NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Darrington, WA
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 Darrington, Washington since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 1 tornado has touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 1
- 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 Darrington
The only tornado within 25 miles was an F2 on May 13, 1986; its path came within 23 miles. Of the 226 Washington cities on this site, 90% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Darrington.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Darrington
By decade
- 1980s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1986 | F2 | 23 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 1 of 1, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Darrington
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Darrington since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Darrington
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Darrington Rs, WA, 2 miles west of Darrington at 550 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 79°F and low of 54°F; December is the coolest, at 40°F and 30°F. November is the wettest at 13.2 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 1.3 inches; the year adds up to 83.1 inches. Highs reach 90°F on about 14 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 102 nights a year. That 83.1 inches is more than at 79 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (92%). Concrete, 17 miles north, has its own station (Concrete Ppl Fish Stn, WA): 71.2 inches a year, 11.9 less than here, and an August average high of 77°F against 79°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40 | 30 | 12.8 |
| Feb | 45 | 31 | 8.6 |
| Mar | 51 | 34 | 9.3 |
| Apr | 59 | 38 | 5.6 |
| May | 67 | 44 | 3.7 |
| Jun | 71 | 50 | 2.9 |
| Jul | 78 | 53 | 1.3 |
| Aug | 79 | 54 | 1.7 |
| Sep | 72 | 47 | 3.4 |
| Oct | 58 | 40 | 8.5 |
| Nov | 46 | 35 | 13.2 |
| Dec | 40 | 30 | 12.1 |
| Year | 59 | 41 | 83.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Darrington Rs, WA (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.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Darrington's ZIP code 98241 have filed 18 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $302,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 17% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 128 Washington cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 20 have fewer than Darrington.
Snohomish County, which includes Darrington, has been named in 37 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 32 of them major disasters (by incident: 15 severe storms, 13 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 earthquakes). 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 Snohomish County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Moderate for coastal flooding; Relatively Low for tornadoes; Very Low for hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $409.2 million a year, the 3rd highest of 39 Washington counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $111.9 million (27%), 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.
Cities near Darrington
- Concrete, WA17 mi
- Granite Falls, WA18 mi
- Arlington, WA23 mi
- Lake Stevens, WA28 mi
- Gold Bar, WA29 mi
- Sultan, WA30 mi
- Marysville, WA31 mi
- Sedro Woolley, WA33 mi
- Monroe, WA33 mi
- Snohomish, WA35 mi
- Mount Vernon, WA36 mi
- Stanwood, WA38 mi
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