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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Ogden, IA

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Ogden, Iowa since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 169 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 12 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
169

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
12

2 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Ogden

By decade

  • 2020s28
  • 2010s21
  • 2000s40(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s32(4 EF3+)
  • 1980s14(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s12(3 EF3+)
  • 1960s14
  • 1950s8(3 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Ogden, Iowa
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 13, 1976F512 mi21.3 mi0 / 9
Apr 8, 1999F421 mi56 mi0 / 1
May 27, 1995F424 mi30 mi0 / 1
May 27, 1995F420 mi57 mi0 / 2
May 24, 1989F417 mi66 mi0 / 0
May 10, 1959F48 mi41.1 mi0 / 1
Nov 12, 2005F39 mi17.6 mi1 / 3
May 20, 1953F319 mi116.1 mi1 / 0
Mar 22, 1991F324 mi43 mi0 / 0
Jun 13, 1976F316 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jun 13, 1976F35 mi17.9 mi0 / 0
Jun 15, 1950F323 mi5.6 mi0 / 5

The strongest 12 of 169, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Ogden while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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