NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Deer Park, 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 Deer Park, Washington since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 13 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 13
- 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 Deer Park
The strongest of the 13 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on July 17, 1978; its path came within 22 miles. Of the 13, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 6 have come since 2000. April and May have had the most tornadoes, 4 each. The most recent tornado was on April 18, 2024. Deer Park has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 77% of the 226 Washington cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 7 times since 1997, with stones up to 1.25 inches (half dollar size). Deer Park has more hail reports within 10 miles than 88% of the 226 Washington cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Deer Park
By decade
- 2020s3
- 2010s2
- 2000s1
- 1990s3
- 1980s2
- 1970s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 1978 | F2 | 22 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 31, 1997 | F1 | 5 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 12, 1984 | F1 | 21 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 22, 1981 | F1 | 2 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 29, 1970 | F1 | 15 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 18, 2024 | EF0 | 22 mi | 0.01 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 6, 2022 | EF0 | 23 mi | 2.14 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 6, 2022 | EF0 | 21 mi | 0.59 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 9, 2016 | EF0 | 23 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 22, 2016 | EF0 | 21 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F0 | 25 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 27, 1999 | F0 | 14 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 13, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Deer Park
The Storm Prediction Center has 7 hail reports within 10 miles of Deer Park since 1997, made on 6 separate days. Of these, 3 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.25 inches (half dollar size), was reported on 2 days, most recently July 10, 2023. The most recent report is from July 10, 2023.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Deer Park
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Deer Park Airport, WA, 3 miles east of Deer Park at 2,191 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 48°F; December is the coolest, at 33°F and 21°F. December is the wettest at 3.1 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 22.5 inches over 64 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 21 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 174 nights a year. That 22.5 inches is more than at 38 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (44%). Nine Mile Falls, 13 miles southwest, has its own station (Spokane WFO, WA): 17.3 inches a year, 5.2 less than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 84°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34 | 21 | 2.9 | 8 |
| Feb | 39 | 22 | 1.6 | 6 |
| Mar | 49 | 27 | 2.3 | 7 |
| Apr | 58 | 32 | 1.9 | 6 |
| May | 67 | 39 | 1.9 | 5 |
| Jun | 73 | 44 | 1.9 | 5 |
| Jul | 84 | 48 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Aug | 84 | 47 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Sep | 74 | 40 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Oct | 58 | 32 | 2.0 | 5 |
| Nov | 42 | 26 | 2.8 | 9 |
| Dec | 33 | 21 | 3.1 | 9 |
| Year | 58 | 33 | 22.5 | 64 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Deer Park Airport, WA (2,191 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 Deer Park
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 25 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Deer Park: 18 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 flash floods, 3 floods and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 1 person and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $3.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on May 6, 2009.
August 25, 2013: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Deer Park — 1 killed, 1 injured, $50,000 damage.
July 23, 2014: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Deer Park — 2 injured, $1.0 million damage.
March 12, 2017: flood 7 miles from the centre of Deer Park — $1.6 million damage.
NWS: “Periods of heavy rain and snow melt produces numerous road closures due to flooding and debris flows in Stevens County through the second half of March. Extensive flooding of fields near the Colville River occurred.”
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
Spokane County, which includes Deer Park, has been named in 33 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 14 of them major disasters (by incident: 17 fires, 6 floods, 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Wildfires, on February 15, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Spokane County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $98.8 million a year, the 11th highest of 39 Washington counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $52.9 million (54%), 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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