NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Orem, 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 Orem, Utah since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 12 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 12
- 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 Orem
The highest rating among the 12 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1, reached 5 times; the most recent, on July 8, 1989, came within 23 miles. Of the 12, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 3 have come since 2000. September has had the most tornadoes, 3. The most recent tornado was on September 7, 2013. Orem has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 57% of the 99 Utah cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 28 times since 1984, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Orem has more hail reports within 10 miles than 80% of the 99 Utah cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Orem
By decade
- 2010s1
- 2000s2
- 1990s1
- 1980s4
- 1970s2
- 1960s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1989 | F1 | 23 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 10, 1989 | F1 | 22 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 2, 1970 | F1 | 10 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 17, 1966 | F1 | 12 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 9, 1965 | F1 | 9 mi | 0.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 7, 2013 | EF0 | 8 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 30, 2005 | F0 | 9 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 2003 | F0 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 5, 1997 | F0 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 13, 1984 | F0 | 9 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 13, 1982 | F0 | 5 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 2, 1971 | F0 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 12, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Orem
The Storm Prediction Center has 28 hail reports within 10 miles of Orem since 1984, made on 23 separate days. Of these, 12 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 3 days, most recently August 13, 2024. The most recent report is from August 13, 2024. August has the most reports, 11.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Orem
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Provo Byu, UT, 4 miles southeast of Orem at 4,570 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 95°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 41°F and 24°F. January and May are the wettest at 2.0 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.5 inches; the year adds up to 17.2 inches over 49 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 74 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 111 nights a year. Snowfall averages 44.9 inches a year, most of it in January. That 17.2 inches is more than at 33 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (57%). Lindon, 3 miles north, has its own station (Pleasant Grove, UT): 16.7 inches a year, 0.5 less than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 95°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41 | 24 | 2.0 | 6 | 12.5 |
| Feb | 48 | 28 | 1.6 | 5 | 8.7 |
| Mar | 58 | 35 | 1.6 | 5 | 4.0 |
| Apr | 66 | 40 | 1.9 | 6 | 3.1 |
| May | 76 | 47 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 87 | 55 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 95 | 62 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 93 | 61 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 83 | 52 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 69 | 41 | 1.6 | 4 | 0.6 |
| Nov | 53 | 32 | 1.4 | 4 | 4.6 |
| Dec | 41 | 24 | 1.8 | 5 | 11.2 |
| Year | 68 | 42 | 17.2 | 49 | 44.9 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Provo Byu, UT (4,570 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 Orem
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 63 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Orem: 58 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 flash floods and 2 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $8.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 106 mph, on August 1, 2006.
August 21, 2021: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Orem — 1 injured, $2,000 damage.
June 21, 2005: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Orem — 1 injured.
August 1, 2006: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Orem — $4.0 million 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
Utah County, which includes Orem, has been named in 13 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1983, 5 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 fires, 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Flooding, on December 23, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Utah County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for lightning; Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $287.9 million a year, the 2nd highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $63.9 million (22%), 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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