NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Taylorsville, 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 Taylorsville, Utah since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 23 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 23
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Taylorsville
The highest rating among the 23 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 3 times; the most recent, on August 11, 1999, came within 7 miles. Of the 23, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 4 have come since 2000. August has had the most tornadoes, 5. The most recent tornado was on September 2, 2021. Taylorsville has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 82% of the 99 Utah cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 93 times since 1958, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Taylorsville has more hail reports within 10 miles than any other of the 99 Utah cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Taylorsville
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s1
- 2000s2
- 1990s11
- 1980s4
- 1960s3
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 1999 | F2 | 7 mi | 4.3 mi | 1 / 80 |
| Feb 9, 1965 | F2 | 9 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 3, 1963 | F2 | 16 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 2, 2021 | EF1 | 14 mi | 2.05 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 2, 1993 | F1 | 12 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 3, 1993 | F1 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 25, 1991 | F1 | 17 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 8, 1989 | F1 | 5 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 2, 1989 | F1 | 8 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 10, 1989 | F1 | 7 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 14, 1968 | F1 | 9 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 7, 2013 | EF0 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 23, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Taylorsville
The Storm Prediction Center has 93 hail reports within 10 miles of Taylorsville since 1958, made on 66 separate days. Of these, 47 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 4 days, most recently June 13, 2016. The most recent report is from June 21, 2024. August has the most reports, 34.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Taylorsville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Salt Lake Triad Ctr, UT, 8 miles north of Taylorsville at 4,280 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 40°F and 28°F. April is the wettest at 2.5 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 17.8 inches over 48 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 81 nights a year. Snowfall averages 49.0 inches a year, most of it in December. That 17.8 inches is more than at 36 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (62%). West Valley City, 3 miles northwest, has its own station (Salt Lake City International Airport, UT): 15.7 inches a year, 2.1 less than here, and a July average high of 94°F against 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40 | 28 | 1.5 | 5 | 10.7 |
| Feb | 46 | 31 | 1.5 | 5 | 9.8 |
| Mar | 56 | 39 | 2.0 | 5 | 6.4 |
| Apr | 62 | 44 | 2.5 | 6 | 3.2 |
| May | 72 | 52 | 2.1 | 5 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 83 | 61 | 1.1 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 91 | 70 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 90 | 68 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 80 | 58 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 66 | 47 | 1.4 | 4 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 52 | 37 | 1.6 | 4 | 7.3 |
| Dec | 41 | 28 | 1.6 | 5 | 11.0 |
| Year | 65 | 47 | 17.8 | 48 | 49.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Salt Lake Triad Ctr, UT (4,280 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 Taylorsville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 152 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Taylorsville: 127 thunderstorm wind reports, 11 flash floods, 8 floods, 3 heavy rain events and 3 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 12, and the NWS estimated $7.8 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 96 mph, on July 13, 2024. July has had the most flash floods, 5 of 11. Of the 90 Utah cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 68 have had fewer than Taylorsville.
July 5, 1998: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Taylorsville — 8 injured, $51,000 damage.
July 26, 2006: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Taylorsville — 2 injured, $50,000 damage.
June 12, 2001: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Taylorsville — 1 injured, $550,000 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 Taylorsville's 3 ZIP codes have filed 13 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1982, and were paid $34,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. Of the 23 Utah cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 5 have fewer than Taylorsville.
Salt Lake County, which includes Taylorsville, has been named in 12 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1983, 7 of them major disasters (by incident: 3 fires, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Straight-Line Winds, on January 12, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Salt Lake County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Relatively Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $621.7 million a year, the highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $79.3 million (13%), 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.