Storms in Oklahoma in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 1983, 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 1983 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
- 630
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 12
- Damage
- $9.5 million
- Episodes
- 59
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 | 327 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 207 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 96 | 1 | 12 | $9.5 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 3, 1983
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 15, 1983
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 26, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 29, 1983
April 1983
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 1, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 22, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 27, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 28, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 29, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 30, 1983
May 1983
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 12, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 13, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 14, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 16, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 17, 1983
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 18, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 20, 1983
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 21, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 22, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 24, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 25, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 26, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 27, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 28, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 29, 1983
June 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 3, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 5, 1983
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 9, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 10, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 13, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 14, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 18, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 26, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 27, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 28, 1983
July 1983
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 1, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 25, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, July 30, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 31, 1983
August 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 1, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 11, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 12, 1983
- Tornado in Oklahoma, August 21, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 28, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 29, 1983
September 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 6, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 15, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 19, 1983
October 1983
- Tornado in Oklahoma, October 3, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 4, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 6, 1983
- Hail in Oklahoma, October 7, 1983
- Hail in Oklahoma, October 11, 1983
- Tornado in Oklahoma, October 19, 1983
November 1983
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Every year in OklahomaEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in Oklahoma in 198319821984
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.