NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Creswell, 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 Creswell, Oregon 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 Creswell
The highest rating among the 7 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1, reached 2 times; the most recent, on November 24, 1989, came within 7 miles. Of the 7, one 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, 59% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Creswell. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 5 times since 1992, with stones up to 1 inch (quarter size). Creswell has more hail reports within 10 miles than 71% of the 149 Oregon cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Creswell
By decade
- 2010s1
- 1990s2
- 1980s2
- 1970s1
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 1989 | F1 | 7 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 6, 1951 | F1 | 21 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 14, 2015 | EF0 | 7 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 2, 1999 | F0 | in town | 2.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Dec 5, 1996 | F0 | 12 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 14, 1984 | F0 | 20 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 18, 1975 | F0 | 10 mi | 0.1 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 Creswell
The Storm Prediction Center has 5 hail reports within 10 miles of Creswell since 1992, made on 3 separate days. Of these, 3 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1 inch (quarter size), was reported on 3 days, most recently June 30, 2008. The most recent report is from June 30, 2008.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Creswell
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Cottage Grove 2E, OR, 8 miles south of Creswell 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%). Pleasant Hill, 7 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.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Creswell
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 14 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Creswell: 11 floods, 2 thunderstorm wind reports and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $504,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 19, 2005.
December 17, 2015: flood 7 miles from the centre of Creswell — $499,000 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Creswell's ZIP code 97426 have filed 13 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1981, and were paid $113,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 10 claims (77% of all) and $75,000. 77% 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, 11 have fewer than Creswell.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1996 | 10 | $75,000 |
Lane County, which includes Creswell, 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.