Storms in Oklahoma in 2023

Events

3,764

Deaths

12

Injuries

149

Damage

$238 million

Episodes

285

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.

January 2023

• Drought in Oklahoma, January 1 to 31, 202318 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, January 1 to 31, 202346 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, January 1 to 31, 20233 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, January 2, 2023$250,000 · EF1 · 12 events
• High Wind in Oklahoma, January 11, 202356 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, January 11, 2023$15,000 · 1.5 in hail · 4 events
• Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 24 to 25, 202314 events
• Winter Storm in Oklahoma, January 24 to 25, 2023$45,000 · 13 events
• Winter Weather in Oklahoma, January 24 to 25, 20231 event
• Winter Weather and Sleet in Oklahoma, January 30, 202310 events
• Winter Storm in Oklahoma, January 30 to 31, 202314 events
• Winter Weather in Oklahoma, January 30 to 31, 20231 event

February 2023

• Winter Weather in Oklahoma, February 1 to 2, 20231 event
• Drought in Oklahoma, February 1 to 14, 202346 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, February 1 to 28, 202317 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, February 1 to 28, 20233 events
• Ice Storm in Oklahoma, February 1 to 2, 20232 events
• Winter Weather in Oklahoma, February 1 to 2, 20232 deaths · 1 injured · 2 events
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Oklahoma, February 8, 20234 events
• Flooding in Oklahoma, February 8 to 10, 20232 events
• Winter Weather in Oklahoma, February 8, 20231 death · 2 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, February 14 to 28, 202329 events
• High Wind in Oklahoma, February 14, 202373 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Oklahoma, February 14, 2023$8,000 · 54 kt wind · 8 events
• Winter Storm in Oklahoma, February 15 to 16, 20231 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, February 15, 20231 in hail · 8 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, February 15 to 16, 2023$140,000 · 1.75 in hail · 11 events
• High Wind in Oklahoma, February 21, 202356 kt wind · 1 event
• Dust Storm and High Wind in Oklahoma, February 26, 202358 kt wind · 4 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, February 26, 202359 kt wind · 4 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, February 26, 20231 death · 15 injured · $52 million · EF2 · 98 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, February 26 to 27, 2023$32,000 · 69 kt wind · 9 events

March 2023

• Drought in Oklahoma, March 1 to 31, 20233 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, March 1 to 31, 20239 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, March 1 to 31, 202328 events
• Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 1 to 2, 2023$10,000 · EF1 · 8 events
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, March 2 to 3, 2023$120,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 2, 2023$25,000 · 1 in hail · 6 events
• Flood in Oklahoma, March 3 to 5, 20231 event
• Hail in Oklahoma, March 11, 20230.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Oklahoma, March 11, 20231.25 in hail · 5 events
• Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 16, 2023$7,000 · EF0 · 37 events
• High Wind in Oklahoma, March 16, 202350 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Oklahoma, March 22, 202350 kt wind · 1 event
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Oklahoma, March 23, 2023$15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 13 events
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, March 23 to 24, 2023$65,000 · 1.5 in hail · 9 events
• Flooding in Oklahoma, March 24 to 27, 20232 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, March 24, 20230.85 in hail · 2 events
• High Wind in Oklahoma, March 30, 20231 event
• Hail in Oklahoma, March 30, 20231 in hail · 1 event
• Wildfire and High Wind in Oklahoma, March 31, 2023$616,000 · 67 kt wind · 20 events
• High Wind in Oklahoma, March 31, 20231 injured · $75,000 · 56 kt wind · 9 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, March 31, 20231 in hail · 2 events
• Wildfire in Oklahoma, March 31, 2023$1.0 million · 3 events
• High Wind in Oklahoma, March 31, 202352 kt wind · 1 event

