NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Newport, 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 Newport, Washington 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 Newport
The highest rating among the 4 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 9, 1991, came within 13 miles. The most recent tornado was on May 31, 1997. Of the 226 Washington cities on this site, 69% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Newport. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 11 times since 1998, with stones up to 2 inches (hen egg size). Newport has more hail reports within 10 miles than 96% of the 226 Washington cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Newport
By decade
- 1990s2
- 1980s1
- 1970s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 1991 | F2 | 13 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 17, 1978 | F2 | 2 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 31, 1997 | F1 | 23 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 22, 1981 | F1 | 19 mi | 0.1 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 Newport
The Storm Prediction Center has 11 hail reports within 10 miles of Newport since 1998, made on 8 separate days. Of these, 8 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2 inches (hen egg size), fell on June 10, 2003. The most recent report is from April 22, 2016. June has the most reports, 8.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Newport
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Deer Park Airport, WA, 18 miles southwest of Newport at 2,191 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 48°F; December is the coolest, at 33°F and 21°F. December is the wettest at 3.1 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 22.5 inches over 64 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 21 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 174 nights a year. That 22.5 inches is more than at 38 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (44%). Oldtown, ID, 7 miles east, has its own station (Priest Rvr Exp Stn, ID): 32.7 inches a year, 10.2 more than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 84°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34 | 21 | 2.9 | 8 |
| Feb | 39 | 22 | 1.6 | 6 |
| Mar | 49 | 27 | 2.3 | 7 |
| Apr | 58 | 32 | 1.9 | 6 |
| May | 67 | 39 | 1.9 | 5 |
| Jun | 73 | 44 | 1.9 | 5 |
| Jul | 84 | 48 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Aug | 84 | 47 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Sep | 74 | 40 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Oct | 58 | 32 | 2.0 | 5 |
| Nov | 42 | 26 | 2.8 | 9 |
| Dec | 33 | 21 | 3.1 | 9 |
| Year | 58 | 33 | 22.5 | 64 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Deer Park Airport, WA (2,191 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 Newport
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 38 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Newport: 22 thunderstorm wind reports, 9 floods, 4 heavy rain events and 3 flash floods. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $514,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 69 mph, on May 31, 1997.
August 18, 2008: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Newport — 1 killed.
NWS: “A man was killed after a tree fell on him during a thunderstorm. The man was trying to keep a dock from floating away during the high winds.”
June 7, 2011: flood 6 miles from the centre of Newport — $400,000 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 Newport's ZIP code 99156 have filed 54 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1997, and were paid $910,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 1997, with 33. 4% 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, 70 have fewer than Newport.
Pend Oreille County, which includes Newport, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1974, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 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 Pend Oreille County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for inland flooding and strong wind; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $9.1 million a year, the 34th highest of 39 Washington counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $7.4 million (81%), 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 Newport
- Oldtown, ID7 mi
- Elk, WA9 mi
- Priest River, ID16 mi
- Chattaroy, WA17 mi
- Spirit Lake, ID19 mi
- Deer Park, WA20 mi
- Loon Lake, WA20 mi
- Colbert, WA24 mi
- Mead, WA24 mi
- Valley, WA27 mi
- Chewelah, WA27 mi
- Rathdrum, ID27 mi
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