NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Cedar 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 Cedar City, Utah since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 4 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 4
- 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 Cedar City
The strongest of the 4 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F1 on May 30, 1986; its path came within 20 miles. The most recent tornado was on April 18, 2025. Of the 99 Utah cities on this site, 79% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Cedar City. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 1996, with stones of 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 99 Utah cities, 88% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Cedar City.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Cedar City
By decade
- 2020s1
- 1990s1
- 1980s1
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 1986 | F1 | 20 mi | 3.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 18, 2025 | EF0 | 12 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 23, 1998 | F0 | 12 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 14, 1953 | F0 | 14 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 4 of 4, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Cedar City
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Cedar City, from July 26, 1996: 1 inch (quarter size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Cedar City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Cedar City Municipal Airport, UT, 10 miles east of Cedar City at 5,586 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 57°F; December is the coolest, at 42°F and 16°F. March and October are the wettest at 1.2 inches of precipitation on average and June the driest at 0.5 inches; the year adds up to 11.0 inches over 33 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 44 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 169 nights a year. That 11.0 inches is more than at 12 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (21%). Parowan, 27 miles northeast, has its own station (Cedar City 5E, UT): 17.4 inches a year, 6.4 more than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43 | 18 | 0.8 | 3 |
| Feb | 47 | 21 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Mar | 56 | 27 | 1.2 | 4 |
| Apr | 63 | 32 | 1.0 | 3 |
| May | 73 | 40 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Jun | 85 | 49 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Jul | 91 | 57 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Aug | 89 | 56 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Sep | 81 | 46 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Oct | 67 | 34 | 1.2 | 3 |
| Nov | 53 | 24 | 0.8 | 3 |
| Dec | 42 | 16 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Year | 66 | 35 | 11.0 | 33 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Cedar City Municipal Airport, UT (5,586 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 Cedar City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 8 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Cedar City: 6 thunderstorm wind reports, 1 flash flood and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $8,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 67 mph, on July 7, 2013.
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 Cedar City's 2 ZIP codes have filed 20 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $146,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. Of the 23 Utah cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 11 have fewer than Cedar City.
Iron County, which includes Cedar City, has been named in 7 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 3 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 1 coastal storm, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Flooding, on December 23, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Iron County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Low for inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $30.5 million a year, the 9th highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $7.8 million (25%), 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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