Oregon

Storm History: Douglas County, Oregon

901 episodes, 1,310 events since 1982

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Douglas 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
1,310
Deaths
15
Injuries
2
Damage
$9.3 million
Episodes
901

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
High Wind55811$1.3 million
Frost/Freeze26700
Wildfire11310$300,000
Heavy Snow10200
Flood6300$6.2 million
Winter Storm5100
High Surf4891$1.5 million
Excessive Heat2410
Sneakerwave2230
Hail1700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1200
Blizzard1000
Thunderstorm Wind500$20,000
Flash Flood300
Cold/Wind Chill300
Lightning300
Ice Storm200
Heat200
Avalanche100
Tsunami100
Tornado100$1,000
Winter Weather100
Coastal Flood100

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 Douglas CountyEvery warning in Douglas 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.