Hurricanes that hit Le Flore County, Oklahoma: hurricane history

16 storms have passed within 50 km of Le Flore County from 1902 to 2012, coloured by intensity on the map.

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Years1842 to 2026
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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 Le Flore County

The record holds 16 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Le Flore County, Oklahoma between 1902 and 2012. The busiest month is September, with 8 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached tropical storm strength.

  • 16storms 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 Le Flore County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1275%
Tropical storm425%
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).

Le Flore County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 3 in 2000s.1900s11910s11920s21930s11940s21960s21970s21980s12000s32010s1

The 2010s only run to 2012, 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
1920s2
1930s1
1940s2
1960s2
1970s2
1980s1
2000s3
2010s1

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 8 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun3Jul2Aug3Sep8Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun3
Jul2
Aug3
Sep8
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Le Flore County

  • 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 August 1918 (North Atlantic)1 August 1918 to 7 August 1918, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 955 hPa
  • Carla (1961)3 September 1961 to 18 September 1961, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 927 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 Le Flore County

  • Isaac (2012)20 August 2012 to 1 September 2012, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (70 kt), 966 hPa
  • Ike (2008)1 September 2008 to 15 September 2008, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 935 hPa
  • Gustav (2008)25 August 2008 to 5 September 2008, Tropical depression (20 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 943 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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