NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Wilburton, 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

3 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Wilburton, Oklahoma since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ike in 2008. Since 1950, 97 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes: 0
Tropical storms: 3
Tornadoes: 97
EF3 or stronger: 5

What the records show for Wilburton

None of the 3 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Wilburton; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1902, a tropical storm with 40 mph winds when its centre crossed the city. The record near Wilburton begins with an unnamed storm in 1902; the most recent system was Ike in 2008, a tropical storm 63 miles away. Wilburton has more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than 64% of the 216 Oklahoma cities on this site. The highest rating among the 97 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on March 26, 1976, came within 15 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on May 5, 1961, killed 16 people. Of the 97, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 48 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 42. The most recent tornado was on May 19, 2025. Of the 216 Oklahoma cities, 93% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Wilburton. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 96 times since 1960, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 216 Oklahoma cities, 88% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Wilburton.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Wilburton

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Wilburton, Oklahoma, newest first
Year	Storm	Closest	Strength when closest	Peak
2008	IkeSep 14	63 mi	Tropical storm (40 mph)	Category 4
1961	CarlaSep 13	32 mi	Tropical storm (40 mph)	Category 4
1902	Unnamed 1902 stormJun 28	overhead	Tropical storm (40 mph)	Category 1

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

By decade

2020s11(1 EF3+)
2010s18
2000s19
1990s25
1980s4(1 EF3+)
1970s8(1 EF3+)
1960s9(2 EF3+)
1950s3

Strongest tornadoes near Wilburton, Oklahoma
Date	Rating	Distance	Path	Killed / injured
May 5, 1961	F4	19 mi	26.4 mi	16 / 58
May 5, 1960	F4	in town	62.4 mi	16 / 106
Mar 26, 1976	F4	15 mi	10.7 mi	1 / 4
May 19, 2025	EF3	20 mi	16 mi	0 / 1
Nov 22, 1983	F3	19 mi	3 mi	0 / 3
Apr 30, 2019	EF2	13 mi	10 mi	0 / 1
May 25, 2015	EF2	18 mi	13.3 mi	0 / 0
May 10, 2015	EF2	5 mi	15 mi	0 / 0
Apr 14, 2011	EF2	23 mi	7 mi	0 / 0
May 10, 2008	EF2	12 mi	19 mi	0 / 4
Jun 8, 1998	F2	14 mi	0.5 mi	0 / 0
May 11, 1992	F2	7 mi	16 mi	0 / 1

The strongest 12 of 97, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Wilburton

The Storm Prediction Center has 96 hail reports within 10 miles of Wilburton since 1960, made on 77 separate days. Of these, 50 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently May 4, 2003. The most recent report is from March 14, 2024. April has the most reports, 34.

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

Weather by month in Wilburton

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Wilburton 9 ENE, OK, 9 miles northeast of Wilburton at 635 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 94°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 52°F and 30°F. May is the wettest at 7.4 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 2.7 inches; the year adds up to 50.9 inches over 72 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 73 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 71 nights a year. That 50.9 inches is more than at 77 of the 82 Oklahoma stations used on this site (94%). Hartshorne, 16 miles west, has its own station (Mcalester Regional Airport, OK): 42.7 inches a year, 8.2 less than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 94°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Wilburton 9 ENE, OK
Month	High °F	Low °F	Precip. in	Days ≥ 0.1"
Jan	52	30	3.1	5
Feb	57	33	2.8	5
Mar	65	41	3.9	6
Apr	74	48	5.0	7
May	81	59	7.4	8
Jun	88	66	5.6	8
Jul	94	70	2.7	5
Aug	94	68	3.2	5
Sep	86	62	4.3	6
Oct	75	52	4.7	6
Nov	63	40	4.0	6
Dec	54	32	4.2	6
Year	74	50	50.9	72

Averages for 1991–2020 at Wilburton 9 ENE, OK (635 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 Wilburton

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 96 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Wilburton: 82 thunderstorm wind reports, 13 flash floods and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $559,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 12, 2012. May has had the most flash floods, 5 of 13. Of the 216 Oklahoma cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 90 have had fewer than Wilburton.

June 2, 2004: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Wilburton — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees. One tree smashed a carport when it fell.”

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

Latimer County, which includes Wilburton, has been named in 30 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1968, 22 of them major disasters (by incident: 12 severe storms, 6 ice storms, 4 floods, 4 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, on February 24, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Latimer County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $6.7 million a year, the 65th highest of 77 Oklahoma counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.0 million (45%), 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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