Storms in Oklahoma in 1970
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 1970, 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 1970 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
- 163
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 118
- Damage
- $139 million
- Episodes
- 44
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 58 | 6 | 118 | $139 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 51 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1970
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 11, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 16, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 18, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 23, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 26, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 29, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 30, 1970
May 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 9, 1970
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 12, 1970
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 13, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 28, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 29, 1970
June 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 9, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 10, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 11, 1970
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 12, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 19, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 20, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 24, 1970
July 1970
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 3, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 10, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 11, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 15, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, July 16, 1970
- Tornado in Oklahoma, July 28, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 30, 1970
August 1970
- Hail in Oklahoma, August 8, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 9, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 17, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 18, 1970
September 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, September 3, 1970
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 4, 1970
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, September 6, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 7, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 9, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 22, 1970
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, September 25, 1970
October 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, October 5, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, October 6, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, October 7, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 8, 1970
- Hail in Oklahoma, October 22, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 23, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 26, 1970
More
Every year in OklahomaEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Oklahoma in 197019691971
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.