NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Beaver, UT
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 Beaver, Utah since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 5 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 5
- 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 Beaver
The highest rating among the 5 tornadoes within 25 miles is F0 or EF0, reached 5 times; the most recent, on May 24, 2009, came within 23 miles. Of the 5, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 2 have come since 2000. Of the 99 Utah cities on this site, 74% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Beaver. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 2 times since 2010, with stones up to 1.25 inches (half dollar size). Of the 99 Utah cities, 84% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Beaver.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Beaver
By decade
- 2000s2
- 1990s2
- 1980s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2009 | EF0 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 4, 2001 | F0 | 18 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 21, 1992 | F0 | 10 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 7, 1991 | F0 | 10 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 29, 1982 | F0 | 14 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 5 of 5, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Beaver
The Storm Prediction Center has 2 hail reports within 10 miles of Beaver since 2010. All were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.25 inches (half dollar size), fell on July 29, 2021, the most recent report.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Beaver
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Beaver Canyon Pwr House, UT, 13 miles southeast of Beaver at 7,275 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 80°F and low of 52°F; December is the coolest, at 36°F and 16°F. April is the wettest at 2.2 inches of precipitation on average and June the driest at 0.8 inches; the year adds up to 20.3 inches over 54 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 5 days a year, almost all from July. Lows fall below freezing on about 187 nights a year. Snowfall averages 120.5 inches a year, most of it in February. That 20.3 inches is more than at 42 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (72%). Parowan, 34 miles south, has its own station (Cedar City 5E, UT): 17.4 inches a year, 2.9 less than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 80°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37 | 16 | 1.9 | 5 | 22.3 |
| Feb | 40 | 17 | 1.8 | 6 | 23.7 |
| Mar | 47 | 23 | 2.1 | 6 | 19.6 |
| Apr | 53 | 28 | 2.2 | 5 | 14.9 |
| May | 63 | 36 | 1.9 | 4 | 3.7 |
| Jun | 75 | 45 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Jul | 80 | 52 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 78 | 51 | 1.6 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 71 | 44 | 1.3 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 58 | 33 | 1.7 | 4 | 5.4 |
| Nov | 45 | 24 | 1.3 | 4 | 11.2 |
| Dec | 36 | 16 | 1.7 | 4 | 18.8 |
| Year | 57 | 32 | 20.3 | 54 | 120.5 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Beaver Canyon Pwr House, UT (7,275 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 Beaver
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 9 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Beaver: 7 thunderstorm wind reports and 2 heavy rain events. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 68 mph, on July 23, 2023.
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
Beaver County, which includes Beaver, has been named in 9 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 5 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Cottonwood Fire, Flooding, and Mudslides, on October 7, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Beaver County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for lightning; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $4.8 million a year, the 22nd highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.1 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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