NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Smithfield, 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 Smithfield, Utah since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 11 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 11
- 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 Smithfield
The highest rating among the 11 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1, reached 5 times; the most recent, on September 17, 1989, came within 11 miles. Of the 11, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and one has come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 4. The most recent tornado was on July 25, 2007. Smithfield has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 52% of the 99 Utah cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 12 times since 1969, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Smithfield has more hail reports within 10 miles than 57% of the 99 Utah cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Smithfield
By decade
- 2000s1
- 1990s2
- 1980s7
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 1989 | F1 | 11 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 1987 | F1 | 10 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 21, 1986 | F1 | 23 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 30, 1982 | F1 | 18 mi | 1.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 6, 1981 | F1 | 8 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 25, 2007 | EF0 | 15 mi | 0.25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 5, 1995 | F0 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 10, 1991 | F0 | 23 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 25, 1987 | F0 | 2 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 25, 1987 | F0 | 15 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 14, 1968 | F0 | 8 mi | 4.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 11 of 11, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Smithfield
The Storm Prediction Center has 12 hail reports within 10 miles of Smithfield since 1969, made on 9 separate days. Of these, 8 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on June 26, 2009. The most recent report is from May 16, 2021. June has the most reports, 5.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Smithfield
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Logan Cache Airport, UT, 3 miles south of Smithfield at 4,454 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 55°F; January is the coolest, at 32°F and 15°F. May is the wettest at 2.1 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.3 inches; the year adds up to 15.7 inches over 44 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 173 nights a year. That 15.7 inches is more than at 25 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (43%). Richmond, 6 miles north, has its own station (Richmond, UT): 20.4 inches a year, 4.7 more than here, and a July average high of 89°F against 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32 | 15 | 1.4 | 4 |
| Feb | 37 | 18 | 1.3 | 4 |
| Mar | 50 | 29 | 1.7 | 5 |
| Apr | 60 | 35 | 2.0 | 6 |
| May | 69 | 42 | 2.1 | 5 |
| Jun | 81 | 47 | 1.2 | 3 |
| Jul | 91 | 55 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Aug | 89 | 53 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Sep | 78 | 44 | 1.2 | 3 |
| Oct | 63 | 34 | 1.5 | 4 |
| Nov | 47 | 25 | 1.2 | 4 |
| Dec | 33 | 17 | 1.1 | 4 |
| Year | 61 | 34 | 15.7 | 44 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Logan Cache Airport, UT (4,454 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 Smithfield
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 53 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Smithfield: 46 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 floods and 2 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $700,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 93 mph, on May 13, 2026.
June 15, 2011: flood 8 miles from the centre of Smithfield — $200,000 damage.
June 23, 2011: flood 9 miles from the centre of Smithfield — $100,000 damage.
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
Cache County, which includes Smithfield, has been named in 7 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 4 of them major disasters (by incident: 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Cache County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Low for inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $38.8 million a year, the 6th highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $8.8 million (23%), 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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