Oklahoma

Storms in Oklahoma in 1986

1,055 events in 69 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 1986, 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 1986 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

Open the live radar over Oklahoma

The year

Events
1,055
Deaths
0
Injuries
30
Damage
$37 million
Episodes
69

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail71504
Thunderstorm Wind29000
Tornado50026$37 million

Every episode, month by month

February 1986

March 1986

April 1986

May 1986

June 1986

July 1986

August 1986

September 1986

October 1986

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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.