NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Estacada, 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 Estacada, Oregon since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 12 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 12
- 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 Estacada
The highest rating among the 12 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1, reached 4 times; the most recent, on October 9, 2000, came within 18 miles. Of the 12, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 6 have come since 2000. October has had the most tornadoes, 8. The most recent tornado was on October 22, 2022. Estacada has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 55% of the 149 Oregon cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 4 times since 1999, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Estacada has more hail reports within 10 miles than 63% of the 149 Oregon cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Estacada
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s1
- 2000s3
- 1990s3
- 1980s1
- 1960s1
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2000 | F1 | 14 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 9, 2000 | F1 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 12, 1991 | F1 | 20 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 12, 1957 | F1 | 8 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 22, 2022 | EF0 | 10 mi | 0.87 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 13, 2020 | EF0 | 13 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 12, 2017 | EF0 | 23 mi | 0.62 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 26, 2009 | EF0 | 13 mi | 0.35 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 3, 1998 | F0 | 20 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 9, 1991 | F0 | 18 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 26, 1984 | F0 | 17 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 13, 1968 | F0 | 19 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 12, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Estacada
The Storm Prediction Center has 4 hail reports within 10 miles of Estacada since 1999. Of these, one was 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on August 4, 1999. The most recent report is from April 14, 2022.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Estacada
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Estacada 2 SE, OR, 2 miles west of Estacada at 514 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 54°F; December is the coolest, at 48°F and 35°F. December is the wettest at 8.4 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 57.9 inches over 120 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 14 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 40 nights a year. Snowfall averages 1.1 inches a year, most of it in January. That 57.9 inches is more than at 59 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (77%). Colton, 8 miles southwest, has its own station (Molalla 7NE, OR): 46.5 inches a year, 11.4 less than here, and an August average high of 82°F against 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49 | 35 | 7.5 | 15 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 53 | 36 | 5.9 | 12 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 57 | 38 | 6.9 | 14 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 62 | 41 | 5.5 | 14 | 0.0 |
| May | 69 | 46 | 3.9 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 73 | 51 | 2.6 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 82 | 54 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 83 | 54 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 77 | 50 | 2.2 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 65 | 45 | 5.5 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 54 | 39 | 8.1 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 48 | 35 | 8.4 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Year | 64 | 44 | 57.9 | 120 | 1.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Estacada 2 SE, OR (514 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 Estacada
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 20 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Estacada: 16 floods, 2 heavy rain events and 2 thunderstorm wind reports. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $632,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 19, 2005.
January 2, 2009: flood 3 miles from the centre of Estacada — 1 killed, $250,000 damage.
NWS: “Heavy rain combined with snowmelt runoff caused the Clackamas river to overflow its banks and floods areas near Estacada. Flood waters submerged 11 pumps in the waste water treatment plant in Estacada.”
December 7, 2015: flood 2 miles from the centre of Estacada — $381,000 damage.
NWS: “Flooding of Johnson Creek and of the Clackamas River resulted in significant damage to businesses, homes, and vehicles in Milwuakie, Clackamas, Boring, Lake Oswego, and Happy Valley. Around 50 homes were evacuated and eight people were rescued.”
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
Clackamas County, which includes Estacada, has been named in 23 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 severe storms, 7 fires, 4 floods, 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 Clackamas County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding, strong wind and lightning; Relatively Moderate for heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes; Very Low for hail and coastal flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $219.1 million a year, the 4th highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $76.6 million (35%), 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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