NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Park City, 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 Park City, Utah since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 15 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 15
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Park City
The highest rating among the 15 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 2 times; the most recent, on August 11, 1999, came within 18 miles. Of the 15, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 3 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on September 2, 2021. Park City has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 63% of the 99 Utah cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 4 times since 1990, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 99 Utah cities, 77% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Park City.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Park City
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s1
- 2000s1
- 1990s5
- 1980s2
- 1970s1
- 1960s3
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 1999 | F2 | 18 mi | 4.3 mi | 1 / 80 |
| Jun 3, 1963 | F2 | 22 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 2, 2021 | EF1 | 23 mi | 2.05 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 2, 1993 | F1 | 23 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jul 8, 1989 | F1 | 21 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 10, 1989 | F1 | 21 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 2, 1970 | F1 | 21 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 14, 1968 | F1 | 19 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 9, 1965 | F1 | 23 mi | 0.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 7, 2013 | EF0 | 25 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 21, 2001 | F0 | 12 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 12, 1998 | F0 | 8 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 15, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Park City
The Storm Prediction Center has 4 hail reports within 10 miles of Park City since 1990. Of these, 3 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on July 4, 2006. The most recent report is from May 17, 2021.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Park City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Silver Lake Brighton, UT, 8 miles southwest of Park City at 8,740 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 72°F and low of 47°F; December is the coolest, at 30°F and 11°F. January is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 1.1 inches; the year adds up to 40.0 inches. Highs of 90°F are rare: fewer than one day a year on average. Lows fall below freezing on about 232 nights a year. That 40.0 inches is more than at 57 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (98%). Midway, 13 miles south, has its own station (Snake Creek Powerhouse, UT): 21.7 inches a year, 18.3 less than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 72°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31 | 11 | 5.2 |
| Feb | 31 | 12 | 4.4 |
| Mar | 37 | 17 | 4.5 |
| Apr | 43 | 22 | 4.3 |
| May | 52 | 31 | 3.4 |
| Jun | 64 | 39 | 1.7 |
| Jul | 72 | 47 | 1.1 |
| Aug | 71 | 46 | 1.8 |
| Sep | 62 | 38 | 2.2 |
| Oct | 49 | 28 | 3.2 |
| Nov | 37 | 18 | 3.9 |
| Dec | 30 | 11 | 4.3 |
| Year | 48 | 26 | 40.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Silver Lake Brighton, UT (8,740 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 Park City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 23 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Park City: 18 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 floods, 1 flash flood and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $5.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 79 mph, on June 19, 2023.
July 17, 2015: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Park City — 1 killed.
June 6, 2010: flood 9 miles from the centre of Park City — $5.0 million damage.
NWS: “Flooding was reported along the Weber River from Oakley to Hoytsville. 5 feet on June 6th, with flooding continuing into June 10th.”
August 1, 2023: flash flood 10 miles from the centre of Park City — $150,000 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 Park City's 2 ZIP codes have filed 29 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $90,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 3% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 23 Utah cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 15 have fewer than Park City.
Summit County, which includes Park City, has been named in 10 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 4 of them major disasters (by incident: 3 fires, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Summit County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for inland flooding; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $38.6 million a year, the 7th highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $11.9 million (31%), 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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