April 2023

• Drought in Oklahoma, April 1 to 30, 20233 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, April 1 to 30, 20236 events
• Wildfire in Oklahoma, April 1 to 5, 20234 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, April 1 to 30, 202328 events
• Wildfire in Oklahoma, April 1, 2023$526,000 · 2 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, April 2, 20231 in hail · 1 event
• High Wind in Oklahoma, April 4, 202354 kt wind · 3 events
• Wildfire in Oklahoma, April 4, 2023$200,000 · 2 events
• High Wind in Oklahoma, April 4, 202351 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Oklahoma, April 5, 20230.75 in hail · 2 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, April 5, 20230.75 in hail · 2 events
• Wildfire in Oklahoma, April 7 to 14, 2023$100,000 · 3 events
• Wildfire in Oklahoma, April 8, 2023$19,000 · 1 event
• Hail in Oklahoma, April 9, 20230.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Oklahoma, April 10, 20232 in hail · 28 events
• Wildfire in Oklahoma, April 14, 20231 event
• Hail in Oklahoma, April 15, 2023$95,000 · 2.5 in hail · 4 events
• Wildfire in Oklahoma, April 17, 2023$48,000 · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 19, 20231 death · 2 injured · $9.8 million · EF3 · 185 events
• High Wind in Oklahoma, April 19, 202350 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, April 19, 2023$300,000 · 4 in hail · 5 events
• High Wind in Oklahoma, April 20, 202350 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Oklahoma, April 20, 20230.88 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Oklahoma, April 20, 2023$15,000 · 1.25 in hail · 1 event

May 2023

• Drought in Oklahoma, May 1 to 31, 20235 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, May 1 to 15, 202327 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, May 1 to 31, 20233 events
• High Wind in Oklahoma, May 3, 202350 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 6, 20231.75 in hail · 12 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 6, 2023$5,000 · 60 kt wind · 4 events
• High Wind in Oklahoma, May 6, 202350 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 8, 202356 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 9, 202351 kt wind · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 11, 2023$319,000 · EF1 · 22 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 11, 2023$2,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events
• Tornado and Flash Flood in Oklahoma, May 12 to 13, 2023$20,000 · EF0 · 31 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 12, 2023$5,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
• Tornado and Flash Flood in Oklahoma, May 13, 2023$5,000 · EF0 · 16 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, May 13, 20230.75 in hail · 1 event
• Flash Flood and Flood in Oklahoma, May 15, 2023$20,000 · 2 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, May 16 to 31, 202324 events
• Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 19, 2023EF0 · 2 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, May 19, 2023$55,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, May 21, 20230.9 in hail · 1 event
• Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, May 22, 20231.75 in hail · 4 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, May 24, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event
• Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, May 28, 20232.5 in hail · 10 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 30, 2023$37,000 · 74 kt wind · 4 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 31, 202356 kt wind · 5 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 31, 202350 kt wind · 1 event

