Storms in Oklahoma in 1955
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 1955, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Oklahoma in 1955 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 136
- Deaths
- 23
- Injuries
- 299
- Damage
- $27 million
- Episodes
- 51
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 77 | 23 | 299 | $27 million |
| Hail | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1955
February 1955
March 1955
April 1955
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 4, 1955
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 11, 1955
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, April 12, 1955
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 20, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 22, 1955
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, April 23, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 26, 1955
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, April 27, 1955
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 28, 1955
May 1955
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 2, 1955
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 7, 1955
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 8, 1955
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 11, 1955
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 15, 1955
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 18, 1955
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 19, 1955
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 22, 1955
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 23, 1955
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 25, 1955
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 26, 1955
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 27, 1955
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 28, 1955
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 30, 1955
June 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 1, 1955
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 2, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 3, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 4, 1955
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 8, 1955
- Tornado in Oklahoma, June 14, 1955
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 15, 1955
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 16, 1955
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 17, 1955
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 18, 1955
- Tornado in Oklahoma, June 22, 1955
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 23, 1955
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 27, 1955
July 1955
- Tornado in Oklahoma, July 4, 1955
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 15, 1955
- Tornado in Oklahoma, July 23, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 28, 1955
- Tornado in Oklahoma, July 31, 1955
August 1955
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 4, 1955
- Tornado in Oklahoma, August 5, 1955
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 7, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 8, 1955
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 23, 1955
September 1955
More
Every year in OklahomaEvery state in 1955Tornadoes in Oklahoma in 195519541956
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.