NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Silverton, 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 Silverton, Oregon since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 22 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 22
- 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 Silverton
The highest rating among the 22 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2 or EF2, reached 2 times; the most recent, on December 14, 2010, came within 10 miles. Of the 22, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 10 have come since 2000. October has had the most tornadoes, 8. The most recent tornado was on October 24, 2022. Silverton has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 80% of the 149 Oregon cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 2023, with stones of 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 149 Oregon cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Silverton.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Silverton
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s4
- 2000s5
- 1990s9
- 1980s1
- 1970s1
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2010 | EF2 | 10 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Dec 8, 1993 | F2 | 21 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 13, 2013 | EF1 | 25 mi | 0.25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 21, 2003 | F1 | 22 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 9, 2000 | F1 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 9, 2000 | F1 | 13 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 8, 1960 | F1 | 17 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 24, 2022 | EF0 | 13 mi | 0.04 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 29, 2018 | EF0 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 12, 2017 | EF0 | 17 mi | 0.62 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 16, 2006 | F0 | 6 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 18, 2004 | F0 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 22, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Silverton
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Silverton, from September 2, 2023: 1 inch (quarter size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Silverton
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Silverton, OR, in Silverton at 408 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 80°F and low of 56°F; December is the coolest, at 46°F and 35°F. December is the wettest at 7.5 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.4 inches; the year adds up to 47.3 inches over 110 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 9 days a year, almost all from July to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 44 nights a year. Snowfall averages 1.1 inches a year, most of it in February. That 47.3 inches is more than at 49 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (64%). Woodburn, 10 miles north, has its own station (Aurora State Airport, OR): 39.6 inches a year, 7.7 less than here, and an August average high of 83°F against 80°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47 | 35 | 6.7 | 14 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 50 | 36 | 4.9 | 12 | 0.8 |
| Mar | 55 | 38 | 5.5 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 60 | 42 | 4.2 | 12 | 0.0 |
| May | 67 | 47 | 2.9 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 72 | 51 | 1.8 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 80 | 56 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 80 | 56 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 74 | 52 | 1.7 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 63 | 45 | 4.2 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 52 | 39 | 7.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 46 | 35 | 7.5 | 15 | 0.2 |
| Year | 62 | 44 | 47.3 | 110 | 1.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Silverton, OR (408 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.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Silverton's ZIP code 97381 have filed 16 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1996, and were paid $70,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 13 claims (81% of all) and $66,000. 81% 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, 22 have fewer than Silverton.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1996 | 13 | $66,000 |
Marion County, which includes Silverton, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 fires, 4 floods, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm, on May 4, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Marion County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind and lightning; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and heat waves; Relatively Low for hail; Very Low for tornadoes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $171.1 million a year, the 5th highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $37.5 million (22%), 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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