Hurricanes that hit Choctaw County, Oklahoma: hurricane history

13 storms have passed within 50 km of Choctaw County from 1902 to 2008, coloured by intensity on the map.

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Years1842 to 2026
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Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Choctaw County

The record holds 13 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Choctaw County, Oklahoma between 1902 and 2008. The busiest month is June, with 4 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached tropical storm strength.

  • 13storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 0at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Choctaw County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression969%
Tropical storm431%
Category 100%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity00%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

Choctaw County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 2 in 1940s.1900s11910s11920s11930s11940s21950s11960s21970s22000s2

The 2000s only run to 2008, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1902, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1900s1
1910s1
1920s1
1930s1
1940s2
1950s1
1960s2
1970s2
2000s2

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 4 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun4Jul3Aug2Sep4Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun4
Jul3
Aug2
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Choctaw County

  • Unnamed storm of August 1918 (North Atlantic)1 August 1918 to 7 August 1918, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 955 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of June 1902 (North Atlantic)21 June 1902 to 29 June 1902, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (70 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of September 1947 (North Atlantic)4 September 1947 to 21 September 1947, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 938 hPa
  • Ike (2008)1 September 2008 to 15 September 2008, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 935 hPa

Most recent storms near Choctaw County

  • Ike (2008)1 September 2008 to 15 September 2008, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 935 hPa
  • Grace (2003)30 August 2003 to 2 September 2003, Tropical depression (20 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (35 kt), 1,007 hPa
  • Claudette (1979)15 July 1979 to 29 July 1979, Tropical depression (20 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 997 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

A storm that came near several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

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