NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Philomath, 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 Philomath, Oregon since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 5 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 5
- 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 Philomath
The strongest of the 5 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F1 on June 21, 2003; its path came within 23 miles. Of the 5, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 3 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on August 6, 2025. Of the 149 Oregon cities on this site, 68% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Philomath.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Philomath
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2000s2
- 1990s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2003 | F1 | 23 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 2009 | EF0 | 13 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 1, 1997 | F0 | 5 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 22, 1994 | F0 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Unrated | 20 mi | 0.09 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 5 of 5, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Philomath
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Philomath since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Philomath
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Corvallis Water Bureau, OR, 5 miles south of Philomath at 592 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 46°F; December is the coolest, at 46°F and 28°F. December is the wettest at 13.4 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.3 inches; the year adds up to 68.8 inches over 111 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 14 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 83 nights a year. Snowfall averages 5.3 inches a year, most of it in January. That 68.8 inches is more than at 62 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (81%). Corvallis, 8 miles east, has its own station (Corvallis State Univ, OR): 43.1 inches a year, 25.7 less than here, and an August average high of 84°F against 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47 | 28 | 11.3 | 15 | 2.0 |
| Feb | 51 | 28 | 8.4 | 13 | 1.7 |
| Mar | 56 | 31 | 8.1 | 15 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 61 | 33 | 5.4 | 11 | 0.0 |
| May | 69 | 39 | 2.8 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 74 | 43 | 1.5 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 82 | 46 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 83 | 46 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 77 | 42 | 1.8 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 65 | 36 | 5.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 53 | 31 | 10.4 | 15 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 46 | 28 | 13.4 | 16 | 0.9 |
| Year | 64 | 36 | 68.8 | 111 | 5.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Corvallis Water Bureau, OR (592 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 Philomath
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 22 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Philomath: 19 floods, 1 heavy rain event, 1 thunderstorm wind report and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $3.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 82 mph, on June 4, 2009.
January 18, 2012: flood 6 miles from the centre of Philomath — $3.0 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Philomath's ZIP code 97370 have filed 12 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1996, and were paid $42,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 17% 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, 8 have fewer than Philomath.
Benton County, which includes Philomath, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 severe storms, 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 13, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Benton County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and heat waves; Relatively Low for lightning; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $63.8 million a year, the 13th highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $19.4 million (30%), 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 Philomath
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- Toledo, OR24 mi
- Dallas, OR24 mi
- Siletz, OR26 mi
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