NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Stanfield, 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 Stanfield, Oregon since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 7 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 7
- 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 Stanfield
The strongest of the 7 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on June 26, 1958; its path came within 24 miles. Of the 7, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 4 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on June 11, 2022. Of the 149 Oregon cities on this site, 59% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Stanfield. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 9 times since 1991, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Stanfield has more hail reports within 10 miles than 86% of the 149 Oregon cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Stanfield
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2000s3
- 1990s1
- 1950s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1958 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 19, 2006 | F1 | 22 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 23, 2004 | F0 | 4 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 13, 2002 | F0 | 19 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 9, 1995 | F0 | 3 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 9, 1956 | F0 | 22 mi | 10.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 11, 2022 | Unrated | 19 mi | 0.02 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 7 of 7, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Stanfield
The Storm Prediction Center has 9 hail reports within 10 miles of Stanfield since 1991, made on 8 separate days. Of these, 5 were 1 inch across or larger, and 2 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on July 9, 1995. The most recent report is from July 20, 2012.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Stanfield
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Hermiston Municipal Airport, OR, 4 miles northwest of Stanfield at 641 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 59°F; December is the coolest, at 42°F and 28°F. Highs reach 90°F on about 50 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 115 nights a year. That 8.6 inches is more than at 1 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (1%). Hermiston, 5 miles northwest, has its own station (Hermiston 2 NW, OR): 8.9 inches a year, 0.3 more than here, and a July average high of 89°F against 93°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43 | 29 | 1.1 | 4 |
| Feb | 49 | 29 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Mar | 59 | 34 | 0.8 | 3 |
| Apr | 67 | 39 | 0.8 | 2 |
| May | 76 | 46 | 0.8 | 3 |
| Jun | 82 | 53 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Jul | 93 | 59 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Aug | 91 | 57 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Sep | 81 | 48 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Oct | 67 | 39 | 0.8 | 3 |
| Nov | 51 | 32 | 1.1 | 3 |
| Dec | 42 | 28 | 1.1 | 4 |
| Year | 67 | 41 | 8.6 | 28 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Hermiston Municipal Airport, OR (641 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 Stanfield
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 25 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Stanfield: 23 thunderstorm wind reports, 1 flash flood and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $336,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on July 8, 2012.
April 26, 2005: flash flood 10 miles from the centre of Stanfield — $170,000 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Stanfield's ZIP code 97875 have filed 13 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $163,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 8% 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, 11 have fewer than Stanfield.
Umatilla County, which includes Stanfield, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 8 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 fires, 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 severe storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Wildfires, on January 1, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Umatilla County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Relatively Low for hail and lightning; Very Low for tornadoes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $40.0 million a year, the 17th highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $17.7 million (44%), 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 Stanfield
- Hermiston, OR5 mi
- Umatilla, OR11 mi
- Irrigon, OR16 mi
- Pendleton, OR22 mi
- Boardman, OR27 mi
- Kennewick, WA28 mi
- Burbank, WA32 mi
- Pasco, WA34 mi
- Heppner, OR34 mi
- Benton City, WA35 mi
- West Richland, WA36 mi
- Richland, WA36 mi
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