NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Port Ludlow, WA
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 Port Ludlow, Washington since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 2 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 2
- 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 Port Ludlow
The highest rating among the 2 tornadoes within 25 miles is F0, reached 2 times; the most recent, on June 11, 2001, came within 23 miles. Of the 226 Washington cities on this site, 82% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Port Ludlow.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Port Ludlow
By decade
- 2000s1
- 1990s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2001 | F0 | 23 mi | — | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 9, 1991 | F0 | 20 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 2 of 2, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Port Ludlow
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Port Ludlow since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Port Ludlow
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Port Townsend, WA, 15 miles north of Port Ludlow at 100 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 73°F and low of 54°F; December is the coolest, at 45°F and 38°F. December is the wettest at 2.6 inches of precipitation on average and August the driest at 0.5 inches; the year adds up to 19.0 inches over 60 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 1 days a year. Lows fall below freezing on about 14 nights a year. Snowfall averages 0.6 inches a year, most of it in December. That 19.0 inches is more than at 33 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (38%). Hansville, 6 miles east, has its own station (Everett Snohomish Airport, WA): 33.4 inches a year, 14.4 more than here, and the same August average high, 73°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Port Townsend, WA, 14 miles north, averaged 53°F in August and 46°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the Port Townsend tide gauge, 14 miles from Port Ludlow, has risen 0.72 ± 0.11 inches per decade from 1972 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 7.2 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 34 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46 | 38 | 2.2 | 7 | 0.0 | 47 |
| Feb | 49 | 38 | 1.6 | 5 | 0.2 | 46 |
| Mar | 52 | 40 | 1.9 | 6 | 0.0 | 47 |
| Apr | 58 | 43 | 1.5 | 5 | 0.0 | 48 |
| May | 63 | 47 | 1.5 | 5 | 0.0 | 50 |
| Jun | 68 | 51 | 1.4 | 4 | 0.0 | 51 |
| Jul | 73 | 53 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 53 |
| Aug | 73 | 54 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 53 |
| Sep | 68 | 51 | 1.1 | 3 | 0.0 | 53 |
| Oct | 58 | 46 | 1.6 | 6 | 0.0 | 51 |
| Nov | 50 | 41 | 2.4 | 7 | 0.0 | 50 |
| Dec | 45 | 38 | 2.6 | 8 | 0.4 | 48 |
| Year | 59 | 45 | 19.0 | 60 | 0.6 | 50 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Port Townsend, WA (100 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Port Townsend, WA, from NOAA Tides & Currents. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Jefferson County, which includes Port Ludlow, has been named in 30 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1979, 27 of them major disasters (by incident: 13 severe storms, 11 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). 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 Jefferson County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for coastal flooding; Relatively Low for inland flooding; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $17.0 million a year, the 29th highest of 39 Washington counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $5.2 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.