Storm History: Beckham County, Oklahoma
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Beckham County, Oklahoma: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 1,138
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 39
- Damage
- $75 million
- Episodes
- 648
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 407 | 1 | 15 | $35 million |
| Hail | 304 | 0 | 3 | $4.0 million |
| Drought | 129 | 0 | 0 | $8.3 million |
| Flash Flood | 66 | 0 | 0 | $661,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 45 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 24 | 0 | 0 | $71,000 |
| Heat | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 21 | 1 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 17 | 0 | 4 | $15,000 |
| Flood | 16 | 0 | 0 | $80,000 |
| Ice Storm | 14 | 1 | 9 | $27 million |
| Wildfire | 12 | 0 | 0 | $251,000 |
| Winter Weather | 10 | 2 | 7 | $30,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 0 | $29,000 |
| Dense Fog | 4 | 0 | 1 | $15,000 |
| Blizzard | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, May 16, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 30, 2002
- Drought, August 1, 2000
- Tornado, May 5, 2007
- Hail, May 12, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 27, 2015
- Tornado, April 15, 2003
- Tornado, May 23, 2015
- Tornado, August 17, 1994
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2008
- Tornado, May 16, 1977
- Tornado, June 8, 1955
- Tornado, April 26, 1962
- Tornado, October 10, 1973
- Tornado, March 27, 1975
- Tornado, April 24, 1980
- Tornado, May 16, 1982
- Tornado, March 17, 1986
- Wildfire, November 3, 2005
- Hail, May 8, 1998
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, April 18, 1992
- Flash Flood, June 16, 1997
- Hail, May 12, 1970
- Hail, June 4, 1991
- Hail, July 16, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2005
- Hail, June 2, 1995
- Hail, April 9, 1978
- Hail, June 11, 2003
- Hail, May 9, 2026
- Hail, May 26, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2023
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, March 31, 2015
- Hail, May 18, 2013
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 25, 1955
- Tornado, May 22, 1981
- Tornado, April 29, 1984
- Tornado, November 7, 2011
- Tornado, April 22, 1957
- Tornado, April 26, 1962
- Tornado, May 13, 1968
- Tornado, May 22, 1972
- Tornado, May 2, 1975
- Tornado, May 16, 1977
- Tornado, May 11, 1982
- Tornado, May 15, 1991
- Tornado, May 7, 1995
- Tornado, October 9, 2001
- Tornado, April 17, 2002
Every episode, newest first
- Flood, June 30, 2026
- Heat, June 28, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2026
- Excessive Heat, June 17, 2026
- Excessive Heat, June 13, 2026
- Excessive Heat, June 8, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Hail, May 18, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2026
- Hail, May 9, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Flood, April 14, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Wildfire, March 15, 2026
- Tornado, March 5, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Drought, December 23, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 15, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 24, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2025
- Hail, July 8, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2025
- Tornado, June 6, 2025
- Tornado, June 3, 2025
- Hail, June 2, 2025
- Hail, May 29, 2025
- Hail, May 26, 2025
- Tornado, May 1, 2025
- High Wind, March 18, 2025
- Wildfire, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, March 3, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, September 10, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Drought, August 27, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 17, 2024
- Drought, August 13, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 6, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2024
- Heat, July 29, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2024
- Heat, July 14, 2024
- Heat, July 1, 2024
- Heat, June 29, 2024
- Heat, June 23, 2024
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2024
- Hail, June 2, 2024
- Hail, May 28, 2024
- Tornado, May 22, 2024
- Tornado, May 1, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, October 29, 2023
- Drought, October 17, 2023
- Heat, August 17, 2023
- Hail, August 11, 2023
- Heat, August 8, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2023
- Heat, July 11, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2023
- Tornado, July 7, 2023
- Heat, June 24, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2023
- Drought, June 20, 2023
- Heat, June 19, 2023
- Tornado, June 17, 2023
- Tornado, June 15, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Drought, May 16, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Hail, April 10, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Tornado, February 26, 2023
- Drought, February 14, 2023
- High Wind, February 14, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Tornado, December 13, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 14, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Hail, October 15, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 16, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Tornado, May 31, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2022
- Drought, May 16, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Wildfire, April 12, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 16, 2021
- Tornado, October 12, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 15, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2021
- Hail, March 12, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- Drought, January 1, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Ice Storm, October 26, 2020
- High Wind, October 11, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2020
- Hail, August 10, 2020
- Drought, August 1, 2020
- Drought, July 1, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Drought, June 1, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2020
- Hail, May 23, 2020
- Hail, May 13, 2020
- Tornado, April 21, 2020
- Hail, April 2, 2020
- Ice Storm, January 17, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2019
- Hail, August 17, 2019
- Tornado, June 15, 2019
- Tornado, May 25, 2019
- Tornado, May 7, 2019
- Tornado, April 30, 2019
- Tornado, April 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 13, 2019
- High Wind, March 10, 2019
- High Wind, January 18, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 3, 2019
- High Wind, December 13, 2018
- Flood, September 5, 2018
- Drought, September 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Hail, July 14, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Flood, June 24, 2018
- Drought, June 1, 2018
- Tornado, May 29, 2018
- Tornado, May 25, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 8, 2018
- Drought, May 1, 2018
- Drought, April 1, 2018
- Wildfire, March 16, 2018
- Drought, March 1, 2018
- Drought, February 1, 2018
- High Wind, January 11, 2018
- Drought, January 1, 2018
- Drought, December 1, 2017
- Tornado, October 21, 2017
- Drought, August 1, 2017
- Drought, July 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2017
- Hail, May 22, 2017
- Tornado, May 18, 2017
- Tornado, May 16, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2017
- Wildfire, March 6, 2017
- Hail, October 6, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 24, 2016
- Hail, September 17, 2016
- Flood, August 19, 2016
- Hail, July 14, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2016
- Tornado, May 16, 2016
- Ice Storm, December 27, 2015
- Ice Storm, November 27, 2015
- Tornado, November 16, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2015
- Tornado, May 23, 2015
- Tornado, May 16, 2015
- Tornado, May 9, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2015
- Drought, May 1, 2015
- Tornado, April 18, 2015
- Tornado, April 16, 2015
- Hail, April 11, 2015
- Tornado, April 8, 2015
- Drought, April 1, 2015
- Flash Flood, March 31, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Drought, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2015
- Drought, February 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2015
- Drought, January 1, 2015
- Drought, December 1, 2014
- Drought, November 1, 2014
- Hail, October 12, 2014
- Drought, October 1, 2014
- Drought, September 1, 2014
- Drought, August 1, 2014
- Hail, July 13, 2014
- Drought, July 1, 2014
- Hail, June 6, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Hail, April 23, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Drought, December 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, November 23, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Hail, October 4, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Hail, August 15, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 29, 2013
- Hail, May 27, 2013
- Hail, May 18, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Tornado, April 26, 2013
- Tornado, April 17, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Beckham CountyEvery warning in Beckham County since 1986Every county in Oklahoma
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.