Storms in Oklahoma in 1961
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 1961, 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 1961 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
- 224
- Deaths
- 17
- Injuries
- 109
- Damage
- $16 million
- Episodes
- 53
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 | 90 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 87 | 17 | 109 | $16 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 47 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1961
March 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 5, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 26, 1961
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 28, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 29, 1961
April 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 8, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 11, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 20, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 21, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 22, 1961
- Tornado in Oklahoma, April 23, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 24, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 30, 1961
May 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 3, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 4, 1961
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 5, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 7, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 8, 1961
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 13, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 16, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 17, 1961
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 18, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 21, 1961
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 25, 1961
June 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 2, 1961
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, June 3, 1961
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 4, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 5, 1961
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 7, 1961
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 8, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 25, 1961
July 1961
- Tornado in Oklahoma, July 2, 1961
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 6, 1961
- Hail in Oklahoma, July 11, 1961
- Hail in Oklahoma, July 13, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 14, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 15, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 16, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 19, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 20, 1961
- Tornado in Oklahoma, July 22, 1961
- Tornado in Oklahoma, July 23, 1961
August 1961
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 3, 1961
- Hail in Oklahoma, August 5, 1961
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 6, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 12, 1961
September 1961
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 3, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 22, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, September 23, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 27, 1961
October 1961
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Every year in OklahomaEvery state in 1961Tornadoes in Oklahoma in 196119601962
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.