickory Hills Fire burned 6,464 acres in northeastern Oklahoma and far southeastern Logan Counties. The included monetary loss/property damage figure is approximate; additional assessment is ongoing.

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, 2012

All-time low

−14°FFeb 16, 2021

Warmest night

84°FAug 3, 2012

Coldest day

3°FDec 24, 1983

Wettest day

7.62 inJun 14, 2010

Snowiest day

13.5 inDec 24, 2009

Hottest year

2012mean 64.2°F

Coldest year

1968mean 58.2°F

Wettest year

200756.95 in

Driest year

195417.84 in

Snowiest season

24.4 in1967-68

Station Oklahoma City Will Rogers World (USW00013967), 1,279 ft elevation, 10.7 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1948 to October 26, 2026; 100.0% 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 USW00013967.
• 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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