NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Price, 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 Price, Utah 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 Price
The strongest of the 4 tornadoes within 25 miles was an EF2 on June 19, 2022; its path came within 21 miles. Of the 99 Utah cities on this site, 79% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Price. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 11 times since 1989, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Price has more hail reports within 10 miles than 53% of the 99 Utah cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Price
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s1
- 2000s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2022 | EF2 | 21 mi | 2.08 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 26, 2010 | EF0 | 4 mi | 0.12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 25, 2001 | F0 | 2 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 14, 2021 | Unrated | 18 mi | 0.09 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 Price
The Storm Prediction Center has 11 hail reports within 10 miles of Price since 1989, made on 9 separate days. Of these, 7 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on August 25, 2024, the most recent report. June and August have the most reports, 4 each.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Price
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Price Carbon Co Airport, UT, 3 miles northeast of Price at 5,921 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 60°F; January is the coolest, at 35°F and 16°F. September is the wettest at 1.3 inches of precipitation on average and November the driest at 0.4 inches; the year adds up to 8.6 inches over 25 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 45 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 154 nights a year. That 8.6 inches is more than at 5 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (9%). Helper, 13 miles northwest, has its own station (Scofield-Skyline Mine, UT): 25.9 inches a year, 17.3 more than here, and a July average high of 74°F against 90°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35 | 16 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Feb | 42 | 21 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Mar | 53 | 29 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Apr | 61 | 34 | 0.6 | 2 |
| May | 71 | 44 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Jun | 83 | 52 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Jul | 90 | 60 | 0.5 | 2 |
| Aug | 87 | 58 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Sep | 77 | 49 | 1.3 | 2 |
| Oct | 63 | 38 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Nov | 47 | 26 | 0.4 | 2 |
| Dec | 35 | 17 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Year | 62 | 37 | 8.6 | 25 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Price Carbon Co Airport, UT (5,921 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 Price
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 13 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Price: 8 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 flash floods and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $2.8 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 72 mph, on September 19, 1997.
August 4, 2014: flash flood 3 miles from the centre of Price — $2.8 million damage.
NWS: “Widespread flash flooding occurred across Carbon County, with damaging floods reported in Helper, Price, Carbonville, Kenilworth, Spring Glen, and Westwood. Damage to public infrastructure totaled $500,000, including damage to bridges, culverts, and roads.”
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
Carbon County, which includes Price, has been named in 5 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 2 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm, 1 drought, 1 flood). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Carbon County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for lightning; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $4.5 million a year, the 23rd highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.8 million (62%), 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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