NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Anacortes, 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 Anacortes, Washington since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 1 tornado has touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 1
- 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 Anacortes
The only tornado within 25 miles was an F0 on June 5, 2004; its path came within 25 miles. Of the 226 Washington cities on this site, 90% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Anacortes.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Anacortes
By decade
- 2000s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2004 | F0 | 25 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 1 of 1, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Anacortes
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Anacortes since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Anacortes
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Anacortes, WA, 1 mile north of Anacortes at 20 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 75°F and low of 54°F; December is the coolest, at 47°F and 37°F. November is the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.8 inches; the year adds up to 29.2 inches over 85 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 1 days a year. Lows fall below freezing on about 30 nights a year. That 29.2 inches is more than at 40 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (47%). La Conner, 9 miles southeast, has its own station (Whidbey Island NAS, WA): 19.9 inches a year, 9.3 less than here, and an August average high of 70°F against 75°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Friday Harbor, WA, 18 miles west, averaged 53°F in August and 46°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the Friday Harbor tide gauge, 18 miles from Anacortes, has risen 0.47 ± 0.05 inches per decade from 1934 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 4.7 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 27 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48 | 37 | 3.9 | 11 | 47 |
| Feb | 51 | 37 | 2.6 | 8 | 46 |
| Mar | 54 | 40 | 2.4 | 9 | 46 |
| Apr | 59 | 43 | 2.1 | 7 | 48 |
| May | 66 | 48 | 1.9 | 6 | 49 |
| Jun | 70 | 52 | 1.5 | 5 | 51 |
| Jul | 75 | 54 | 0.8 | 3 | 53 |
| Aug | 75 | 54 | 1.4 | 2 | 53 |
| Sep | 70 | 51 | 1.6 | 4 | 53 |
| Oct | 61 | 46 | 2.8 | 8 | 51 |
| Nov | 53 | 40 | 4.4 | 12 | 50 |
| Dec | 47 | 37 | 3.8 | 11 | 48 |
| Year | 61 | 45 | 29.2 | 85 | 50 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Anacortes, WA (20 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Friday Harbor, 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.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Skagit County, which includes Anacortes, has been named in 29 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1971, 25 of them major disasters (by incident: 12 floods, 11 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 Skagit County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for coastal flooding; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding; Relatively Low for lightning and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $80.9 million a year, the 14th highest of 39 Washington counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $34.0 million (42%), 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.
Cities near Anacortes
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- Stanwood, WA22 mi
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