Storms in Oklahoma in 2005

1,692 events in 223 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 2005, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Oklahoma in 2005 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

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The year

Events: 1,692
Deaths: 6
Injuries: 26
Damage: $122 million
Episodes: 223

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	701	1	3	$1.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind	580	1	0	$441,000
Drought	84	0	0	$45 million
High Wind	75	0	0	$235,000
Flood	55	0	0	$1.9 million
Flash Flood	36	0	0	$1.1 million
Heavy Snow	35	0	0
Winter Storm	34	0	0	$100,000
Wildfire	33	3	17	$5.9 million
Tornado	28	0	5	$66 million
Lightning	15	0	1
Strong Wind	8	0	0	$60,000
Ice Storm	3	0	0
Winter Weather	3	0	0
Heavy Rain	1	0	0
Heat	1	1	0

Every episode, month by month

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November 2005

December 2005

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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.