Storms in Oklahoma in 1959
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 1959, 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 1959 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
- 189
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 42
- Damage
- $2.6 million
- Episodes
- 49
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 77 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 72 | 7 | 42 | $2.6 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 40 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1959
February 1959
March 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 4, 1959
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 10, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 20, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 31, 1959
April 1959
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 16, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 17, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 18, 1959
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 19, 1959
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 27, 1959
May 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 2, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 3, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 4, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 8, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 9, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 10, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 17, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 19, 1959
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 21, 1959
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 22, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 25, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 1959
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 27, 1959
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 31, 1959
June 1959
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 5, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 11, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 12, 1959
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 18, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 21, 1959
July 1959
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 8, 1959
- Hail in Oklahoma, July 10, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 12, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 13, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, July 22, 1959
August 1959
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 6, 1959
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, August 27, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, August 30, 1959
- Tornado in Oklahoma, August 31, 1959
September 1959
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 1, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 3, 1959
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 9, 1959
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 23, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, September 27, 1959
October 1959
November 1959
December 1959
More
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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.