NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Dallas, 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 Dallas, Oregon since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 15 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 15
- 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 Dallas
The strongest of the 15 tornadoes within 25 miles was an EF2 on December 14, 2010; its path came within 23 miles. Of the 15, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 5 have come since 2000. September has had the most tornadoes, 4. The most recent tornado was on October 29, 2018. Dallas has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 62% of the 149 Oregon cities on this site.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Dallas
By decade
- 2010s3
- 2000s2
- 1990s7
- 1980s1
- 1970s1
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2010 | EF2 | 23 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 13, 2013 | EF1 | 22 mi | 0.25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 21, 2003 | F1 | 9 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 8, 1960 | F1 | 25 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 29, 2018 | EF0 | 22 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 16, 2006 | F0 | 23 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 17, 1997 | F0 | 22 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 17, 1997 | F0 | 19 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 15, 1997 | F0 | 8 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 15, 1997 | F0 | 9 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 1, 1997 | F0 | 20 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 31, 1997 | F0 | 16 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 15, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Dallas
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Dallas since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Dallas
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Dallas 2 NE, OR, 3 miles northeast of Dallas at 290 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 52°F; December is the coolest, at 46°F and 35°F. December is the wettest at 8.7 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.3 inches; the year adds up to 47.9 inches. Highs reach 90°F on about 17 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 49 nights a year. That 47.9 inches is more than at 51 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (66%). Monmouth, 9 miles south, has its own station (Falls City 2 SSW, OR): 81.3 inches a year, 33.4 more than here, and an August average high of 81°F against 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47 | 35 | 7.5 |
| Feb | 51 | 36 | 5.6 |
| Mar | 56 | 38 | 5.1 |
| Apr | 61 | 40 | 3.7 |
| May | 68 | 45 | 2.4 |
| Jun | 73 | 49 | 1.5 |
| Jul | 83 | 52 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 83 | 52 | 0.5 |
| Sep | 78 | 49 | 1.6 |
| Oct | 65 | 44 | 3.8 |
| Nov | 52 | 38 | 7.2 |
| Dec | 46 | 35 | 8.7 |
| Year | 63 | 43 | 47.9 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Dallas 2 NE, OR (290 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 Dallas
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 12 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Dallas: 5 floods, 4 heavy rain events and 3 thunderstorm wind reports. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 85 mph, on January 15, 1996.
January 20, 2012: flood 10 miles from the centre of Dallas — $1.0 million 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 Dallas's ZIP code 97338 have filed 21 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1996, and were paid $134,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Winter storm in 2007: 12 claims (57% of all) and $121,000. 67% 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, 31 have fewer than Dallas.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Winter storm2007 | 12 | $121,000 |
Polk County, which includes Dallas, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 severe storms, 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). 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 Polk County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for heat waves; Relatively Low for inland flooding and lightning; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $37.9 million a year, the 19th highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $14.7 million (39%), 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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Cities near Dallas
- Independence, OR9 mi
- Monmouth, OR9 mi
- Sheridan, OR12 mi
- Amity, OR13 mi
- Keizer, OR16 mi
- Salem, OR16 mi
- Willamina, OR17 mi
- Jefferson, OR20 mi
- Turner, OR20 mi
- Mcminnville, OR21 mi
- Dayton, OR24 mi
- Corvallis, OR24 mi
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