Oklahoma

Storms in Oklahoma in 2012

1,857 events in 206 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 2012, 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 2012 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
1,857
Deaths
15
Injuries
153
Damage
$656 million
Episodes
206

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
Drought57600$145 million
Hail53157$1.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind45601$857,000
Tornado71657$453 million
High Wind6000$3,000
Flash Flood5310$612,000
Excessive Heat47088
Winter Weather2010
Wildfire1810$55 million
Flood900
Winter Storm900
Heavy Snow300
Lightning210
Heavy Rain100
Blizzard100

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

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September 2012

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November 2012

December 2012

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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.