NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Cottage Grove, OR
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 Cottage Grove, Oregon 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 Cottage Grove
The strongest of the 5 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F1 on November 24, 1989; its path came within 16 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 April 14, 2015. Of the 149 Oregon cities on this site, 68% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Cottage Grove.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Cottage Grove
By decade
- 2010s1
- 1990s2
- 1980s1
- 1970s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 1989 | F1 | 16 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 14, 2015 | EF0 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 2, 1999 | F0 | 10 mi | 2.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Dec 5, 1996 | F0 | 21 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 18, 1975 | F0 | 19 mi | 0.1 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 Cottage Grove
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Cottage Grove since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Cottage Grove
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Cottage Grove 2E, OR, 2 miles northeast of Cottage Grove at 595 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 51°F; December is the coolest, at 47°F and 33°F. December is the wettest at 7.6 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.4 inches; the year adds up to 46.6 inches over 103 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 16 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 59 nights a year. Snowfall averages 2.7 inches a year, most of it in February. That 46.6 inches is more than at 47 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (61%). Dexter, 14 miles northeast, has its own station (Lookout Pt Dam, OR): 45.9 inches a year, 0.7 less than here, and a July average high of 80°F against 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48 | 33 | 6.6 | 13 | 0.9 |
| Feb | 52 | 34 | 4.9 | 11 | 1.1 |
| Mar | 56 | 35 | 5.2 | 13 | 0.3 |
| Apr | 61 | 38 | 4.5 | 12 | 0.0 |
| May | 68 | 44 | 3.1 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 73 | 48 | 1.7 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 82 | 51 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 83 | 50 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 77 | 46 | 1.5 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 64 | 41 | 3.8 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 53 | 37 | 6.8 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 47 | 33 | 7.6 | 14 | 0.4 |
| Year | 64 | 41 | 46.6 | 103 | 2.7 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Cottage Grove 2E, OR (595 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.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Cottage Grove's ZIP code 97424 have filed 37 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1981, and were paid $233,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 10 claims (27% of all) and $47,000. 30% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 77 Oregon cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 45 have fewer than Cottage Grove.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1996 | 10 | $47,000 |
Lane County, which includes Cottage Grove, has been named in 24 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 19 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 severe storms, 6 floods, 4 fires, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 7, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Lane County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding and lightning; Relatively Moderate for strong wind and heat waves; Relatively Low for coastal flooding; Very Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $221.3 million a year, the 3rd highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $117.0 million (53%), 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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