NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Sandy, 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 Sandy, Utah since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 24 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 24
- 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 Sandy
The highest rating among the 24 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 3 times; the most recent, on August 11, 1999, came within 11 miles. Of the 24, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 4 have come since 2000. August has had the most tornadoes, 5. The most recent tornado was on September 2, 2021. Sandy has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 87% of the 99 Utah cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 64 times since 1958, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Sandy has more hail reports within 10 miles than 91% of the 99 Utah cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Sandy
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s1
- 2000s2
- 1990s11
- 1980s4
- 1970s1
- 1960s4
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 1999 | F2 | 11 mi | 4.3 mi | 1 / 80 |
| Feb 9, 1965 | F2 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 3, 1963 | F2 | 21 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 2, 2021 | EF1 | 20 mi | 2.05 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 2, 1993 | F1 | 18 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 3, 1993 | F1 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 25, 1991 | F1 | 21 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 8, 1989 | F1 | 3 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 2, 1989 | F1 | 16 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 10, 1989 | F1 | 2 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 2, 1970 | F1 | 19 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 14, 1968 | F1 | 14 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 24, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Sandy
The Storm Prediction Center has 64 hail reports within 10 miles of Sandy since 1958, made on 49 separate days. Of these, 34 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 3 days, most recently June 13, 2016. The most recent report is from June 21, 2024. August has the most reports, 29.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Sandy
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Cottonwood Weir, UT, 5 miles northeast of Sandy at 4,986 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 68°F; January is the coolest, at 38°F and 23°F. April is the wettest at 3.3 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 24.4 inches over 55 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 48 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 112 nights a year. Snowfall averages 81.9 inches a year, most of it in December. That 24.4 inches is more than at 52 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (90%). Draper, 4 miles south, has its own station (Alpine, UT): 21.0 inches a year, 3.4 less than here, and a July average high of 90°F against 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38 | 23 | 2.2 | 6 | 17.0 |
| Feb | 44 | 27 | 2.3 | 5 | 18.4 |
| Mar | 54 | 34 | 2.7 | 6 | 7.6 |
| Apr | 61 | 40 | 3.3 | 7 | 5.6 |
| May | 71 | 48 | 2.8 | 6 | 0.3 |
| Jun | 82 | 57 | 1.4 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 91 | 68 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 89 | 66 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 79 | 56 | 1.6 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 64 | 43 | 2.1 | 5 | 1.5 |
| Nov | 49 | 32 | 2.1 | 5 | 8.2 |
| Dec | 38 | 23 | 2.4 | 6 | 23.3 |
| Year | 63 | 43 | 24.4 | 55 | 81.9 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Cottonwood Weir, UT (4,986 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 Sandy
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 97 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Sandy: 73 thunderstorm wind reports, 14 flash floods, 7 floods, 2 heavy rain events and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $19.8 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on July 3, 2023. July has had the most flash floods, 6 of 14. Of the 90 Utah cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 79 have had fewer than Sandy.
August 3, 2023: flash flood 7 miles from the centre of Sandy — $16.0 million damage.
June 5, 2010: flood 5 miles from the centre of Sandy — $1.5 million damage.
August 3, 2023: flash flood 1 mile from the centre of Sandy — $1.0 million damage.
NWS: “Street flooding was reported in Sandy around 1000 East.”
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 Sandy's 4 ZIP codes have filed 13 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $59,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. Of the 23 Utah cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 5 have fewer than Sandy.
Salt Lake County, which includes Sandy, has been named in 12 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1983, 7 of them major disasters (by incident: 3 fires, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Straight-Line Winds, on January 12, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Salt Lake County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Relatively Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $621.7 million a year, the highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $79.3 million (13%), 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.