NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Kaysville, 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 Kaysville, Utah since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 28 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 28
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Kaysville
The highest rating among the 28 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 4 times; the most recent, on August 11, 1999, came within 21 miles. Of the 28, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 5 have come since 2000. August has had the most tornadoes, 6. The most recent tornado was on September 2, 2021. Kaysville has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 96% of the 99 Utah cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 19 times since 1979, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Kaysville has more hail reports within 10 miles than 67% of the 99 Utah cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Kaysville
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s1
- 2000s2
- 1990s14
- 1980s3
- 1970s1
- 1960s4
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 1999 | F2 | 21 mi | 4.3 mi | 1 / 80 |
| Aug 14, 1968 | F2 | 17 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Feb 9, 1965 | F2 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 3, 1963 | F2 | 11 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 2, 2021 | EF1 | 11 mi | 2.05 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 22, 2016 | EF1 | 10 mi | 2.85 mi | 0 / 5 |
| May 29, 1996 | F1 | 19 mi | 1.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 2, 1993 | F1 | 14 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Sep 23, 1992 | F1 | 8 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 2, 1989 | F1 | 25 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 14, 1968 | F1 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 2, 2005 | F0 | 8 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 28, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Kaysville
The Storm Prediction Center has 19 hail reports within 10 miles of Kaysville since 1979, made on 16 separate days. Of these, 11 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently August 22, 2018. The most recent report is from August 13, 2024. August has the most reports, 9.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Kaysville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Farmington 3 NW, UT, in Kaysville at 4,380 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 64°F; January is the coolest, at 36°F and 22°F. May is the wettest at 2.7 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 20.7 inches over 51 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 56 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 122 nights a year. Snowfall averages 49.6 inches a year, most of it in January. That 20.7 inches is more than at 45 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (78%). Layton, 3 miles northwest, has its own station (Weber Basin Pump Plt 3, UT): 26.0 inches a year, 5.3 more than here, and a July average high of 92°F against 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36 | 22 | 2.2 | 6 | 16.0 |
| Feb | 42 | 27 | 1.8 | 5 | 11.5 |
| Mar | 53 | 33 | 2.1 | 5 | 4.2 |
| Apr | 59 | 39 | 2.4 | 6 | 0.9 |
| May | 70 | 47 | 2.7 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 81 | 56 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 91 | 64 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 89 | 62 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 79 | 53 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 64 | 40 | 1.9 | 5 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 49 | 31 | 1.6 | 5 | 6.6 |
| Dec | 38 | 24 | 1.9 | 5 | 10.0 |
| Year | 63 | 41 | 20.7 | 51 | 49.6 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Farmington 3 NW, UT (4,380 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 Kaysville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 69 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Kaysville: 57 thunderstorm wind reports, 7 floods, 4 flash floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 2 people and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $2.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on July 3, 2023.
July 19, 2023: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Kaysville — 1 killed, $1,000 damage.
May 1, 2023: flood 7 miles from the centre of Kaysville — 1 killed.
April 12, 2023: flood 2 miles from the centre of Kaysville — $1.0 million damage.
NWS: “A new development on Orchard Ridge Lane in Kaysville experienced drainage issues, which resulted in significant flooding opening up a sinkhole. Entire driveways collapsed into the sinkhole along with dumpsters and construction debris.”
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 Kaysville's ZIP code 84037 have filed 13 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1983, and were paid $33,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. Of the 23 Utah cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 5 have fewer than Kaysville.
Davis County, which includes Kaysville, has been named in 11 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 6 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 2 fires, 2 floods, 2 severe storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Straight-Line Winds, on January 12, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Davis County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for lightning; Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for 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 $127.7 million a year, the 4th highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $16.3 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.