NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit North Ogden, 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 North Ogden, Utah since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 17 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 17
- 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 Ogden
The strongest of the 17 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on August 14, 1968; its path came within 8 miles. Of the 17, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 4 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 6. The most recent tornado was on July 28, 2021. North Ogden has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 68% of the 99 Utah cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 15 times since 1978, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). North Ogden has more hail reports within 10 miles than 62% of the 99 Utah cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of North Ogden
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s1
- 2000s2
- 1990s9
- 1980s1
- 1970s1
- 1960s1
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 1968 | F2 | 8 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Sep 22, 2016 | EF1 | 9 mi | 2.85 mi | 0 / 5 |
| May 29, 1996 | F1 | 1 mi | 1.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Sep 23, 1992 | F1 | 17 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 3, 2009 | EF0 | 7 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 2, 2005 | F0 | 19 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 1998 | F0 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 21, 1998 | F0 | 15 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 21, 1998 | F0 | 10 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 1996 | F0 | 17 mi | 0.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 5, 1995 | F0 | 2 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 10, 1991 | F0 | 15 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 17, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in North Ogden
The Storm Prediction Center has 15 hail reports within 10 miles of North Ogden since 1978, made on 11 separate days. Of these, 8 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on June 7, 2020. The most recent report is from May 16, 2021. June and August have the most reports, 5 each.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in North Ogden
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Ogden Pioneer Ph, UT, 5 miles south of North Ogden at 4,350 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 64°F; January is the coolest, at 38°F and 22°F. May is the wettest at 2.6 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 21.7 inches over 51 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 51 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 117 nights a year. That 21.7 inches is more than at 48 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (83%). Willard, 6 miles northwest, has its own station (Ogden Sugar Factory, UT): 18.9 inches a year, 2.8 less than here, and a July average high of 95°F against 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38 | 22 | 2.5 | 7 |
| Feb | 44 | 24 | 1.9 | 6 |
| Mar | 55 | 33 | 2.3 | 5 |
| Apr | 62 | 39 | 2.5 | 5 |
| May | 73 | 48 | 2.6 | 6 |
| Jun | 83 | 56 | 1.5 | 4 |
| Jul | 92 | 64 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Aug | 90 | 63 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Sep | 80 | 53 | 1.5 | 3 |
| Oct | 66 | 41 | 2.1 | 4 |
| Nov | 51 | 31 | 1.7 | 4 |
| Dec | 39 | 23 | 1.8 | 5 |
| Year | 64 | 41 | 21.7 | 51 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Ogden Pioneer Ph, UT (4,350 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 North Ogden
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 57 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of North Ogden: 45 thunderstorm wind reports, 9 floods, 2 flash floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $1.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 101 mph, on September 22, 2016.
August 19, 2011: lightning strike 6 miles from the centre of North Ogden — 1 injured.
May 22, 2011: flood 8 miles from the centre of North Ogden — $550,000 damage.
August 26, 1998: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of North Ogden — $120,000 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 North Ogden's ZIP code 84414 have filed 19 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $25,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. Of the 23 Utah cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 10 have fewer than North Ogden.
Weber County, which includes North Ogden, has been named in 11 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 6 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 fires, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Straight-Line Winds, on January 12, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Weber County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Moderate for strong wind and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes and inland flooding; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $103.9 million a year, the 5th highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $18.8 million (18%), 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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