NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Coalville, 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 Coalville, 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 Coalville
The strongest of the 5 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F1 on August 20, 1998; its path came within 24 miles. Of the 5, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and one has come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on August 21, 2001. Of the 99 Utah cities on this site, 74% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Coalville. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 4 times since 1987, with stones up to 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size). Of the 99 Utah cities, 77% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Coalville.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Coalville
By decade
- 2000s1
- 1990s3
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 1998 | F1 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Aug 21, 2001 | F0 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 12, 1998 | F0 | 19 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 5, 1993 | F0 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 5, 1953 | F0 | 20 mi | 8 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 Coalville
The Storm Prediction Center has 4 hail reports within 10 miles of Coalville since 1987. Of these, 2 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size), fell on July 21, 1987. The most recent report is from September 5, 2007.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Coalville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Coalville, UT, 3 miles northwest of Coalville at 5,550 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 48°F; December is the coolest, at 38°F and 14°F. May is the wettest at 1.9 inches of precipitation on average and August the driest at 0.8 inches; the year adds up to 16.4 inches over 52 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 33 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 203 nights a year. Snowfall averages 70.1 inches a year, most of it in December. That 16.4 inches is more than at 28 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (48%). Park City, 14 miles southwest, has its own station (Silver Lake Brighton, UT): 40.0 inches a year, 23.6 more than here, and a July average high of 72°F against 89°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39 | 13 | 1.5 | 5 | 14.0 |
| Feb | 43 | 17 | 1.2 | 4 | 12.9 |
| Mar | 55 | 24 | 1.5 | 5 | 9.8 |
| Apr | 62 | 29 | 1.7 | 6 | 5.2 |
| May | 70 | 35 | 1.9 | 5 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 81 | 42 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 89 | 48 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 88 | 47 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 79 | 38 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Oct | 66 | 29 | 1.4 | 5 | 1.9 |
| Nov | 50 | 21 | 1.4 | 5 | 9.1 |
| Dec | 38 | 14 | 1.6 | 4 | 15.9 |
| Year | 63 | 30 | 16.4 | 52 | 70.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Coalville, UT (5,550 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 Coalville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 6 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Coalville: 3 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 floods and 1 flash flood. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $41,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 64 mph, on May 13, 2026.
July 17, 2015: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Coalville — 1 killed.
NWS: “A 21-year-old male was riding a paddle board on the reservoir at Rockport State Park when a strong wind gust caused by a thunderstorm moved through the area. The victim was separated from his group of friends and drowned in the reservoir.”
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
Summit County, which includes Coalville, has been named in 10 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 4 of them major disasters (by incident: 3 fires, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Summit County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for inland flooding; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $38.6 million a year, the 7th highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $11.9 million (31%), 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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