Drought, Cimarron
- When
- April 1, 12:01 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Cimarron forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.748, -102.518 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Oklahoma, April 1 to 30, 1996
Prolonged dry spell continues across the region. Over the past seven months most locations are receiving only 15 to 25 percent of their normal rainfall.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Prolonged dry spell continues across the region. Over the past seven months most locations are receiving only 15 to 25 percent of their normal rainfall.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Texas
- When
- April 1, 12:01 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Texas forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.748, -101.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Beaver
- When
- April 1, 12:01 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Beaver forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -100.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Texas, April 1 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, April 1, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, April 1, 1996
- Drought in Texas, April 1 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, April 1, 1996
- Drought in Texas, April 1 to 30, 1996
- Drought in Texas, April 1 to 30, 1996
- Drought in New Mexico, April 1 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, April 1, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, April 1, 1996
- Tornado in California, April 1, 1996
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, April 1 to 2, 1996
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, April 1996
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5573288, 5573289, 5573290.