NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Drain, 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 Drain, Oregon since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 2 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 2
- 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 Drain
The strongest of the 2 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F1 on November 24, 1989; its path came within 25 miles. The most recent tornado was on December 2, 1999. Of the 149 Oregon cities on this site, 89% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Drain. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 1995, with stones of 0.75 inches (penny size). Of the 149 Oregon cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Drain.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Drain
By decade
- 1990s1
- 1980s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 1989 | F1 | 25 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 2, 1999 | F0 | 22 mi | 2.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 2 of 2, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Drain
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Drain, from July 19, 1995: 0.75 inches (penny size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Drain
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Drain, OR, 3 miles southeast of Drain at 292 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 51°F; December is the coolest, at 49°F and 35°F. December is the wettest at 8.5 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.3 inches; the year adds up to 47.5 inches over 102 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 26 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 41 nights a year. That 47.5 inches is more than at 50 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (65%). Cottage Grove, 16 miles east, has its own station (Cottage Grove 2E, OR): 46.6 inches a year, 0.9 less than here, and an August average high of 83°F against 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 51 | 35 | 7.3 | 14 |
| Feb | 55 | 35 | 5.5 | 11 |
| Mar | 59 | 37 | 5.4 | 13 |
| Apr | 64 | 39 | 4.3 | 11 |
| May | 71 | 44 | 2.7 | 7 |
| Jun | 76 | 48 | 1.2 | 4 |
| Jul | 85 | 52 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Aug | 86 | 51 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Sep | 80 | 46 | 1.4 | 3 |
| Oct | 68 | 42 | 3.5 | 8 |
| Nov | 55 | 39 | 7.0 | 14 |
| Dec | 49 | 35 | 8.5 | 15 |
| Year | 66 | 42 | 47.5 | 102 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Drain, OR (292 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 Drain's ZIP code 97435 have filed 44 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1981, and were paid $678,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 24 claims (55% of all) and $407,000. 55% 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, 51 have fewer than Drain.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1996 | 24 | $407,000 |
Douglas County, which includes Drain, has been named in 27 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 19 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 severe storms, 7 fires, 7 floods, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on July 22, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Douglas County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding; Relatively Moderate for coastal flooding and heat waves; Relatively Low for strong wind and lightning; Very Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $94.0 million a year, the 8th highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $56.0 million (60%), 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 Drain
- Cottage Grove, OR16 mi
- Oakland, OR18 mi
- Sutherlin, OR22 mi
- Creswell, OR22 mi
- Veneta, OR22 mi
- Eugene, OR27 mi
- Elmira, OR27 mi
- Pleasant Hill, OR28 mi
- Dexter, OR30 mi
- Springfield, OR32 mi
- Roseburg, OR33 mi
- Junction City, OR35 mi
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