NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Willard, 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 Willard, Utah since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 16 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 16
- 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 Willard
The strongest of the 16 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on August 14, 1968; its path came within 8 miles. Of the 16, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 4 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 6. The most recent tornado was on July 28, 2021. Willard has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 64% of the 99 Utah cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 15 times since 1958, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Willard has more hail reports within 10 miles than 62% of the 99 Utah cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Willard
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s1
- 2000s2
- 1990s9
- 1980s1
- 1970s1
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 1968 | F2 | 8 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Sep 22, 2016 | EF1 | 14 mi | 2.85 mi | 0 / 5 |
| May 29, 1996 | F1 | 7 mi | 1.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Sep 23, 1992 | F1 | 20 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 3, 2009 | EF0 | 3 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 2, 2005 | F0 | 21 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 1998 | F0 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 21, 1998 | F0 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 21, 1998 | F0 | 14 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 1996 | F0 | 20 mi | 0.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 5, 1995 | F0 | 4 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 10, 1991 | F0 | 11 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 16, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Willard
The Storm Prediction Center has 15 hail reports within 10 miles of Willard since 1958, made on 11 separate days. Of these, 7 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on June 7, 2020. The most recent report is from May 16, 2021. June has the most reports, 6.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Willard
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Ogden Sugar Factory, UT, 10 miles south of Willard at 4,280 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 95°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 38°F and 20°F. January is the wettest at 2.4 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 18.9 inches over 45 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 65 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 128 nights a year. That 18.9 inches is more than at 40 of the 58 Utah stations used on this site (69%). North Ogden, 6 miles southeast, has its own station (Ogden Pioneer Ph, UT): 21.7 inches a year, 2.8 more than here, and a July average high of 92°F against 95°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38 | 20 | 2.4 | 6 |
| Feb | 44 | 25 | 1.7 | 5 |
| Mar | 56 | 32 | 1.7 | 5 |
| Apr | 63 | 39 | 1.9 | 5 |
| May | 74 | 47 | 2.0 | 5 |
| Jun | 86 | 55 | 1.5 | 3 |
| Jul | 95 | 62 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Aug | 94 | 60 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Sep | 81 | 51 | 1.3 | 3 |
| Oct | 67 | 39 | 1.6 | 3 |
| Nov | 50 | 29 | 1.5 | 4 |
| Dec | 39 | 22 | 2.1 | 5 |
| Year | 65 | 40 | 18.9 | 45 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Ogden Sugar Factory, 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 Willard
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 16 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Willard: 11 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $5.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 83 mph, on July 4, 2006.
August 19, 2011: lightning strike 9 miles from the centre of Willard — 1 injured.
February 7, 2017: flood 9 miles from the centre of Willard — $5.0 million damage.
June 1, 2011: flood 5 miles from the centre of Willard — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “The Weber River continued to flood through early June, and became significantly worse when a levee near Plain City broke on June 9th. These flood waters impacted barns and houses along the river, though the houses were spared from interior 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
Box Elder County, which includes Willard, has been named in 9 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 6 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Box Elder County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind and lightning; Relatively Low for heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $31.3 million a year, the 8th highest of 29 Utah counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.0 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).
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