Oregon

Storm History: Deschutes County, Oregon

348 episodes, 521 events since 1969

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Deschutes County, Oregon: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
521
Deaths
5
Injuries
6
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
348

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail15601$9.0 million
Heavy Snow12000
Wildfire7612$400,000
High Wind3210$136,000
Flash Flood2800$40,000
Winter Storm1800$1.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind1500$200,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1500
Lightning1402$179,000
Excessive Heat1020
Flood800$6,000
Tornado600$28,000
Heavy Rain400
Dust Storm300$1.5 million
Funnel Cloud300
Frost/Freeze300
Dust Devil200$10,000
Heat200
Debris Flow200
Blizzard200
Ice Storm100
Avalanche111

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Deschutes CountyEvery warning in Deschutes County since 1986Every county in Oregon

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.