NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Eloy, AZ
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 Eloy, Arizona since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 17 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 17
- 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 Eloy
The highest rating among the 17 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1, reached 8 times; the most recent, on August 24, 1991, came within 24 miles. Of the 17, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 4 have come since 2000. September has had the most tornadoes, 6. The most recent tornado was on March 7, 2024. Eloy has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 64% of the 134 Arizona cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 4 times since 1982, with stones up to 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 134 Arizona cities, 72% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Eloy.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Eloy
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s3
- 1990s2
- 1980s6
- 1970s3
- 1960s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 1991 | F1 | 24 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jul 20, 1988 | F1 | 13 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 15, 1985 | F1 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 5, 1981 | F1 | 22 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 21, 1972 | F1 | 7 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 8 |
| Sep 1, 1971 | F1 | 22 mi | 32.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 16, 1967 | F1 | 11 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 8, 1960 | F1 | 22 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 25, 2019 | EF0 | 23 mi | 0.67 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 23, 2019 | EF0 | 23 mi | 0.53 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 16, 2019 | EF0 | 15 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 5, 1993 | F0 | 16 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 17, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Eloy
The Storm Prediction Center has 4 hail reports within 10 miles of Eloy since 1982. Of these, 2 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1 inch (quarter size), was reported on 2 days, most recently October 15, 2022. The most recent report is from October 15, 2022.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Eloy
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Arizona City, AZ, 8 miles northwest of Eloy at 1,525 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 104°F and low of 76°F; December is the coolest, at 64°F and 34°F. July is the wettest at 1.2 inches of precipitation on average and April and June the driest at 0.1 inches; the year adds up to 7.9 inches over 18 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 173 days a year, almost all from March to November. Lows fall below freezing on about 33 nights a year. That 7.9 inches is more than at 15 of the 76 Arizona stations used on this site (20%). Red Rock, 14 miles east, has its own station (Picacho 8 SE, AZ): 10.1 inches a year, 2.2 more than here, and the same July average high, 104°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 64 | 34 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Feb | 69 | 38 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Mar | 76 | 43 | 0.9 | 1 |
| Apr | 84 | 49 | 0.1 | 0 |
| May | 93 | 58 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Jun | 103 | 67 | 0.1 | 1 |
| Jul | 104 | 76 | 1.2 | 3 |
| Aug | 102 | 75 | 1.1 | 3 |
| Sep | 98 | 68 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Oct | 88 | 54 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Nov | 75 | 41 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Dec | 64 | 34 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Year | 85 | 53 | 7.9 | 18 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Arizona City, AZ (1,525 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 Eloy
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 31 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Eloy: 21 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 floods, 3 flash floods and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $9.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 27, 2012.
August 18, 2011: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Eloy — 1 injured, $1.0 million damage.
NWS: “Thunderstorm winds up to 75 mph impacted Eloy, Arizona when a microburst descended near the Volvo equipment rental facility. These strong winds resulted in significant damage in a divergent pattern across southeast portions of Eloy.”
July 25, 2021: flood 4 miles from the centre of Eloy — $7.5 million damage.
NWS: “Widespread rain occurred on July 24 and 25 in the Santa Cruz River watershed in Pinal County and upstream in much of eastern Pima County with 48 hour rain totals of 3 to 4 inches common. High flows in the river traveled downstream into Greene Wash.”
September 15, 2014: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Eloy — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “Thunderstorm winds damaged 6 warehouses at the cotton-storage facility STS Land Holding in Eloy. Four warehouses were listed as a 30 to 50 percent loss.”
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
Pinal County, which includes Eloy, has been named in 23 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1966, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 fires, 6 floods, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Pinal County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for lightning; Relatively High for inland flooding and heat waves; Relatively Moderate for hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $137.5 million a year, the 3rd highest of 15 Arizona counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $92.4 million (67%), 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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