Oregon

Storm History: Jefferson County, Oregon

260 episodes, 399 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jefferson 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
399
Deaths
6
Injuries
3
Damage
$7.6 million
Episodes
260

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 Snow13600
Wildfire8412$5.8 million
Hail4310$130,000
High Wind3710$136,000
Winter Storm2100$1.5 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1600
Thunderstorm Wind1200$13,000
Excessive Heat1220
Flash Flood1100$5,000
Frost/Freeze600
Heat300
Debris Flow300$600
Lightning200$40,000
Funnel Cloud200
Ice Storm200
Blizzard200
Dust Storm200
Flood100
Tornado100$1,000
Dust Devil100
Strong Wind100$500
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 Jefferson CountyEvery warning in Jefferson 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.