NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Everett, 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 Everett, Washington since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 7 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 7
- 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 Everett
The highest rating among the 7 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 13, 1986, came within 22 miles. Of the 7, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 3 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on June 16, 2006. Everett has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 50% of the 226 Washington cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 2 times since 2001, with stones up to 1 inch (quarter size). Everett has more hail reports within 10 miles than 60% of the 226 Washington cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Everett
By decade
- 2000s3
- 1990s1
- 1980s1
- 1970s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1986 | F2 | 22 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 24, 1970 | F2 | 12 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 2005 | F1 | 19 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 26, 1971 | F1 | 14 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 2006 | F0 | 23 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 5, 2004 | F0 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 24, 1997 | F0 | 5 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 7 of 7, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Everett
The Storm Prediction Center has 2 hail reports within 10 miles of Everett since 2001. Of these, one was 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1 inch (quarter size), fell on April 15, 2006, the most recent report.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Everett
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Everett Snohomish Airport, WA, 3 miles west of Everett at 606 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 73°F and low of 55°F; December is the coolest, at 45°F and 36°F. November is the wettest at 5.0 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.8 inches; the year adds up to 33.4 inches over 92 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 1 days a year. Lows fall below freezing on about 29 nights a year. That 33.4 inches is more than at 41 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (48%). Snohomish, 7 miles east, has its own station (Monroe, WA): 50.8 inches a year, 17.4 more than here, and an August average high of 75°F against 73°F.
Sea level at the Seattle tide gauge, 23 miles from Everett, has risen 0.82 ± 0.03 inches per decade from 1899 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 8.2 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 42 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46 | 37 | 3.9 | 11 |
| Feb | 48 | 37 | 2.8 | 10 |
| Mar | 52 | 39 | 3.6 | 11 |
| Apr | 56 | 43 | 2.7 | 8 |
| May | 63 | 48 | 2.1 | 7 |
| Jun | 66 | 51 | 1.9 | 5 |
| Jul | 72 | 55 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Aug | 73 | 55 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Sep | 68 | 52 | 1.7 | 5 |
| Oct | 58 | 46 | 3.4 | 8 |
| Nov | 50 | 40 | 5.0 | 12 |
| Dec | 45 | 36 | 4.5 | 12 |
| Year | 58 | 45 | 33.4 | 92 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Everett Snohomish Airport, WA (606 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 Everett
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 6 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Everett: 2 floods, 2 heavy rain events, 1 flash flood and 1 thunderstorm wind report. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $13.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 51 mph, on December 14, 2010.
December 3, 2007: heavy rain event 9 miles from the centre of Everett — $10.0 million damage.
November 4, 2006: flood 5 miles from the centre of Everett — $3.3 million 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Everett's 4 ZIP codes have filed 53 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $916,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1986: 23 claims (43% of all) and $520,000. The year with the most claims was 1990, with 17. 43% 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, 68 have fewer than Everett.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1986 | 23 | $520,000 |
Snohomish County, which includes Everett, has been named in 37 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 32 of them major disasters (by incident: 15 severe storms, 13 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 earthquakes). 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 Snohomish County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Moderate for coastal flooding; Relatively Low for tornadoes; Very Low for hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $409.2 million a year, the 3rd highest of 39 Washington counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $111.9 million (27%), 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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