Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Woodland, WA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Scappoose Ind Airport, OR, 13 miles southwest of Woodland at 55 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 54°F; December is the coolest, at 46°F and 34°F. December is the wettest at 7.3 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.5 inches; the year adds up to 42.4 inches over 96 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 14 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 61 nights a year. That 42.4 inches is more than at 55 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (64%). La Center, 5 miles southeast, has its own station (Battle Ground, WA): 52.3 inches a year, 9.9 more than here, and an August average high of 80°F against 82°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Longview, WA, 17 miles northwest, averaged 72°F in August and 42°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 15 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Woodland: 7 thunderstorm wind reports, 6 floods and 2 heavy rain events. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $2,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 69 mph, on April 22, 2005.

Flood insurance policyholders in Woodland's ZIP code 98674 have filed 120 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $1.8 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 101 claims (84% of all) and $1.8 million. 85% 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, 95 have fewer than Woodland.