NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Mt Pleasant, 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 Mt Pleasant, Utah since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 4 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 4
- 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 Mt Pleasant
The strongest of the 4 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on September 8, 2002; its path came within 22 miles. The most recent tornado was on June 25, 2005. Of the 99 Utah cities on this site, 79% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Mt Pleasant. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 2 times since 1987, with stones up to 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 99 Utah cities, 84% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Mt Pleasant.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Mt Pleasant
By decade
- 2000s4
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2002 | F2 | 22 mi | 2.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 25, 2005 | F0 | 2 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 12, 2002 | F0 | 14 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 8, 2001 | F0 | 6 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 4 of 4, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Mt Pleasant
The Storm Prediction Center has 2 hail reports within 10 miles of Mt Pleasant since 1987. Of these, one was 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1 inch (quarter size), fell on July 21, 1987. The most recent report is from September 14, 2009.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Mt Pleasant
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Electric Lake, UT, 13 miles east of Mt Pleasant at 8,380 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 74°F and low of 41°F; December is the coolest, at 25°F and 2°F. January and April are the wettest at 2.8 inches of precipitation on average and June and July the driest at 1.0 inches; the year adds up to 24.4 inches over 75 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs of 90°F are rare: fewer than one day a year on average. Lows fall below freezing on about 260 nights a year. That 24.4 inches is more than at 51 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (88%). Fairview, 11 miles north, has its own station (Scofield-Skyline Mine, UT): 25.9 inches a year, 1.5 more than here, and the same July average high, 74°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27 | 4 | 2.8 | 8 |
| Feb | 31 | 3 | 2.5 | 9 |
| Mar | 38 | 10 | 2.3 | 7 |
| Apr | 43 | 18 | 2.8 | 8 |
| May | 55 | 27 | 2.0 | 6 |
| Jun | 66 | 35 | 1.0 | 4 |
| Jul | 74 | 41 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Aug | 72 | 40 | 1.6 | 5 |
| Sep | 63 | 32 | 1.7 | 5 |
| Oct | 48 | 22 | 1.9 | 7 |
| Nov | 35 | 15 | 2.1 | 6 |
| Dec | 25 | 2 | 2.7 | 6 |
| Year | 48 | 21 | 24.4 | 75 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Electric Lake, UT (8,380 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 Mt Pleasant
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 5 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Mt Pleasant: 3 thunderstorm wind reports and 2 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $110,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 69 mph, on June 21, 2005.
July 30, 2012: flash flood 10 miles from the centre of Mt Pleasant — $100,000 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
Sanpete County, which includes Mt Pleasant, has been named in 10 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 5 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 fires, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Flooding, on December 23, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Sanpete County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for lightning; Relatively Low for heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $12.1 million a year, the 13th highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.9 million (24%), 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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Cities near Mt Pleasant
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- Helper, UT26 mi
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- Gunnison, UT33 mi
- Price, UT35 mi
- Payson, UT36 mi
- Salem, UT36 mi
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