NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Sweet Home, 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 Sweet Home, Oregon since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 6 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 6
- 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 Sweet Home
The strongest of the 6 tornadoes within 25 miles was an EF1 on September 19, 2017; its path came within 14 miles. Of the 6, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 5 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on August 6, 2025. Of the 149 Oregon cities on this site, 66% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Sweet Home.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Sweet Home
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s1
- 2000s2
- 1990s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2017 | EF1 | 14 mi | 0.69 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 18, 2023 | EF0 | 17 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 2009 | EF0 | 24 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 28, 2007 | EF0 | 15 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 22, 1994 | F0 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Unrated | 19 mi | 0.09 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 6 of 6, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Sweet Home
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Sweet Home since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Sweet Home
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Foster Dam, OR, 3 miles northeast of Sweet Home at 550 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 50°F; December is the coolest, at 47°F and 34°F. December is the wettest at 8.4 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.5 inches; the year adds up to 54.5 inches over 117 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 17 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 55 nights a year. That 54.5 inches is more than at 56 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (73%). Lebanon, 11 miles northwest, has its own station (Lacomb 3 NNE, OR): 57.4 inches a year, 2.9 more than here, and an August average high of 82°F against 83°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48 | 34 | 7.2 | 14 |
| Feb | 51 | 35 | 5.6 | 12 |
| Mar | 56 | 37 | 6.3 | 14 |
| Apr | 60 | 40 | 5.4 | 13 |
| May | 67 | 44 | 3.8 | 9 |
| Jun | 73 | 48 | 2.5 | 7 |
| Jul | 82 | 51 | 0.5 | 2 |
| Aug | 83 | 50 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Sep | 76 | 47 | 2.0 | 5 |
| Oct | 64 | 42 | 4.6 | 9 |
| Nov | 53 | 38 | 7.6 | 14 |
| Dec | 47 | 34 | 8.4 | 15 |
| Year | 63 | 42 | 54.5 | 117 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Foster Dam, OR (550 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
Linn County, which includes Sweet Home, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 severe storms, 5 floods, 4 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 Linn County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $71.1 million a year, the 10th highest of 36 Oregon counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $27.5 million (39%), 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 Sweet Home
- Lebanon, OR11 mi
- Brownsville, OR12 mi
- Halsey, OR19 mi
- Harrisburg, OR21 mi
- Scio, OR22 mi
- Albany, OR24 mi
- Springfield, OR25 mi
- Mill City, OR28 mi
- Jefferson, OR28 mi
- Junction City, OR28 mi
- Stayton, OR28 mi
- Lyons, OR29 mi
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