Storms in Oklahoma in 1962
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 1962, 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 1962 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
- 232
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 16
- Damage
- $1.8 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 | 109 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 67 | 0 | 16 | $1.8 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 56 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1962
March 1962
April 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 10, 1962
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 22, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 26, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 27, 1962
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 30, 1962
May 1962
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 3, 1962
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 4, 1962
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 10, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 17, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 20, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 23, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 24, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 25, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 27, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 28, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 29, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 30, 1962
June 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 1, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 4, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 5, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 6, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 7, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 8, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 9, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 10, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 17, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 18, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 21, 1962
- Tornado in Oklahoma, June 22, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 23, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 24, 1962
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 25, 1962
July 1962
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 9, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 11, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, July 14, 1962
- Hail in Oklahoma, July 15, 1962
- Tornado in Oklahoma, July 18, 1962
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 20, 1962
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 28, 1962
August 1962
- Tornado in Oklahoma, August 1, 1962
- Tornado in Oklahoma, August 8, 1962
- Hail in Oklahoma, August 12, 1962
- Hail in Oklahoma, August 16, 1962
- Tornado in Oklahoma, August 30, 1962
September 1962
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 14, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 16, 1962
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 19, 1962
October 1962
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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.