NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lake Stevens, WA
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 Lake Stevens, Washington since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 7 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 7
- 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 Lake Stevens
The highest rating among the 7 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 13, 1986, came within 13 miles. Of the 7, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 3 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on June 16, 2006. Lake Stevens has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 50% of the 226 Washington cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 2006, with stones of 1 inch (quarter size). Lake Stevens has more hail reports within 10 miles than 46% of the 226 Washington cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Lake Stevens
By decade
- 2000s3
- 1990s1
- 1980s1
- 1970s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1986 | F2 | 13 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 24, 1970 | F2 | 8 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 2005 | F1 | 15 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 26, 1971 | F1 | 8 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 2006 | F0 | 19 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 5, 2004 | F0 | 16 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 24, 1997 | F0 | 8 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 7 of 7, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Lake Stevens
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Lake Stevens, from April 15, 2006: 1 inch (quarter size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Lake Stevens
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Everett, WA, 7 miles southwest of Lake Stevens at 60 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 76°F and low of 55°F; December is the coolest, at 47°F and 34°F. November is the wettest at 5.8 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 1.0 inches; the year adds up to 40.2 inches. Highs reach 90°F on about 1 days a year. Lows fall below freezing on about 51 nights a year. That 40.2 inches is more than at 48 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (56%). Snohomish, 9 miles south, has its own station (Monroe, WA): 50.8 inches a year, 10.6 more than here, and an August average high of 75°F against 76°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48 | 35 | 5.0 |
| Feb | 50 | 35 | 3.7 |
| Mar | 55 | 37 | 4.1 |
| Apr | 60 | 41 | 3.4 |
| May | 66 | 47 | 2.7 |
| Jun | 70 | 52 | 2.3 |
| Jul | 75 | 55 | 1.0 |
| Aug | 76 | 55 | 1.2 |
| Sep | 70 | 50 | 2.3 |
| Oct | 61 | 43 | 3.7 |
| Nov | 52 | 38 | 5.8 |
| Dec | 47 | 34 | 5.0 |
| Year | 61 | 43 | 40.2 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Everett, WA (60 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.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Lake Stevens's ZIP code 98258 have filed 12 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $332,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 8% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 128 Washington cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 6 have fewer than Lake Stevens.
Snohomish County, which includes Lake Stevens, has been named in 37 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 32 of them major disasters (by incident: 15 severe storms, 13 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 earthquakes). 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 Snohomish County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Moderate for coastal flooding; Relatively Low for tornadoes; Very Low for hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $409.2 million a year, the 3rd highest of 39 Washington counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $111.9 million (27%), 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.