NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Brigham City, 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 Brigham City, Utah since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 12 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 12
- 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 Brigham City
The strongest of the 12 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on August 14, 1968; its path came within 18 miles. Of the 12, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 3 have come since 2000. August has had the most tornadoes, 4. The most recent tornado was on July 28, 2021. Brigham City has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 57% of the 99 Utah cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 10 times since 1958, with stones up to 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size). Brigham City has more hail reports within 10 miles than 47% of the 99 Utah cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Brigham City
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s1
- 2000s1
- 1990s5
- 1980s2
- 1960s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 1968 | F2 | 18 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Sep 22, 2016 | EF1 | 23 mi | 2.85 mi | 0 / 5 |
| May 29, 1996 | F1 | 15 mi | 1.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 3, 2009 | EF0 | 7 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 21, 1998 | F0 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 5, 1995 | F0 | 13 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 10, 1991 | F0 | 2 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 23, 1990 | F0 | 16 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Aug 25, 1987 | F0 | 22 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 16, 1984 | F0 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 14, 1968 | F0 | 22 mi | 4.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 28, 2021 | Unrated | 19 mi | 0.21 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 12, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Brigham City
The Storm Prediction Center has 10 hail reports within 10 miles of Brigham City since 1958, made on 9 separate days. Of these, 8 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently June 12, 2016. The most recent report is from June 7, 2020. June has the most reports, 5.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Brigham City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Brigham City Waste Plt, UT, 1 mile north of Brigham City at 4,240 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 58°F; January is the coolest, at 36°F and 18°F. May is the wettest at 2.0 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.4 inches; the year adds up to 15.4 inches over 42 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 45 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 149 nights a year. Snowfall averages 38.3 inches a year, most of it in January. That 15.4 inches is more than at 24 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (41%). Willard, 10 miles south, has its own station (Ogden Sugar Factory, UT): 18.9 inches a year, 3.5 more than here, and a July average high of 95°F against 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36 | 18 | 1.5 | 5 | 12.2 |
| Feb | 43 | 22 | 1.2 | 4 | 7.5 |
| Mar | 54 | 31 | 1.5 | 5 | 4.2 |
| Apr | 62 | 36 | 1.7 | 4 | 1.2 |
| May | 71 | 44 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 82 | 50 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 91 | 58 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 89 | 56 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 79 | 46 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 65 | 36 | 1.6 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 50 | 27 | 1.1 | 3 | 4.1 |
| Dec | 38 | 20 | 1.4 | 4 | 8.6 |
| Year | 63 | 37 | 15.4 | 42 | 38.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Brigham City Waste Plt, UT (4,240 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 Brigham City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 36 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Brigham City: 31 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 flash floods, 2 floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 1 person and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $8.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 83 mph, on July 4, 2006.
August 17, 2024: lightning strike 4 miles from the centre of Brigham City — 1 killed, 2 injured.
NWS: “A lightning strike capsized a fishing boat with three passengers on board, throwing the passengers into the river, leading to one fatality and two injuries. First responders were called just after midnight local time.”
February 7, 2017: flood 4 miles from the centre of Brigham City — $5.0 million damage.
NWS: “Significant rainfall and snowmelt led to main stem river flooding along the Bear River, and also produced widespread flooding away from the river across Box Elder County, with one estimate from the County Commissioner saying that 90% of communities in the county had been affected.”
August 3, 2023: flood 10 miles from the centre of Brigham City — $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
Box Elder County, which includes Brigham City, has been named in 9 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 6 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Box Elder County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind and lightning; Relatively Low for heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $31.3 million a year, the 8th highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.0 million (13%), 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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