Oregon

Storms in Oregon in 2008

428 events in 153 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oregon in 2008, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Oregon in 2008 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The year

Events
428
Deaths
10
Injuries
2
Damage
$38 million
Episodes
153

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Heavy Snow16320
High Wind5910$2.7 million
Frost/Freeze5500
Hail3802$474,000
Winter Storm2400$460,000
Thunderstorm Wind1800$25,000
Wildfire1400$20,000
Flood1300$30,000
Excessive Heat1300
Blizzard1210$31 million
Funnel Cloud500
Lightning400$12,000
Avalanche200
Heat220
Winter Weather100
Ice Storm100
Rip Current110
High Surf120
Dense Fog110$30,000
Debris Flow100$3.8 million

Every episode, month by month

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November 2008

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.