Oklahoma

Storms in Oklahoma in 2016

1,363 events in 202 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 2016, 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 2016 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
1,363
Deaths
13
Injuries
171
Damage
$20 million
Episodes
202

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
Thunderstorm Wind55701$568,000
Hail43401$630,000
Flash Flood9044$2.1 million
Drought8200
Tornado7139$16 million
Excessive Heat46235
Wildfire3300$1.3 million
High Wind2400$2,000
Heat124121
Flood900$55,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Lightning200

Every episode, month by month

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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.