NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Deming, 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 Deming, 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 Deming
The only tornado within 25 miles was an F0 on April 27, 2004; its path came within 12 miles. Of the 226 Washington cities on this site, 90% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Deming.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Deming
By decade
- 2000s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2004 | F0 | 12 mi | 2.7 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 Deming
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Deming since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Deming
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Clearbrook, WA, 13 miles northwest of Deming at 64 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 76°F and low of 51°F; December is the coolest, at 43°F and 32°F. November is the wettest at 7.1 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 1.5 inches; the year adds up to 50.0 inches over 110 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 2 days a year, almost all from July. Lows fall below freezing on about 58 nights a year. Snowfall averages 10.8 inches a year, most of it in January. That 50.0 inches is more than at 61 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (71%). Bellingham, 16 miles southwest, has its own station (Bellingham 3 SSW, WA): 36.1 inches a year, 13.9 less than here, and a July average high of 75°F against 76°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44 | 32 | 7.0 | 13 | 3.1 |
| Feb | 48 | 33 | 3.9 | 10 | 2.7 |
| Mar | 53 | 36 | 5.0 | 12 | 1.0 |
| Apr | 59 | 39 | 4.0 | 10 | 0.1 |
| May | 66 | 45 | 3.2 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 70 | 49 | 2.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 76 | 51 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 77 | 50 | 1.5 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 71 | 47 | 2.9 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 59 | 42 | 5.3 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 49 | 36 | 7.1 | 14 | 1.3 |
| Dec | 43 | 32 | 6.2 | 13 | 2.6 |
| Year | 60 | 41 | 50.0 | 110 | 10.8 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Clearbrook, WA (64 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 Deming's ZIP code 98244 have filed 29 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1982, and were paid $398,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 14% 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, 41 have fewer than Deming.
Whatcom County, which includes Deming, has been named in 27 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1971, 23 of them major disasters (by incident: 13 floods, 6 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 fires). 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 Whatcom County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for inland flooding, coastal flooding, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $111.5 million a year, the 9th highest of 39 Washington counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $40.4 million (36%), 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.
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- Bow, WA23 mi
- Custer, WA24 mi
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