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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Quincy, 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 Quincy, 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

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
2

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

What the records show for Quincy

The highest rating among the 2 tornadoes within 25 miles is EF0, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 1, 2024, came within 12 miles. Of the 226 Washington cities on this site, 82% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Quincy.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Quincy

By decade

  • 2020s2
Strongest tornadoes near Quincy, Washington
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 1, 2024EF012 mi0.35 mi0 / 0
May 26, 2023EF020 mi0.37 mi0 / 0

The strongest 2 of 2, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Quincy

The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Quincy since 1955.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Quincy

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Quincy, WA, 3 miles north of Quincy at 1,286 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 59°F; December is the coolest, at 36°F and 23°F. December is the wettest at 1.3 inches of precipitation on average and August the driest at 0.1 inches; the year adds up to 7.5 inches over 25 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 28 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 122 nights a year. That 7.5 inches is more than at 1 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (1%). Ephrata, 16 miles northeast, has its own station (Ephrata Municipal Airport, WA): 7.7 inches a year, 0.2 more than here, and a July average high of 89°F against 87°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Quincy, WA
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"
Jan36231.03
Feb44270.73
Mar55320.72
Apr63390.62
May73470.72
Jun79530.52
Jul87590.21
Aug87580.11
Sep78500.21
Oct63390.62
Nov47290.93
Dec36231.35
Year62407.525

Averages for 1991–2020 at Quincy, WA (1,286 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.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Quincy

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 5 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Quincy: 3 thunderstorm wind reports and 2 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $227,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 60 mph, on August 10, 2013.

  • August 10, 2013: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Quincy — $180,000 damage.

    NWS: “Numerous trees and power lines were downed from thunderstorm winds across southern Douglas County. Two large trees, estimated to be two feet in diameter, were downed at Desert Canyons Lodge.”

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

Grant County, which includes Quincy, has been named in 12 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 5 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 fires, 2 biological emergencies, 2 severe storms, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 22, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Grant County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and heat waves; Relatively Low for hail, strong wind and lightning; Very Low for tornadoes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $29.0 million a year, the 23rd highest of 39 Washington counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $13.8 million (47%), 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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