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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Toledo, WA

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 Toledo, Washington since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 6 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
6

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

What the records show for Toledo

The strongest of the 6 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on November 10, 1965; its path came within 19 miles. Of the 6, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 4 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on October 28, 2024. Of the 226 Washington cities on this site, 49% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Toledo.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Toledo

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s3
  • 1980s1
  • 1960s1
Strongest tornadoes near Toledo, Washington
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Nov 10, 1965F219 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Oct 23, 2014EF121 mi1.3 mi0 / 0
Mar 28, 1985F118 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Oct 28, 2024EF023 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
May 27, 2011EF011 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Oct 25, 2010EF04 mi0.01 mi0 / 0

The strongest 6 of 6, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Toledo

The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Toledo since 1955.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Toledo

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Mayfield Pwr Plt, WA, 11 miles northeast of Toledo at 280 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 81°F and low of 52°F; December is the coolest, at 44°F and 34°F. November is the wettest at 8.4 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 58.8 inches over 121 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 24 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 66 nights a year. Snowfall averages 3.4 inches a year, most of it in February. That 58.8 inches is more than at 67 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (78%). Silverlake, 8 miles south, has its own station (Longview, WA): 48.0 inches a year, 10.8 less than here, and an August average high of 80°F against 81°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Longview, WA, 24 miles south, averaged 72°F in August and 42°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the Astoria tide gauge, 49 miles from Toledo, has fallen 0.06 ± 0.06 inches per decade from 1925 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 0.6 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 16 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Mayfield Pwr Plt, WA
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow inWater °F
Jan45338.1151.143
Feb49345.8121.342
Mar54356.3140.045
Apr60395.5130.050
May69433.8100.056
Jun72482.770.062
Jul81510.930.070
Aug81521.330.072
Sep74482.560.068
Oct62435.4110.062
Nov51388.4140.052
Dec44348.1151.046
Year624158.81213.455

Averages for 1991–2020 at Mayfield Pwr Plt, WA (280 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Longview, WA, 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.

Washington weather by month, station by station →

Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings

Flood insurance policyholders in Toledo's ZIP code 98591 have filed 11 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1995, and were paid $132,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 18% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 128 Washington cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 3 have fewer than Toledo.

Lewis County, which includes Toledo, has been named in 37 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 34 of them major disasters (by incident: 19 floods, 13 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). 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 Lewis County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for inland flooding; Relatively Low for strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $70.9 million a year, the 16th highest of 39 Washington counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $36.8 million (52%), 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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