Oregon

Storm History: Jackson County, Oregon

514 episodes, 715 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jackson 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
715
Deaths
14
Injuries
5
Damage
$24 million
Episodes
514

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
Heavy Snow12801
Frost/Freeze12600
Wildfire10150$15 million
High Wind9821$1.2 million
Hail5501$2.2 million
Winter Storm5000
Thunderstorm Wind3601$462,000
Flood2900$5.8 million
Excessive Heat2320
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1910
Blizzard1900
Flash Flood1200$100,000
Lightning501$112,000
Cold/Wind Chill410
Dense Fog220$30,000
Heat200
Heavy Rain100
Winter Weather100
Avalanche100
Ice Storm100
Strong Wind110
Freezing Fog100

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 Jackson CountyEvery warning in Jackson 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.