NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Heber City, 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 Heber City, Utah since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 4 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 4
- 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 Heber City
The highest rating among the 4 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1, reached 2 times; the most recent, on December 2, 1970, came within 15 miles. The most recent tornado was on September 7, 2013. Of the 99 Utah cities on this site, 79% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Heber City. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 5 times since 1996, with stones up to 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 99 Utah cities, 71% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Heber City.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Heber City
By decade
- 2010s1
- 1990s1
- 1970s1
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 1970 | F1 | 15 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 9, 1965 | F1 | 16 mi | 0.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 7, 2013 | EF0 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 12, 1998 | F0 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 4 of 4, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Heber City
The Storm Prediction Center has 5 hail reports within 10 miles of Heber City since 1996. Of these, 3 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1 inch (quarter size), was reported on 3 days, most recently August 12, 2024. The most recent report is from August 12, 2024.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Heber City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Heber, UT, 5 miles west of Heber City at 5,590 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 50°F; January is the coolest, at 37°F and 13°F. January is the wettest at 1.9 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.5 inches; the year adds up to 15.0 inches over 43 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 39 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 181 nights a year. Snowfall averages 75.0 inches a year, most of it in January. That 15.0 inches is more than at 21 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (36%). Midway, 9 miles west, has its own station (Snake Creek Powerhouse, UT): 21.7 inches a year, 6.7 more than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 90°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37 | 13 | 1.9 | 5 | 21.5 |
| Feb | 41 | 16 | 1.7 | 4 | 13.9 |
| Mar | 53 | 24 | 1.2 | 4 | 6.7 |
| Apr | 61 | 30 | 1.4 | 5 | 4.0 |
| May | 71 | 36 | 1.4 | 4 | 0.8 |
| Jun | 82 | 42 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 90 | 50 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 88 | 49 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 79 | 40 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 66 | 31 | 1.3 | 4 | 1.7 |
| Nov | 50 | 22 | 1.1 | 4 | 8.6 |
| Dec | 37 | 14 | 1.6 | 4 | 17.8 |
| Year | 63 | 30 | 15.0 | 43 | 75.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Heber, UT (5,590 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 Heber City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 11 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Heber City: 10 thunderstorm wind reports and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $98,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on July 3, 2023.
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
Wasatch County, which includes Heber City, has been named in 11 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 7 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Flooding, on December 23, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Wasatch County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for lightning; Relatively Low for strong wind; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $16.7 million a year, the 11th highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $5.8 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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