NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Westport, 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 Westport, Washington since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 2 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 2
- 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 Westport
The highest rating among the 2 tornadoes within 25 miles is F0, reached 2 times; the most recent, on December 23, 1997, came within 4 miles. Of the 226 Washington cities on this site, 82% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Westport.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Westport
By decade
- 1990s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 1997 | F0 | 4 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 1, 1990 | F0 | 22 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 2 of 2, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Westport
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Westport since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Westport
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Grayland, WA, 6 miles south of Westport at 10 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 68°F and low of 52°F; December is the coolest, at 48°F and 37°F. November is the wettest at 11.7 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 1.1 inches; the year adds up to 75.3 inches over 134 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 37 nights a year. That 75.3 inches is more than at 76 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (88%). Ocean Shores, 7 miles north, has its own station (Hoquiam Bowerman Airport, WA): 68.9 inches a year, 6.4 less than here, and the same August average high, 68°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Westport, WA, 1 mile north, averaged 59°F in August and 47°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the Toke Point tide gauge, 14 miles from Westport, has risen 0.18 ± 0.13 inches per decade from 1973 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 1.8 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 19 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49 | 38 | 11.5 | 18 | 48 |
| Feb | 51 | 37 | 7.2 | 13 | 47 |
| Mar | 53 | 39 | 8.4 | 16 | 49 |
| Apr | 56 | 41 | 6.0 | 13 | 51 |
| May | 60 | 46 | 3.3 | 9 | 54 |
| Jun | 64 | 50 | 2.3 | 6 | 56 |
| Jul | 66 | 52 | 1.1 | 3 | 57 |
| Aug | 68 | 52 | 1.7 | 4 | 59 |
| Sep | 67 | 49 | 2.9 | 5 | 58 |
| Oct | 60 | 44 | 8.0 | 12 | 56 |
| Nov | 53 | 40 | 11.7 | 18 | 52 |
| Dec | 48 | 37 | 11.2 | 18 | 49 |
| Year | 58 | 44 | 75.3 | 134 | 53 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Grayland, WA (10 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Westport, 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.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Westport's ZIP code 98595 have filed 13 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1995, and were paid $179,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 23% 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, 10 have fewer than Westport.
Grays Harbor County, which includes Westport, has been named in 35 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 32 of them major disasters (by incident: 16 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 Grays Harbor County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for coastal flooding; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding; Relatively Low for heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $211.9 million a year, the 4th highest of 39 Washington counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $23.8 million (11%), is from coastal 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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