NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Talala, 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 October 26, 2026

1 tropical system has passed within 75 miles of Talala, Oklahoma since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Carla in 1961. Since 1950, 175 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes: 0
Tropical storms: 1
Tornadoes: 175
EF3 or stronger: 10

What the records show for Talala

None of the 1 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Talala; the strongest was Carla in 1961, a tropical storm with 40 mph winds when its centre passed 71 miles away. Of the 216 Oklahoma cities on this site, 83% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Talala. The highest rating among the 175 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 5 times; the most recent, on May 6, 2024, came within 20 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on June 8, 1974, killed 14 people. Of the 175, 14 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 72 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 50. The most recent tornado was on April 29, 2025. Talala has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 62% of the 216 Oklahoma cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 74 times since 1958, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 216 Oklahoma cities, 97% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Talala.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Talala

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Talala, Oklahoma, newest first
Year	Storm	Closest	Strength when closest	Peak
1961	CarlaSep 13	71 mi	Tropical storm (40 mph)	Category 4

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Talala: 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 Talala

By decade

2020s17(2 EF3+)
2010s42
2000s13
1990s33(5 EF3+)
1980s17
1970s14(2 EF3+)
1960s18
1950s21(1 EF3+)

Strongest tornadoes near Talala, Oklahoma
Date	Rating	Distance	Path	Killed / injured
Jun 8, 1974	F4	22 mi	29 mi	14 / 150
Apr 24, 1993	F4	23 mi	5.5 mi	7 / 100
May 6, 2024	EF4	20 mi	40.8 mi	2 / 33
Apr 26, 1991	F4	20 mi	32 mi	1 / 24
Apr 26, 1991	F4	4 mi	4 mi	0 / 22
May 25, 2024	EF3	15 mi	23.9 mi	2 / 23
Jun 8, 1974	F3	15 mi	63.6 mi	2 / 80
Apr 24, 1993	F3	24 mi	8 mi	0 / 30
Jul 2, 1992	F3	11 mi	4 mi	0 / 1
May 9, 1959	F3	in town	23.4 mi	0 / 0
Jun 27, 1983	F2	9 mi	5 mi	1 / 0
Apr 30, 2019	EF2	3 mi	9.8 mi	0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 175, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Talala

The Storm Prediction Center has 74 hail reports within 10 miles of Talala since 1958, made on 62 separate days. Of these, 33 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on September 8, 1992. The most recent report is from June 29, 2025. May and June have the most reports, 18 each.

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

Weather by month in Talala

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Claremore 2 ENE, OK, 16 miles southeast of Talala at 588 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 47°F and 24°F. May is the wettest at 6.1 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.8 inches; the year adds up to 46.1 inches over 66 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 62 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 94 nights a year. That 46.1 inches is more than at 69 of the 82 Oklahoma stations used on this site (84%). Ramona, 12 miles west, has its own station (Bartlesville 3, OK): 39.7 inches a year, 6.4 less than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 92°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Claremore 2 ENE, OK
Month	High °F	Low °F	Precip. in	Days ≥ 0.1"
Jan	47	24	1.8	4
Feb	53	28	2.2	4
Mar	61	37	3.7	6
Apr	70	46	4.9	6
May	78	57	6.1	8
Jun	87	66	5.0	7
Jul	92	70	4.5	6
Aug	92	69	3.9	5
Sep	84	60	4.0	5
Oct	73	48	3.9	5
Nov	60	37	3.3	5
Dec	50	28	2.8	4
Year	70	48	46.1	66

Averages for 1991–2020 at Claremore 2 ENE, OK (588 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 Talala

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 83 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Talala: 66 thunderstorm wind reports, 11 flash floods, 4 floods and 2 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 5, and the NWS estimated $851,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 83 mph, on June 2, 2004. April has had the most flash floods, 3 of 11. Of the 216 Oklahoma cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 76 have had fewer than Talala.

October 17, 2007: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Talala — 5 injured, $100,000 damage.
August 23, 2002: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Talala — $250,000 damage.
June 7, 2010: lightning strike 9 miles from the centre of Talala — $250,000 damage.

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

Rogers County, which includes Talala, has been named in 31 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1974, 24 of them major disasters (by incident: 12 severe storms, 8 ice storms, 5 floods, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on June 14, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Rogers County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for hail; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $43.0 million a year, the 10th highest of 77 Oklahoma counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $21.5 million (50%), 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).

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