Storms in Oklahoma in 1971
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 1971, 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 1971 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- $3.1 million
- Episodes
- 45
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 76 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 72 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 41 | 0 | 13 | $3.1 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1971
February 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, February 4, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, February 18, 1971
March 1971
April 1971
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 11, 1971
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, April 19, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 22, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 26, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 28, 1971
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 29, 1971
May 1971
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 4, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 5, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 1971
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 9, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 10, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 18, 1971
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 21, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 22, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 23, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 26, 1971
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 28, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 31, 1971
June 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 1, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 2, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 3, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 7, 1971
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 8, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 9, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 10, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 11, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 14, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 22, 1971
July 1971
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 2, 1971
- Tornado in Oklahoma, July 17, 1971
- Hail in Oklahoma, July 27, 1971
August 1971
September 1971
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 4, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 5, 1971
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 6, 1971
October 1971
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 17, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 19, 1971
- Tornado in Oklahoma, October 30, 1971
December 1971
More
Every year in OklahomaEvery state in 1971Tornadoes in Oklahoma in 197119701972
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.