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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Perkins, OK

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

2 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Perkins, Oklahoma since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Erin in 2007. Since 1950, 154 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 18 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
2

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
154

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
18

32 deaths in all

What the records show for Perkins

None of the 2 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Perkins; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1900, a tropical storm with 40 mph winds when its centre passed 31 miles away. The record near Perkins begins with an unnamed storm in 1900; the most recent system was Erin in 2007, a tropical storm 45 miles away. Of the 216 Oklahoma cities on this site, 36% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Perkins. The strongest of the 154 tornadoes within 25 miles was an EF5 on May 24, 2011; its path came within 18 miles, and it killed 9 people. The deadliest, an F4 on June 8, 1974, killed 14 people. Of the 154, 15 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 51 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 65. The most recent tornado was on November 3, 2024. Of the 216 Oklahoma cities, 56% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Perkins. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 187 times since 1955, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Perkins has more hail reports within 10 miles than 62% of the 216 Oklahoma cities.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Perkins

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Perkins, Oklahoma, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2007ErinAug 1945 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormSep 1031 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Perkins: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Perkins

By decade

  • 2020s7(1 EF3+)
  • 2010s22(2 EF3+)
  • 2000s22(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s20(3 EF3+)
  • 1980s17
  • 1970s24(6 EF3+)
  • 1960s17(4 EF3+)
  • 1950s25(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Perkins, Oklahoma
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 24, 2011EF518 mi63.1 mi9 / 181
Jun 8, 1974F422 mi29 mi14 / 150
May 3, 1999F424 mi35 mi2 / 26
Apr 2, 1956F320 mi42.6 mi5 / 68
May 15, 1990F312 mi7 mi1 / 12
May 26, 1963F324 mi34.3 mi1 / 4
Nov 3, 2024EF319 mi25.1 mi0 / 7
May 19, 2013EF311 mi20.84 mi0 / 4
May 9, 2003F325 mi17.8 mi0 / 2
May 3, 1999F323 mi13 mi0 / 13
May 20, 1977F315 mi9.9 mi0 / 0
Jun 13, 1975F38 mi5.1 mi0 / 8

The strongest 12 of 154, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Perkins

The Storm Prediction Center has 187 hail reports within 10 miles of Perkins since 1955, made on 129 separate days. Of these, 110 were 1 inch across or larger, and 11 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on April 26, 1984. The most recent report is from June 14, 2025. May has the most reports, 52.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Perkins

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Stillwater 2 W, OK, 11 miles north of Perkins at 890 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 94°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 49°F and 26°F. May is the wettest at 4.7 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.3 inches; the year adds up to 36.1 inches over 53 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 76 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 89 nights a year. That 36.1 inches is more than at 29 of the 82 Oklahoma stations used on this site (35%). Cushing, 16 miles east, has its own station (Cushing, OK): 37.9 inches a year, 1.8 more than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 94°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Stillwater 2 W, OK
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"
Jan49261.33
Feb54301.63
Mar63382.85
Apr72474.26
May79584.77
Jun88674.66
Jul94713.45
Aug93703.75
Sep85612.94
Oct73492.95
Nov61372.33
Dec51291.73
Year724936.153

Averages for 1991–2020 at Stillwater 2 W, OK (890 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Perkins

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 87 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Perkins: 79 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 flash floods, 3 floods and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $318,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on November 7, 2011.

  • May 21, 2019: flood in Perkins — 1 killed, $10,000 damage.

    NWS: “A woman drove around a high water sign and her car was subsequently swept off the road into about 10 feet of water. Weather was clear and rains had stopped at time of incident.”

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.

Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings

Payne County, which includes Perkins, has been named in 39 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1974, 24 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 fires, 10 severe storms, 9 ice storms, 4 floods). The latest major disaster declaration was Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds, on May 21, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Payne County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for tornadoes and hail; Relatively Moderate for strong wind and heat waves; Relatively Low for inland flooding and lightning; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $50.3 million a year, the 7th highest of 77 Oklahoma counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $11.5 million (23%), is from inland flooding.

Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.

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