June 2023

• Drought in Oklahoma, June 1 to 13, 20232 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, June 1 to 20, 20231 event
• Drought in Oklahoma, June 1 to 19, 202319 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, June 1 to 30, 20235 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 1, 2023$10,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 2, 202354 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 2, 202359 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 3, 2023$7,000 · 56 kt wind · 5 events
• Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 3, 2023$5,000 · 1 in hail · 9 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 5, 2023$10,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, June 6, 20231.5 in hail · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 6, 20231 in hail · 7 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, June 7, 20231 in hail · 1 event
• Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 9, 2023$67,000 · 1 in hail · 9 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 10, 20231 in hail · 7 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 10, 202352 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Oklahoma, June 11, 2023$15,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 11 to 13, 20232.75 in hail · 6 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, June 11, 20231 in hail · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 12, 2023$27,000 · 2.5 in hail · 28 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 13, 20231.5 in hail · 6 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, June 13, 20232.5 in hail · 6 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 14, 2023$105,000 · 2 in hail · 14 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, June 14, 20230.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Oklahoma, June 15, 2023$616,000 · EF2 · 129 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 15, 20232.5 in hail · 3 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 15, 2023$5,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Oklahoma, June 16, 20230.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 17, 2023$2,000 · EF0 · 18 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 17, 2023$521,000 · EF1 · 106 events
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 17 to 18, 20231 death · 3 injured · $166 million · EF1 · 119 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 17, 20231 death · 53 kt wind · 5 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, June 19 to 21, 202323 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, June 20 to 26, 202311 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, June 20, 202318 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, June 21 to 23, 20231.75 in hail · 6 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 22, 2023$10,000 · 64 kt wind · 5 events
• Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 23, 2023$10,000 · 1.25 in hail · 12 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 23, 2023$5,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, June 24 to 30, 20231 event
• Heat in Oklahoma, June 24 to 29, 202373 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, June 24 to 29, 202360 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, June 26, 20231 in hail · 1 event
• Drought in Oklahoma, June 27 to 30, 20238 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 27, 2023$20,000 · 69 kt wind · 11 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 27, 2023$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 4 events
• Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 27, 2023$62,000 · 4 in hail · 16 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, June 28 to 29, 202311 injured · 25 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 30, 202363 kt wind · 3 events

July 2023

• Drought in Oklahoma, July 1 to 31, 20235 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, July 1 to 10, 20239 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 3, 2023$5,000 · 1 in hail · 10 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 3, 20231 in hail · 2 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, July 5, 20233 events
• High Wind in Oklahoma, July 5, 2023$10,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 6, 20231 in hail · 4 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 6, 202351 kt wind · 1 event
• Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, July 7, 2023$30,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
• Tornado and Flash Flood in Oklahoma, July 7, 2023$160,000 · EF1 · 30 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 8, 2023$2,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 8 to 9, 202365 kt wind · 5 events
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Oklahoma, July 9, 2023$377,000 · 2.75 in hail · 76 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, July 11 to 30, 20234 events
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Oklahoma, July 11, 20231 injured · $560,000 · 1.5 in hail · 35 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, July 11 to 14, 202346 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, July 12 to 13, 20231 event
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, July 12 to 13, 20239 injured · 24 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, July 12 to 14, 202361 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, July 13, 20231 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 13, 2023$20,000 · 1 in hail · 6 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 13, 2023$62,000 · 1.25 in hail · 3 events
• Flood and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 14, 2023$72,000 · 65 kt wind · 12 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 14, 2023$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, July 15, 20231 event
• Flash Flood and Flood in Oklahoma, July 16, 202351 kt wind · 3 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, July 17 to 18, 20231 event
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, July 17 to 20, 202363 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, July 17 to 20, 202352 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 17, 2023$55,000 · 1.75 in hail · 7 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 17, 202353 kt wind · 2 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, July 18 to 20, 20231 event
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, July 18 to 20, 202310 injured · 21 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, July 20 to 21, 20231 event
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 20, 2023$10,000 · 78 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 21, 2023$125,000 · 73 kt wind · 7 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 21, 2023$2,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
• Heat in Oklahoma, July 25 to 30, 202384 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, July 29 to 31, 20231 event
• Heat in Oklahoma, July 31, 202320 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, July 31, 20235 events

