NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Beulah, ND
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 Beulah, North Dakota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 39 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 39
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Beulah
The strongest of the 39 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F3 on June 18, 1956; its path came within 5 miles. Of the 39, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 17 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 15. The most recent tornado was on August 30, 2025. Of the 37 North Dakota cities on this site, 68% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Beulah. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 85 times since 1966, with stones up to 3.5 inches. Beulah has more hail reports within 10 miles than 62% of the 37 North Dakota cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Beulah
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s10
- 2000s5
- 1990s11
- 1980s3
- 1970s5
- 1960s1
- 1950s2(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1956 | F3 | 5 mi | 10.6 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F2 | 23 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 18, 1990 | F2 | 11 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 24, 1975 | F2 | 3 mi | 33.7 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Jul 14, 2018 | EF1 | 21 mi | 0.33 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 9, 2007 | EF1 | 23 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Jun 13, 1999 | F1 | 8 mi | 29 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 13, 1999 | F1 | 6 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 3, 1993 | F1 | 16 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 3, 1993 | F1 | 11 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 19, 1976 | F1 | 8 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 12, 1976 | F1 | 16 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 2 |
The strongest 12 of 39, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Beulah
The Storm Prediction Center has 85 hail reports within 10 miles of Beulah since 1966, made on 60 separate days. Of these, 60 were 1 inch across or larger, and 10 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3.5 inches, fell on June 14, 1977. The most recent report is from June 27, 2025. July has the most reports, 31.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Beulah
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Beulah 1 W, ND, 3 miles northwest of Beulah at 1,785 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 56°F; January is the coolest, at 23°F and 3°F. June is the wettest at 3.3 inches of precipitation on average and December the driest at 0.2 inches; the year adds up to 16.8 inches over 44 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 29 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 191 nights a year. That 16.8 inches is more than at 3 of the 31 North Dakota stations used on this site (10%). Garrison, 31 miles north, has its own station (Garrison, ND): 17.8 inches a year, 1.0 more than here, and a July average high of 81°F against 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | 3 | 0.3 | 2 |
| Feb | 29 | 7 | 0.5 | 2 |
| Mar | 43 | 18 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Apr | 58 | 29 | 1.6 | 4 |
| May | 69 | 41 | 2.4 | 6 |
| Jun | 78 | 51 | 3.3 | 7 |
| Jul | 86 | 56 | 2.5 | 7 |
| Aug | 86 | 54 | 1.9 | 4 |
| Sep | 77 | 44 | 1.5 | 3 |
| Oct | 59 | 32 | 1.3 | 3 |
| Nov | 41 | 18 | 0.6 | 3 |
| Dec | 28 | 8 | 0.2 | 2 |
| Year | 56 | 30 | 16.8 | 44 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Beulah 1 W, ND (1,785 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 Beulah
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 58 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Beulah: 55 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 floods and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $867,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 104 mph, on June 7, 2026.
June 7, 2026: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Beulah — 1 injured.
August 1, 2023: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Beulah — $150,000 damage.
July 3, 2016: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Beulah — $125,000 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 Beulah's ZIP code 58523 have filed 73 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $596,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Winter storm in 2009: 31 claims (42% of all) and $327,000. 42% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 20 North Dakota cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 6 have fewer than Beulah.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Winter storm2009 | 31 | $327,000 |
Oliver County, which includes Beulah, has been named in 22 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1966, 19 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 severe storms, 8 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes, on September 1, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Oliver County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for hail; Very Low for tornadoes, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $2.6 million a year, the 48th highest of 53 North Dakota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.4 million (55%), 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 Beulah
- Hazen, ND8 mi
- Garrison, ND31 mi
- Mandan, ND49 mi
- Bismarck, ND54 mi
- Dickinson, ND55 mi
- New Town, ND64 mi
- Minot, ND72 mi
- Watford City, ND80 mi
- Stanley, ND84 mi
- Minot Afb, ND84 mi
- Fort Yates, ND94 mi
- Harvey, ND97 mi
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