NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Junction City, 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 Junction City, 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 Junction City
The highest rating among the 10 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1, reached 2 times; the most recent, on November 24, 1989, came within 16 miles. Of the 10, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 4 have come since 2000. December has had the most tornadoes, 3. The most recent tornado was on August 6, 2025. Junction City has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 50% of the 149 Oregon cities on this site.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Junction City
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s1
- 2000s1
- 1990s2
- 1980s2
- 1970s1
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 1989 | F1 | 16 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 6, 1951 | F1 | 2 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 18, 2023 | EF0 | 10 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 14, 2015 | EF0 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 2009 | EF0 | 20 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 2, 1999 | F0 | 22 mi | 2.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Dec 5, 1996 | F0 | 10 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 14, 1984 | F0 | 2 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 18, 1975 | F0 | 13 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Unrated | 15 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 Junction City
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Junction City since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Junction City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Eugene Mahlon Sweet Airport, OR, 5 miles south of Junction City at 353 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 52°F; December is the coolest, at 47°F and 34°F. December is the wettest at 7.2 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.3 inches; the year adds up to 40.9 inches over 90 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 18 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 52 nights a year. That 40.9 inches is more than at 36 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (47%). Elmira, 11 miles southwest, has its own station (Fern Ridge-Veneta, OR): 46.5 inches a year, 5.6 more than here, and an August average high of 82°F against 84°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48 | 35 | 6.1 | 12 |
| Feb | 52 | 35 | 4.7 | 10 |
| Mar | 57 | 37 | 4.6 | 11 |
| Apr | 61 | 40 | 3.3 | 9 |
| May | 68 | 44 | 2.5 | 7 |
| Jun | 74 | 48 | 1.2 | 4 |
| Jul | 84 | 52 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Aug | 84 | 52 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Sep | 78 | 48 | 1.4 | 3 |
| Oct | 65 | 42 | 3.2 | 7 |
| Nov | 53 | 38 | 6.0 | 12 |
| Dec | 47 | 34 | 7.2 | 13 |
| Year | 64 | 42 | 40.9 | 90 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Eugene Mahlon Sweet Airport, OR (353 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 Junction City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 11 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Junction City: 6 floods, 3 heavy rain events and 2 thunderstorm wind reports. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $265,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 58 mph, on April 22, 2016.
December 10, 2015: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Junction City — $260,000 damage.
NWS: “Wind damage from thunderstorm winds were reported in Eugene and Creswell. Numerous trees were downed on vehicles and buildings, and downed power lines resulted in widespread electricity outages.”
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 Junction City's ZIP code 97448 have filed 14 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1996, and were paid $76,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 36% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 77 Oregon cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 15 have fewer than Junction City.
Lane County, which includes Junction City, has been named in 24 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 19 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 severe storms, 6 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 Lane County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding and lightning; Relatively Moderate for strong wind and heat waves; Relatively Low for coastal flooding; Very Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $221.3 million a year, the 3rd highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $117.0 million (53%), 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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