NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit South Beach, 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 South Beach, Oregon since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 3 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 3
- 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 South Beach
The highest rating among the 3 tornadoes within 25 miles is F0 or EF0, reached 3 times; the most recent, on October 31, 2024, came within 4 miles. Of the 149 Oregon cities on this site, 85% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than South Beach.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of South Beach
By decade
- 2020s1
- 1990s1
- 1980s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2024 | EF0 | 4 mi | 0.16 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 24, 1996 | F0 | 9 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 2, 1984 | F0 | 10 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 3 of 3, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in South Beach
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of South Beach since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in South Beach
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Newport, OR, 5 miles north of South Beach at 122 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 64°F and low of 52°F; December is the coolest, at 50°F and 39°F. December is the wettest at 11.6 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 67.2 inches over 116 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs of 90°F are rare: fewer than one day a year on average. Lows fall below freezing on about 14 nights a year. That 67.2 inches is more than at 61 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (79%). Waldport, 10 miles south, has its own station (Yachats, OR): 78.4 inches a year, 11.2 more than here, and an August average high of 65°F against 64°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station South Beach, OR, 4 miles north, averaged 55°F in August and 49°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the South Beach tide gauge, 4 miles from South Beach, has risen 0.69 ± 0.11 inches per decade from 1967 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 6.9 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 31 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 50 | 39 | 10.3 | 17 | 50 |
| Feb | 52 | 39 | 8.4 | 13 | 49 |
| Mar | 53 | 39 | 6.8 | 15 | 50 |
| Apr | 54 | 41 | 5.5 | 12 | 51 |
| May | 58 | 46 | 3.0 | 8 | 53 |
| Jun | 61 | 49 | 2.2 | 6 | 54 |
| Jul | 64 | 51 | 0.6 | 2 | 53 |
| Aug | 64 | 52 | 0.7 | 2 | 55 |
| Sep | 64 | 49 | 2.3 | 4 | 55 |
| Oct | 60 | 45 | 5.6 | 9 | 55 |
| Nov | 54 | 42 | 10.2 | 15 | 54 |
| Dec | 50 | 39 | 11.6 | 16 | 52 |
| Year | 57 | 44 | 67.2 | 116 | 52 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Newport, OR (122 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station South Beach, OR, from NOAA Tides & Currents. 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
Lincoln County, which includes South Beach, has been named in 24 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 20 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 severe storms, 5 floods, 3 fires, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 7, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Lincoln County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and coastal flooding; Relatively Low for lightning; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $59.3 million a year, the 14th highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $20.2 million (34%), 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.
Cities near South Beach
- Newport, OR6 mi
- Toledo, OR8 mi
- Waldport, OR10 mi
- Siletz, OR14 mi
- Yachats, OR17 mi
- Depoe Bay, OR18 mi
- Lincoln City, OR27 mi
- Philomath, OR30 mi
- Otis, OR31 mi
- Monroe, OR38 mi
- Corvallis, OR38 mi
- Monmouth, OR40 mi
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