NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lebanon, 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 Lebanon, Oregon since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 11 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 11
- 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 Lebanon
The strongest of the 11 tornadoes within 25 miles was an EF2 on December 14, 2010; its path came within 22 miles. Of the 11, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 7 have come since 2000. September has had the most tornadoes, 4. The most recent tornado was on August 6, 2025. Lebanon has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 52% of the 149 Oregon cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 4 times since 2004, with stones up to 0.88 inches (nickel size). Lebanon has more hail reports within 10 miles than 63% of the 149 Oregon cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Lebanon
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s3
- 2000s2
- 1990s3
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2010 | EF2 | 22 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Sep 19, 2017 | EF1 | 9 mi | 0.69 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 8, 1960 | F1 | 17 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 18, 2023 | EF0 | 18 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 29, 2018 | EF0 | 15 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 2009 | EF0 | 17 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 28, 2007 | EF0 | 4 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 17, 1997 | F0 | 24 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 17, 1997 | F0 | 21 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 22, 1994 | F0 | 13 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Unrated | 15 mi | 0.09 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 11 of 11, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Lebanon
The Storm Prediction Center has 4 hail reports within 10 miles of Lebanon since 2004. None of them reached 1 inch. The largest size, 0.88 inches (nickel size), was reported on 3 days, most recently August 9, 2022. The most recent report is from August 9, 2022.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Lebanon
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Lacomb 3 NNE, OR, 10 miles northeast of Lebanon at 520 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 49°F; December is the coolest, at 45°F and 33°F. December is the wettest at 8.8 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 57.4 inches over 120 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 13 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 70 nights a year. Snowfall averages 1.7 inches a year, most of it in February. That 57.4 inches is more than at 58 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (75%). Brownsville, 11 miles southwest, has its own station (Foster Dam, OR): 54.5 inches a year, 2.9 less than here, and an August average high of 83°F against 82°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47 | 33 | 7.5 | 15 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 50 | 34 | 5.8 | 12 | 0.9 |
| Mar | 55 | 35 | 6.5 | 14 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 60 | 38 | 5.5 | 14 | 0.0 |
| May | 67 | 43 | 3.8 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 72 | 47 | 2.9 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 81 | 50 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 82 | 49 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 76 | 46 | 2.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 63 | 41 | 5.2 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 52 | 37 | 7.9 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 45 | 33 | 8.8 | 16 | 0.4 |
| Year | 62 | 40 | 57.4 | 120 | 1.7 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Lacomb 3 NNE, OR (520 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 Lebanon
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 9 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lebanon: 5 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 floods and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 2 people and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $1.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on May 18, 2005.
January 18, 2012: flood 10 miles from the centre of Lebanon — 2 killed.
December 7, 2015: heavy rain event 7 miles from the centre of Lebanon — $1.0 million 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
Linn County, which includes Lebanon, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 severe storms, 5 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 Linn County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $71.1 million a year, the 10th highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $27.5 million (39%), 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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