NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Burbank, WA
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 Burbank, Washington since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 7 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 7
- 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 Burbank
The strongest of the 7 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on June 26, 1958; its path came within 9 miles. Of the 7, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 2 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on March 31, 2020. Burbank has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 50% of the 226 Washington cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 3 times since 2002, with stones up to 1 inch (quarter size). Burbank has more hail reports within 10 miles than 73% of the 226 Washington cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Burbank
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s1
- 1980s1
- 1960s1
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1958 | F2 | 9 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 23, 1983 | F1 | 24 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | EF0 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 22, 2016 | EF0 | 14 mi | 0.15 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 22, 1964 | F0 | 24 mi | 10.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 24, 1958 | F0 | 13 mi | 45 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 9, 1956 | F0 | 7 mi | 10.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 7 of 7, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Burbank
The Storm Prediction Center has 3 hail reports within 10 miles of Burbank since 2002, made on 2 separate days. Of these, one was 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1 inch (quarter size), fell on July 20, 2012, the most recent report.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Burbank
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Ice Harbor Dam, WA, 4 miles north of Burbank at 368 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 42°F and 29°F. January and December are the wettest at 1.4 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.3 inches; the year adds up to 11.2 inches over 36 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 37 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 84 nights a year. Snowfall averages 2.0 inches a year, most of it in December. That 11.2 inches is more than at 17 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (20%). Pasco, 12 miles northwest, has its own station (Pasco Tri Cities Airport, WA): 7.7 inches a year, 3.5 less than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 89°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42 | 29 | 1.4 | 5 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 48 | 30 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 58 | 35 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 65 | 41 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| May | 74 | 48 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 80 | 54 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 89 | 61 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 89 | 59 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 80 | 51 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 66 | 42 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 51 | 35 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 42 | 29 | 1.4 | 5 | 1.4 |
| Year | 65 | 43 | 11.2 | 36 | 2.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Ice Harbor Dam, WA (368 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 Burbank
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 13 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Burbank: 11 thunderstorm wind reports and 2 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 4, and the NWS estimated $1.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on May 19, 2006.
May 30, 2020: lightning strike 10 miles from the centre of Burbank — 4 injured, $12,000 damage.
May 19, 2006: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Burbank — $1.0 million damage.
NWS: “Downburst destroyed a large storage building and grain bin, flipped a tractor trailer rig onto a dump truck, and overturned an irrigation pivot. Hundreds of trees were downed on a tree farm.”
May 19, 2006: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Burbank — $250,000 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
Walla Walla County, which includes Burbank, has been named in 13 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 9 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 fires, 2 severe storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 23, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Walla Walla County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for heat waves; Relatively Low for hail, inland flooding, strong wind and lightning; Very Low for tornadoes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $20.3 million a year, the 26th highest of 39 Washington counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $10.1 million (50%), 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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