NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Monroe, 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 Monroe, Washington since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 5 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 5
- 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 Monroe
The strongest of the 5 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on November 24, 1970; its path came within 21 miles. Of the 5, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and one has come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on June 16, 2006. Of the 226 Washington cities on this site, 60% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Monroe.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Monroe
By decade
- 2000s1
- 1990s1
- 1970s2
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 1970 | F2 | 21 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 26, 1971 | F1 | 8 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 2006 | F0 | 10 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 24, 1997 | F0 | 9 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 18, 1964 | F0 | 22 mi | 5.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 5 of 5, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Monroe
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Monroe since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Monroe
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Monroe, WA, 3 miles west of Monroe at 120 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 75°F and low of 52°F; December is the coolest, at 43°F and 32°F. November is the wettest at 7.2 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 1.2 inches; the year adds up to 50.8 inches over 119 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 2 days a year, almost all from July. Lows fall below freezing on about 60 nights a year. Snowfall averages 3.0 inches a year, most of it in February. That 50.8 inches is more than at 63 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (73%). Sultan, 7 miles east, has its own station (Startup 1 E, WA): 68.3 inches a year, 17.5 more than here, and an August average high of 78°F against 75°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44 | 32 | 6.5 | 14 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 48 | 32 | 4.5 | 12 | 2.2 |
| Mar | 52 | 35 | 5.2 | 13 | 0.2 |
| Apr | 57 | 39 | 4.3 | 12 | 0.0 |
| May | 64 | 44 | 3.4 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 68 | 49 | 2.7 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 74 | 52 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 75 | 52 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 69 | 48 | 2.7 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 58 | 41 | 5.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 49 | 35 | 7.2 | 15 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 43 | 32 | 6.8 | 15 | 0.2 |
| Year | 58 | 41 | 50.8 | 119 | 3.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Monroe, WA (120 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 Monroe
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 5 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Monroe: 4 floods and 1 thunderstorm wind report. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $4.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 51 mph, on December 14, 2010.
November 4, 2006: flood 9 miles from the centre of Monroe — $3.3 million damage.
January 12, 2021: flood 9 miles from the centre of Monroe — $474,000 damage.
November 17, 2015: flood 6 miles from the centre of Monroe — $250,000 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Monroe's ZIP code 98272 have filed 215 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $2.7 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1990: 54 claims (25% of all) and $380,000, then Torrential rain in 2006 with 28 and 2025-12-AtmosphericRiver in 2025 with 12. The year with the most claims was 2006, with 31. 44% 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, 110 have fewer than Monroe.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1990 | 54 | $380,000 |
| Torrential rain2006 | 28 | $728,000 |
| 2025-12-AtmosphericRiver2025 | 12 | $513,000 |
Snohomish County, which includes Monroe, 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.