NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Huntsville, 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 Huntsville, Utah since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 17 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 17
- 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 Huntsville
The strongest of the 17 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on August 14, 1968; its path came within 20 miles. Of the 17, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 3 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 6. The most recent tornado was on July 28, 2021. Huntsville has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 68% of the 99 Utah cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 2 times since 2003, with stones up to 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 99 Utah cities, 84% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Huntsville.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Huntsville
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s1
- 2000s1
- 1990s10
- 1980s1
- 1970s1
- 1960s1
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 1968 | F2 | 20 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Sep 22, 2016 | EF1 | 15 mi | 2.85 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Aug 20, 1998 | F1 | 13 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 6 |
| May 29, 1996 | F1 | 14 mi | 1.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Sep 23, 1992 | F1 | 24 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 3, 2009 | EF0 | 19 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 1998 | F0 | 20 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 21, 1998 | F0 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 21, 1998 | F0 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 1996 | F0 | 24 mi | 0.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 5, 1995 | F0 | 16 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 10, 1991 | F0 | 23 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 17, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Huntsville
The Storm Prediction Center has 2 hail reports within 10 miles of Huntsville since 2003. Of these, one was 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1 inch (quarter size), fell on August 22, 2007, the most recent report.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Huntsville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Huntsville Monastery, UT, 3 miles south of Huntsville at 5,140 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 49°F; January is the coolest, at 34°F and 11°F. January is the wettest at 2.8 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 21.1 inches over 55 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 204 nights a year. Snowfall averages 82.4 inches a year, most of it in December. That 21.1 inches is more than at 47 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (81%). Eden, 8 miles northwest, has its own station (Pineview Dam, UT): 30.6 inches a year, 9.5 more than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 90°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34 | 11 | 2.8 | 7 | 22.5 |
| Feb | 41 | 15 | 2.2 | 7 | 17.4 |
| Mar | 51 | 24 | 2.0 | 5 | 7.2 |
| Apr | 60 | 31 | 1.9 | 6 | 3.1 |
| May | 71 | 37 | 2.1 | 5 | 0.3 |
| Jun | 82 | 43 | 1.3 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 90 | 49 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 89 | 47 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 79 | 39 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 64 | 30 | 1.8 | 4 | 1.8 |
| Nov | 48 | 22 | 1.8 | 5 | 7.3 |
| Dec | 35 | 13 | 2.4 | 6 | 22.8 |
| Year | 62 | 30 | 21.1 | 55 | 82.4 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Huntsville Monastery, UT (5,140 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 Huntsville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 16 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Huntsville: 8 thunderstorm wind reports, 7 floods and 1 flash flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $934,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 77 mph, on September 29, 2024.
May 22, 2011: flood 9 miles from the centre of Huntsville — $550,000 damage.
March 16, 2011: flood 8 miles from the centre of Huntsville — $100,000 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
Weber County, which includes Huntsville, has been named in 11 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 6 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 fires, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Straight-Line Winds, on January 12, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Weber County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Moderate for strong wind and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes and inland flooding; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $103.9 million a year, the 5th highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $18.8 million (18%), 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 Huntsville
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- Clearfield, UT21 mi
- Kaysville, UT21 mi
- Hooper, UT22 mi
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