Drought, Payne
- When
- October 14, 6:00 AM CST to October 28, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Payne forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 36.077, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Oklahoma, October 14 to 28, 2025
An abnormally dry month of October led to expanding areas of severe (or worse) drought conditions across central and southern Oklahoma.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
An abnormally dry month of October led to expanding areas of severe (or worse) drought conditions across central and southern Oklahoma.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Texas, October 14, 2025
- Drought in Florida, October 14 to 31, 2025
- Dense Fog in Kansas, October 14, 2025
- Drought in Missouri, October 14 to 31, 2025
- Drought in Georgia, October 14 to 31, 2025
- Winter Storm and Flooding in California, October 14 to 15, 2025
- Drought in Georgia, October 14 to 31, 2025
- Drought in Alabama, October 14 to 31, 2025
- Drought in Kansas, October 14 to 31, 2025
- Drought in Alabama, October 14 to 31, 2025
- Drought in Illinois, October 14 to 31, 2025
- Drought in Arizona, October 14 to 31, 2025
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, October 2025
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1297276.