Oklahoma

Storms in Oklahoma in 2021

1,324 events in 218 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oklahoma in 2021, 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 2021 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
1,324
Deaths
3
Injuries
47
Damage
$7.9 million
Episodes
218

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 Wind29701$1.9 million
Hail25900$302,000
Drought21400
Flash Flood10300$342,000
Heavy Snow8100
Tornado6800$4.7 million
High Wind5600$10,000
Excessive Heat51045
Cold/Wind Chill4910
Winter Storm4800
Flood4000
Wildfire3801$635,000
Heat1000
Winter Weather420$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Dust Storm100
Freezing Fog100
Strong Wind100

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.