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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Baker City, 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 Baker City, Oregon since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 3 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
3

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

What the records show for Baker City

The highest rating among the 3 tornadoes within 25 miles is F0, reached 3 times; the most recent, on June 23, 2004, came within 5 miles. Of the 149 Oregon cities on this site, 85% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Baker City. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 12 times since 1956, with stones up to 1 inch (quarter size). Baker City has more hail reports within 10 miles than 91% of the 149 Oregon cities.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Baker City

By decade

  • 2000s1
  • 1990s1
  • 1970s1
Strongest tornadoes near Baker City, Oregon
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 23, 2004F05 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
May 11, 1995F01 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Sep 16, 1975F02 mi0.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 3 of 3, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Baker City

The Storm Prediction Center has 12 hail reports within 10 miles of Baker City since 1956. Of these, 6 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1 inch (quarter size), was reported on 6 days, most recently May 16, 2023. The most recent report is from May 16, 2023. July has the most reports, 5.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Radar-estimated hail days in Baker City since 2019 →

Weather by month in Baker City

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Baker City Municipal Airport, OR, 3 miles north of Baker City at 3,361 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 88°F and low of 49°F; December is the coolest, at 37°F and 20°F. May is the wettest at 1.5 inches of precipitation on average and August and September the driest at 0.4 inches; the year adds up to 9.1 inches over 28 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 27 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 191 nights a year. That 9.1 inches is more than at 5 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (6%). Union, 28 miles north, has its own station (Union, OR): 14.9 inches a year, 5.8 more than here, and a July average high of 86°F against 88°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Baker City Municipal Airport, OR
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"
Jan38200.72
Feb44230.62
Mar54280.83
Apr61310.83
May70391.54
Jun77441.14
Jul88490.62
Aug88470.41
Sep79390.41
Oct64300.62
Nov48250.72
Dec37200.93
Year62339.128

Averages for 1991–2020 at Baker City Municipal Airport, OR (3,361 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 Baker City

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 13 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Baker City: 6 heavy rain events, 5 thunderstorm wind reports and 2 floods. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 84 mph, on May 24, 2003.

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

Baker County, which includes Baker City, has been named in 12 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 4 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 fires, 2 biological emergencies, 2 severe storms, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 28, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Baker County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for hail, inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, strong wind and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $12.2 million a year, the 25th highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.9 million (40%), 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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