August 2023

• Drought in Oklahoma, August 1 to 21, 20232 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, August 1 to 31, 20237 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, August 1 to 5, 20231 event
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, August 1 to 4, 202332 injured · 25 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, August 1 to 5, 202368 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, August 1 to 5, 202356 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 5, 202369 kt wind · 7 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 5, 20231 death · 3 injured · 61 kt wind · 5 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 5, 202365 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 6, 2023$5,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, August 6, 20230.75 in hail · 1 event
• Heat in Oklahoma, August 6, 20231 event
• Heat in Oklahoma, August 6, 202310 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, August 6, 20234 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, August 7, 20231 in hail · 3 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, August 7, 20231 in hail · 2 events
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 8, 2023$492,000 · 65 kt wind · 9 events
• Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, August 8, 20231 in hail · 3 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, August 8 to 12, 202357 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, August 8 to 12, 202341 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 9, 2023$47,000 · 61 kt wind · 9 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, August 9 to 14, 20231 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 11, 2023$80,000 · 2.25 in hail · 5 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, August 11 to 13, 202311 injured · 37 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 11, 2023$11,000 · 82 kt wind · 14 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 12, 2023$32,000 · 1.25 in hail · 7 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 12, 202374 kt wind · 3 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, August 13, 202310 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, August 13, 202322 events
• Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, August 13 to 14, 2023$7,000 · 1.75 in hail · 21 events
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 13 to 14, 2023$99,000 · 70 kt wind · 30 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, August 17 to 21, 202383 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, August 17 to 21, 202359 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, August 18 to 27, 20231 event
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, August 19 to 26, 202345 injured · 25 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, August 22 to 28, 20234 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, August 22 to 26, 202373 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, August 22 to 26, 202365 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 25, 202356 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 26, 20231.5 in hail · 5 events
• Wildfire in Oklahoma, August 28 to 31, 20232 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, August 29 to 31, 202315 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 29, 202352 kt wind · 1 event

September 2023

• Drought in Oklahoma, September 1 to 4, 202315 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, September 1 to 30, 20238 events
• Wildfire in Oklahoma, September 4 to 5, 2023$95,000 · 1 event
• Drought in Oklahoma, September 5 to 11, 202317 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, September 5, 20231 event
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, September 5, 20239 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, September 5, 202315 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 5, 20231 injured · $138,000 · 1.5 in hail · 23 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 5, 2023$187,000 · 1.25 in hail · 9 events
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, September 6 to 7, 20231 event
• Wildfire in Oklahoma, September 6 to 8, 20231 event
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 6, 202352 kt wind · 1 event
• Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, September 7 to 8, 202312 events
• Heat in Oklahoma, September 7 to 8, 202323 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 8, 202361 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 9 to 10, 20232.5 in hail · 4 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, September 12 to 30, 202319 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 19, 20232.25 in hail · 48 events
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 20, 202356 kt wind · 1 event
• Drought in Oklahoma, September 21 to 27, 20231 event
• Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 22, 202357 kt wind · 1 event
• Heat in Oklahoma, September 23, 202318 events
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, September 23 to 24, 2023$740,000 · 3.85 in hail · 32 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 23, 2023$97,000 · 3.25 in hail · 25 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 24, 202352 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 27, 2023$2,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events

October 2023

• Drought in Oklahoma, October 1 to 31, 20237 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, October 1 to 17, 202323 events
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, October 4, 2023$93,000 · 1.75 in hail · 30 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, October 4, 20232 injured · $116,000 · 1.5 in hail · 25 events
• High Wind in Oklahoma, October 12, 202350 kt wind · 1 event
• Frost and Freeze in Oklahoma, October 16, 20234 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, October 17 to 31, 202324 events
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Oklahoma, October 24, 20233 events
• Tornadoes in Oklahoma, October 25, 2023EF0 · 2 events
• Frost and Freeze in Oklahoma, October 29 to 31, 202343 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, October 31, 20237 events

November 2023

• Drought in Oklahoma, November 1 to 30, 20236 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, November 1 to 30, 20238 events
• Hail in Oklahoma, November 20, 20230.75 in hail · 1 event
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Oklahoma, November 25, 20232 events
• Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, November 25, 20236 events
• Winter Weather in Oklahoma, November 26, 20231 death · $1.5 million · 1 event

December 2023

• Drought in Oklahoma, December 1 to 19, 20237 events
• Drought in Oklahoma, December 1 to 31, 20234 events
• Wildfire in Oklahoma, December 7, 20233 deaths · 2 injured · $200,000 · 1 event
• Drought in Oklahoma, December 19 to 26, 20233 events

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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.