Storms in Oklahoma in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 1979, 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 1979 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
- 307
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 136
- Damage
- $35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 153 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 95 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 59 | 7 | 136 | $35 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1979
March 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 18, 1979
- Tornado in Oklahoma, March 19, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 22, 1979
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 26, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 29, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 31, 1979
April 1979
- Tornado in Oklahoma, April 1, 1979
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 8, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 10, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 11, 1979
May 1979
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 1, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 2, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 3, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 9, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 10, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 17, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 20, 1979
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 27, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 28, 1979
June 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 6, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 7, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 8, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 20, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 21, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 22, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 23, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 30, 1979
July 1979
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 5, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 6, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 9, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 10, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, July 16, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 23, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 24, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 30, 1979
August 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 10, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 19, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 20, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, August 21, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, August 22, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, August 24, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 25, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 26, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, August 31, 1979
September 1979
October 1979
- Hail in Oklahoma, October 17, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, October 21, 1979
- Hail in Oklahoma, October 29, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, October 30, 1979
November 1979
More
Every year in OklahomaEvery state in 1979Tornadoes in Oklahoma in 197919781980
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.