NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Halsey, 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 Halsey, Oregon since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 10 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 10
- 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 Halsey
The strongest of the 10 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F1 on December 6, 1951; its path came within 15 miles. Of the 10, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 4 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 3. The most recent tornado was on August 6, 2025. Halsey has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 50% of the 149 Oregon cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 2009, with stones of 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 149 Oregon cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Halsey.
Compare Halsey's storm record with another city →
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Halsey
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2000s2
- 1990s3
- 1980s1
- 1970s1
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 1951 | F1 | 15 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 18, 2023 | EF0 | 6 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 2009 | EF0 | 9 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 28, 2007 | EF0 | 17 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 1, 1997 | F0 | 21 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 5, 1996 | F0 | 21 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 22, 1994 | F0 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 14, 1984 | F0 | 14 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 18, 1975 | F0 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Unrated | 2 mi | 0.09 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 10 of 10, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Halsey
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Halsey, from June 4, 2009: 1 inch (quarter size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Halsey
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Corvallis 10 SSW, OR, 10 miles west of Halsey at 312 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 51°F; December is the coolest, at 46°F and 34°F. December is the wettest at 8.0 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.3 inches; the year adds up to 41.5 inches over 87 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 15 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 60 nights a year. That 41.5 inches is more than at 37 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (48%). Harrisburg, 7 miles south, has its own station (Eugene Mahlon Sweet Airport, OR): 40.9 inches a year, 0.6 less than here, and an August average high of 84°F against 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47 | 34 | 6.2 | 11 |
| Feb | 51 | 35 | 5.2 | 11 |
| Mar | 55 | 37 | 4.6 | 11 |
| Apr | 60 | 39 | 3.3 | 8 |
| May | 67 | 43 | 2.1 | 5 |
| Jun | 73 | 47 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Jul | 82 | 51 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Aug | 82 | 51 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Sep | 77 | 47 | 1.3 | 4 |
| Oct | 64 | 42 | 3.1 | 7 |
| Nov | 52 | 37 | 6.1 | 12 |
| Dec | 46 | 34 | 8.0 | 13 |
| Year | 63 | 42 | 41.5 | 87 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Corvallis 10 SSW, OR (312 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 Halsey
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 6 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Halsey: 6 floods.
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
Linn County, which includes Halsey, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 severe storms, 5 floods, 4 fires, 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 Linn County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $71.1 million a year, the 10th highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $27.5 million (39%), 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.