NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Garland, UT
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 Garland, Utah 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 Garland
The highest rating among the 12 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1, reached 4 times; the most recent, on September 17, 1989, came within 18 miles. Of the 12, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 2 have come since 2000. August has had the most tornadoes, 5. The most recent tornado was on July 25, 2007. Garland has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 57% of the 99 Utah cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 5 times since 1960, with stones up to 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size). Of the 99 Utah cities, 71% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Garland.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Garland
By decade
- 2000s2
- 1990s1
- 1980s8
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 1989 | F1 | 18 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 1987 | F1 | 22 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 21, 1986 | F1 | 19 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 6, 1981 | F1 | 11 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 25, 2007 | EF0 | 8 mi | 0.25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 2005 | F0 | 25 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 10, 1991 | F0 | 18 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 25, 1987 | F0 | 15 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 25, 1987 | F0 | 8 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 16, 1984 | F0 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 16, 1984 | F0 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 14, 1968 | F0 | 6 mi | 4.1 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 Garland
The Storm Prediction Center has 5 hail reports within 10 miles of Garland since 1960. Of these, 3 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size), fell on August 5, 2015. The most recent report is from August 6, 2023.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Garland
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Tremonton, UT, 4 miles south of Garland at 4,310 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 36°F and 19°F. January is the wettest at 2.1 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 16.1 inches over 44 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 45 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 132 nights a year. Snowfall averages 40.4 inches a year, most of it in January. That 16.1 inches is more than at 27 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (47%). Mendon, 10 miles east, has its own station (Logan 5 SW Exp Farm, UT): 17.9 inches a year, 1.8 more than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36 | 19 | 2.1 | 5 | 12.2 |
| Feb | 41 | 23 | 1.5 | 5 | 8.7 |
| Mar | 53 | 32 | 1.3 | 4 | 2.8 |
| Apr | 61 | 37 | 1.4 | 4 | 0.8 |
| May | 70 | 46 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 81 | 53 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 91 | 62 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 90 | 60 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 79 | 50 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 65 | 38 | 1.5 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 49 | 28 | 1.0 | 3 | 4.4 |
| Dec | 37 | 21 | 1.6 | 4 | 10.9 |
| Year | 63 | 39 | 16.1 | 44 | 40.4 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Tremonton, UT (4,310 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 Garland
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 29 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Garland: 25 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 flash floods and 2 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $2.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 77 mph, on May 19, 2016.
June 1, 2015: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Garland — 1 injured, $50,000 damage.
August 3, 2023: flood 9 miles from the centre of Garland — $1.0 million damage.
August 3, 2023: flash flood 9 miles from the centre of Garland — $1.0 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
Box Elder County, which includes Garland, has been named in 9 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 6 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Box Elder County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind and lightning; Relatively Low for heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $31.3 million a year, the 8th highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.0 million (13%), 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 Garland
- Tremonton, UT6 mi
- Mendon, UT10 mi
- Wellsville, UT15 mi
- Smithfield, UT16 mi
- Hyde Park, UT18 mi
- Millville, UT18 mi
- Providence, UT19 mi
- Hyrum, UT19 mi
- Brigham City, UT19 mi
- Logan, UT19 mi
- Lewiston, UT21 mi
- Richmond, UT21 mi
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