Oklahoma

Storms in Oklahoma in 1960

252 events in 49 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 1960, 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 1960 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

Open the live radar over Oklahoma

The year

Events
252
Deaths
35
Injuries
319
Damage
$27 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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado11235319$27 million
Hail8000
Thunderstorm Wind6000

Every episode, month by month

January 1960

February 1960

March 1960

April 1960

May 1960

June 1960

July 1960

August 1960

September 1960

October 1960

November 1960

More

Every year in OklahomaEvery state in 1960Tornadoes in Oklahoma in 196019591961

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.