Oregon

Storms in Oregon in 2020

356 events in 134 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oregon in 2020, 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 2020 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
356
Deaths
22
Injuries
43
Damage
$3.7 billion
Episodes
134

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 Wind9561$3.6 billion
Wildfire601038$10 million
Heavy Snow3300
Frost/Freeze3000
Hail2900
Thunderstorm Wind2900
Heavy Rain1700
Flood1610$41 million
High Surf1200
Heat920
Winter Storm600
Excessive Heat600
Coastal Flood300
Tornado200$40,000
Dust Storm200
Strong Wind200
Winter Weather222
Flash Flood100
Freezing Fog112
Debris Flow100

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

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December 2020

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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.