NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Depoe Bay, 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 Depoe Bay, Oregon since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 4 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 4
- 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 Depoe Bay
The highest rating among the 4 tornadoes within 25 miles is F0 or EF0, reached 4 times; the most recent, on October 31, 2024, came within 14 miles. Of the 149 Oregon cities on this site, 76% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Depoe Bay.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Depoe Bay
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2000s1
- 1990s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2024 | EF0 | 14 mi | 0.16 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 6, 2009 | EF0 | 13 mi | 0.09 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 18, 1997 | F0 | 18 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 24, 1996 | F0 | 8 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 4 of 4, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Depoe Bay
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Depoe Bay since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Depoe Bay
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Newport, OR, 12 miles south of Depoe Bay at 122 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 64°F and low of 52°F; December is the coolest, at 50°F and 39°F. December is the wettest at 11.6 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 67.2 inches over 116 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs of 90°F are rare: fewer than one day a year on average. Lows fall below freezing on about 14 nights a year. That 67.2 inches is more than at 61 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (79%). Lincoln City, 9 miles north, has its own station (Otis 2 NE, OR): 96.5 inches a year, 29.3 more than here, and an August average high of 72°F against 64°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station South Beach, OR, 14 miles south, averaged 55°F in August and 49°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the South Beach tide gauge, 14 miles from Depoe Bay, has risen 0.69 ± 0.11 inches per decade from 1967 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 6.9 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 31 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 50 | 39 | 10.3 | 17 | 50 |
| Feb | 52 | 39 | 8.4 | 13 | 49 |
| Mar | 53 | 39 | 6.8 | 15 | 50 |
| Apr | 54 | 41 | 5.5 | 12 | 51 |
| May | 58 | 46 | 3.0 | 8 | 53 |
| Jun | 61 | 49 | 2.2 | 6 | 54 |
| Jul | 64 | 51 | 0.6 | 2 | 53 |
| Aug | 64 | 52 | 0.7 | 2 | 55 |
| Sep | 64 | 49 | 2.3 | 4 | 55 |
| Oct | 60 | 45 | 5.6 | 9 | 55 |
| Nov | 54 | 42 | 10.2 | 15 | 54 |
| Dec | 50 | 39 | 11.6 | 16 | 52 |
| Year | 57 | 44 | 67.2 | 116 | 52 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Newport, OR (122 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station South Beach, OR, from NOAA Tides & Currents. 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 Depoe Bay
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 10 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Depoe Bay: 6 floods, 3 thunderstorm wind reports and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 1 person and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $3.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 59 mph, on October 14, 2016.
December 17, 2015: heavy rain event 6 miles from the centre of Depoe Bay — 1 killed, 1 injured, $1.2 million damage.
January 15, 1996: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Depoe Bay — $1.5 million damage.
December 7, 2015: flood 9 miles from the centre of Depoe Bay — $128,000 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
Lincoln County, which includes Depoe Bay, has been named in 24 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 20 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 severe storms, 5 floods, 3 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 Lincoln County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and coastal flooding; Relatively Low for lightning; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $59.3 million a year, the 14th highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $20.2 million (34%), 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 Depoe Bay
- Siletz, OR9 mi
- Lincoln City, OR9 mi
- Newport, OR12 mi
- Otis, OR15 mi
- Toledo, OR15 mi
- South Beach, OR18 mi
- Waldport, OR27 mi
- Cloverdale, OR31 mi
- Yachats, OR34 mi
- Philomath, OR35 mi
- Willamina, OR35 mi
- Dallas, OR36 mi
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