Storms in Oklahoma in 1978

Events

132

Deaths

0

Injuries

3

Damage

$6.8 million

Episodes

36

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.

March 1978

• Hail in Oklahoma, March 20, 19781.75 in hail · 2 events

April 1978

• Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 1, 1978$25,000 · F1 · 4 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, April 3, 19781.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 5, 1978$550,000 · F2 · 7 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 9, 19783 in hail · 11 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, April 14, 19781.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 17, 1978$550,000 · F2 · 7 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 22, 19781.75 in hail · 6 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, April 24, 19781.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Oklahoma, April 29, 19783 in hail · 7 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 30, 1978$5.3 million · F4 · 14 events

May 1978

• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 1, 19781 event
• Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 1978$250,000 · F1 · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 7, 197852 kt wind · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 11, 19783 injured · $50,000 · F2 · 14 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 18, 19781.75 in hail · 4 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 26, 19781 event
• Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 27, 1978$25,000 · F1 · 11 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, May 31, 19780.75 in hail · 1 event

June 1978

• Hail in Oklahoma, June 3, 19782.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 18, 197852 kt wind · 3 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, June 20, 19782.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 21, 1978$25,000 · F1 · 8 events

July 1978

• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 1, 19781 event
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 6, 197865 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 13, 19781 event
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 14, 19781 event
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 18, 19782 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 26, 19781 in hail · 3 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 29, 19781 event

August 1978

• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 15, 19781.25 in hail · 3 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 18, 197852 kt wind · 1 event

September 1978

• Tornado in Oklahoma, September 5, 1978F0 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 17, 19781.25 in hail · 4 events

November 1978

• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, November 14, 19781 event
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, November 26, 19781 event

Every year in OklahomaEvery state in 1978Tornadoes in Oklahoma in 197819771979

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.