Oregon

Storms in Oregon in 2012

503 events in 182 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oregon in 2012, 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 2012 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
503
Deaths
3
Injuries
0
Damage
$31 million
Episodes
182

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
High Wind15810$1.8 million
Heavy Snow8800$81,000
Flood7820$28 million
Hail5000$51,000
Frost/Freeze3900
Thunderstorm Wind1900$101,000
Wildfire1800$101,000
Debris Flow1000
Winter Storm800$200,000
Winter Weather700$20,000
High Surf600
Heavy Rain500
Lightning500
Flash Flood400$332,000
Strong Wind300$23,000
Blizzard200
Freezing Fog100$50,000
Funnel Cloud100
Drought100

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

February 2012

March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

July 2012

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September 2012

October 2012

November 2012

December 2012

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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.