NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Aurora, OR
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 Aurora, Oregon since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 19 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 19
- 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 Aurora
The strongest of the 19 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on December 8, 1993; its path came within 8 miles. Of the 19, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 10 have come since 2000. October has had the most tornadoes, 8. The most recent tornado was on October 24, 2022. Aurora has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 74% of the 149 Oregon cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 2007, with stones of 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 149 Oregon cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Aurora.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Aurora
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s3
- 2000s5
- 1990s7
- 1980s1
- 1970s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 1993 | F2 | 8 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 13, 2013 | EF1 | 19 mi | 0.25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 9, 2000 | F1 | 13 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 9, 2000 | F1 | 10 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 12, 1991 | F1 | 10 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 24, 2022 | EF0 | 7 mi | 0.04 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 13, 2020 | EF0 | 20 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 1, 2019 | EF0 | 23 mi | 1.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 12, 2017 | EF0 | 2 mi | 0.62 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 26, 2009 | EF0 | 16 mi | 0.35 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 16, 2006 | F0 | 15 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 18, 2004 | F0 | 8 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 19, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Aurora
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Aurora, from July 13, 2007: 1 inch (quarter size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Aurora
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Aurora State Airport, OR, 2 miles northeast of Aurora at 196 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 56°F; December is the coolest, at 48°F and 36°F. December is the wettest at 6.2 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.4 inches; the year adds up to 39.6 inches over 96 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 18 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 39 nights a year. That 39.6 inches is more than at 33 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (43%). Wilsonville, 5 miles north, has its own station (N Willamette Exp Stn, OR): 42.4 inches a year, 2.8 more than here, and an August average high of 82°F against 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49 | 36 | 5.5 | 13 |
| Feb | 53 | 37 | 4.0 | 10 |
| Mar | 57 | 39 | 4.4 | 12 |
| Apr | 62 | 43 | 3.4 | 10 |
| May | 69 | 48 | 2.6 | 8 |
| Jun | 75 | 52 | 1.5 | 5 |
| Jul | 83 | 56 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Aug | 83 | 56 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Sep | 77 | 52 | 1.6 | 4 |
| Oct | 64 | 46 | 3.7 | 8 |
| Nov | 54 | 40 | 5.8 | 12 |
| Dec | 48 | 36 | 6.2 | 13 |
| Year | 64 | 45 | 39.6 | 96 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Aurora State Airport, OR (196 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.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Aurora
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 31 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Aurora: 22 floods, 4 lightning strikes, 3 thunderstorm wind reports and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 1 person and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $2.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 60 mph, on June 4, 2009.
January 18, 2019: heavy rain event 6 miles from the centre of Aurora — 1 killed.
June 27, 2026: lightning strike 9 miles from the centre of Aurora — 1 injured.
January 19, 2012: flood 4 miles from the centre of Aurora — $1.0 million damage.
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 Aurora's ZIP code 97002 have filed 19 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1996, and were paid $366,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 14 claims (74% of all) and $340,000. 74% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 77 Oregon cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 26 have fewer than Aurora.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1996 | 14 | $340,000 |
Marion County, which includes Aurora, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 fires, 4 floods, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm, on May 4, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Marion County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind and lightning; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and heat waves; Relatively Low for hail; Very Low for tornadoes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $171.1 million a year, the 5th highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $37.5 million (22%), 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).
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