NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Aberdeen, WA
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
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Aberdeen, Washington since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 3 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 3
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Aberdeen
The highest rating among the 3 tornadoes within 25 miles is F0, reached 3 times; the most recent, on December 23, 1997, came within 16 miles. Of the 226 Washington cities on this site, 73% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Aberdeen. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 1969, with stones of 0.75 inches (penny size). Aberdeen has more hail reports within 10 miles than 46% of the 226 Washington cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Aberdeen
By decade
- 1990s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 1997 | F0 | 16 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 26, 1997 | F0 | 16 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 1, 1990 | F0 | 21 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 3 of 3, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Aberdeen
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Aberdeen, from December 12, 1969: 0.75 inches (penny size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Aberdeen
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Aberdeen, WA, in Aberdeen at 10 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 69°F and low of 54°F; December is the coolest, at 47°F and 37°F. January is the wettest at 13.9 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 85.0 inches over 133 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 2 days a year. Lows fall below freezing on about 35 nights a year. Snowfall averages 0.5 inches a year, most of it in March and November. That 85.0 inches is more than at 82 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (95%). Hoquiam, 6 miles northwest, has its own station (Hoquiam Bowerman Airport, WA): 68.9 inches a year, 16.1 less than here, and an August average high of 68°F against 69°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Westport, WA, 14 miles west, averaged 59°F in August and 47°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the Toke Point tide gauge, 20 miles from Aberdeen, has risen 0.18 ± 0.13 inches per decade from 1973 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 1.8 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 19 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48 | 37 | 13.9 | 17 | 0.0 | 48 |
| Feb | 50 | 37 | 8.6 | 14 | 0.1 | 47 |
| Mar | 53 | 38 | 9.8 | 17 | 0.2 | 49 |
| Apr | 57 | 41 | 6.3 | 13 | 0.0 | 51 |
| May | 61 | 47 | 3.5 | 8 | 0.0 | 54 |
| Jun | 65 | 51 | 2.4 | 7 | 0.0 | 56 |
| Jul | 68 | 54 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.0 | 57 |
| Aug | 69 | 54 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.0 | 59 |
| Sep | 69 | 51 | 2.7 | 6 | 0.0 | 58 |
| Oct | 61 | 45 | 8.3 | 12 | 0.0 | 56 |
| Nov | 52 | 40 | 13.7 | 17 | 0.2 | 52 |
| Dec | 47 | 37 | 13.4 | 18 | 0.0 | 49 |
| Year | 58 | 44 | 85.0 | 133 | 0.5 | 53 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Aberdeen, WA (10 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Westport, WA, from NOAA Tides & Currents. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Aberdeen
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 7 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Aberdeen: 4 heavy rain events, 2 floods and 1 thunderstorm wind report. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $2.5 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 70 mph, on December 14, 2010.
January 7, 2009: flood in Aberdeen — $1.2 million damage.
NWS: “Nearly 50 roads were closed in the county. The closed roads caused many school districts to cancel classes.”
November 4, 2006: flood 4 miles from the centre of Aberdeen — $760,000 damage.
November 12, 2008: heavy rain event 3 miles from the centre of Aberdeen — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “Softened ground from heavy rain combined with strong winds blew down several trees, and their dislodged root balls collapsed an earthen section of the Mill Creek dam near Cosmopolis. A footbridge was knocked out and some nearby residential areas were flooded.”
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
Flood insurance policyholders in Aberdeen's ZIP code 98520 have filed 358 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $3.3 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1990: 36 claims (10% of all) and $149,000, then Winter storm in 2007 with 29. The year with the most claims was 2015, with 112. 20% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 128 Washington cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 122 have fewer than Aberdeen.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1990 | 36 | $149,000 |
| Winter storm2007 | 29 | $165,000 |
Grays Harbor County, which includes Aberdeen, has been named in 35 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 32 of them major disasters (by incident: 16 floods, 13 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 7, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Grays Harbor County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for coastal flooding; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding; Relatively Low for heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $211.9 million a year, the 4th highest of 39 Washington counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $23.8 million (11%), is from coastal 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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