NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit North Bend, 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 North Bend, Washington since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 2 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 2
- 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 North Bend
The strongest of the 2 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F1 on September 28, 1962; its path came within 24 miles. The most recent tornado was on August 18, 1964. Of the 226 Washington cities on this site, 82% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than North Bend.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of North Bend
By decade
- 1960s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 1962 | F1 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 18, 1964 | F0 | 13 mi | 5.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 2 of 2, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in North Bend
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of North Bend since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in North Bend
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Cedar Lake, WA, 5 miles south of North Bend at 1,560 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 71°F and low of 52°F; December is the coolest, at 39°F and 31°F. November is the wettest at 14.6 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 2.1 inches; the year adds up to 99.9 inches over 149 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 1 days a year. Lows fall below freezing on about 86 nights a year. Snowfall averages 42.0 inches a year, most of it in December. That 99.9 inches is more than at 85 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (99%). Snoqualmie, 6 miles northwest, has its own station (Snoqualmie Falls, WA): 63.1 inches a year, 36.8 less than here, and an August average high of 77°F against 71°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40 | 32 | 13.0 | 17 | 8.0 |
| Feb | 42 | 32 | 9.2 | 13 | 9.7 |
| Mar | 46 | 33 | 10.6 | 17 | 7.7 |
| Apr | 51 | 36 | 9.2 | 15 | 2.7 |
| May | 59 | 42 | 6.6 | 12 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 63 | 46 | 5.6 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 70 | 51 | 2.1 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 71 | 52 | 2.4 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 64 | 47 | 4.8 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 54 | 41 | 9.7 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 44 | 36 | 14.6 | 18 | 3.7 |
| Dec | 39 | 31 | 12.1 | 17 | 10.0 |
| Year | 53 | 40 | 99.9 | 149 | 42.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Cedar Lake, WA (1,560 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 North Bend's ZIP code 98045 have filed 244 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $6.0 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Torrential rain in 2006: 53 claims (22% of all) and $2.0 million, then Flooding in 1990 with 39 and 2025-12-AtmosphericRiver in 2025 with 22. The year with the most claims was 2009, with 67. 47% 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, 113 have fewer than North Bend.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Torrential rain2006 | 53 | $2.0 million |
| Flooding1990 | 39 | $439,000 |
| 2025-12-AtmosphericRiver2025 | 22 | $1.1 million |
King County, which includes North Bend, has been named in 35 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 31 of them major disasters (by incident: 17 floods, 11 severe storms, 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 King County a Very High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for inland flooding; Relatively High for heat waves; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, coastal flooding and lightning; Very Low for hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $1.68 billion a year, the highest of 39 Washington counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $416.9 million (25%), 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.
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