NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Otis, OR
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 Otis, Oregon 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 Otis
The highest rating among the 4 tornadoes within 25 miles is F0 or EF0, reached 4 times; the most recent, on November 6, 2009, came within 5 miles. Of the 149 Oregon cities on this site, 76% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Otis.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Otis
By decade
- 2000s1
- 1990s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2009 | EF0 | 5 mi | 0.09 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 18, 1997 | F0 | 5 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 18, 1997 | F0 | 12 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 24, 1996 | F0 | 22 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 Otis
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Otis since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Otis
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Otis 2 NE, OR, 2 miles north of Otis at 150 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 72°F and low of 52°F; December is the coolest, at 48°F and 37°F. December is the wettest at 15.9 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 96.5 inches over 143 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 2 days a year. Lows fall below freezing on about 32 nights a year. That 96.5 inches is more than at 75 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (97%). Depoe Bay, 15 miles southwest, has its own station (Newport, OR): 67.2 inches a year, 29.3 less than here, and an August average high of 64°F against 72°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49 | 38 | 14.6 | 18 |
| Feb | 52 | 38 | 10.5 | 15 |
| Mar | 55 | 39 | 10.8 | 17 |
| Apr | 59 | 41 | 8.2 | 15 |
| May | 63 | 45 | 4.7 | 10 |
| Jun | 66 | 49 | 3.5 | 8 |
| Jul | 71 | 51 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Aug | 72 | 52 | 1.4 | 3 |
| Sep | 70 | 49 | 3.4 | 5 |
| Oct | 61 | 45 | 8.5 | 13 |
| Nov | 53 | 41 | 14.1 | 17 |
| Dec | 48 | 37 | 15.9 | 18 |
| Year | 60 | 44 | 96.5 | 143 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Otis 2 NE, OR (150 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 Otis
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 6 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Otis: 2 floods, 2 heavy rain events and 2 thunderstorm wind reports. They killed 1 person and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $2.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 58 mph, on December 13, 2010.
December 17, 2015: heavy rain event 9 miles from the centre of Otis — 1 killed, 1 injured, $1.2 million damage.
January 15, 1996: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Otis — $1.5 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Otis's ZIP code 97368 have filed 10 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1994, and were paid $79,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 10% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 77 Oregon cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 0 have fewer than Otis.
Lincoln County, which includes Otis, has been named in 24 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 20 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 severe storms, 5 floods, 3 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 Lincoln County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and coastal flooding; Relatively Low for lightning; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $59.3 million a year, the 14th highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $20.2 million (34%), 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 Otis
- Lincoln City, OR6 mi
- Depoe Bay, OR15 mi
- Cloverdale, OR17 mi
- Siletz, OR19 mi
- Willamina, OR22 mi
- Sheridan, OR25 mi
- Newport, OR26 mi
- Toledo, OR26 mi
- Dallas, OR29 mi
- South Beach, OR31 mi
- Tillamook, OR31 mi
- Monmouth, OR33 mi
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