Storms in Oklahoma in 1956
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 1956, 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 1956 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
- 186
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 131
- Damage
- $16 million
- Episodes
- 54
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 83 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 56 | 5 | 131 | $16 million |
| Hail | 47 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1956
March 1956
April 1956
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 2, 1956
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, April 3, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 8, 1956
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 9, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 14, 1956
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 15, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 28, 1956
May 1956
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 1, 1956
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 3, 1956
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 9, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 13, 1956
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 23, 1956
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 25, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 26, 1956
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 30, 1956
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 31, 1956
June 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 3, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 5, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 7, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 8, 1956
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 17, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 18, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 22, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 23, 1956
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 27, 1956
July 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, July 1, 1956
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 2, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 5, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 8, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 11, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 12, 1956
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, July 17, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 21, 1956
- Tornado in Oklahoma, July 22, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 26, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 28, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 30, 1956
August 1956
- Tornado in Oklahoma, August 7, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 9, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 14, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 15, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 18, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 28, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 29, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 30, 1956
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, August 31, 1956
October 1956
- Hail in Oklahoma, October 14, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 29, 1956
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 30, 1956
November 1956
More
Every year in OklahomaEvery state in 1956Tornadoes in Oklahoma in 195619551957
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.