Oregon

Storm History: Klamath County, Oregon

532 episodes, 838 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Klamath 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
838
Deaths
7
Injuries
17
Damage
$6.2 million
Episodes
532

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
Frost/Freeze16600
Heavy Snow16001
High Wind14400
Wildfire10710$5.5 million
Winter Storm7000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill5900
Hail3400$11,000
Blizzard2800
Excessive Heat1910
Thunderstorm Wind1100
Flood1100$475,000
Tornado600$23,000
Cold/Wind Chill600
Flash Flood400
Lightning400
Winter Weather334$50,000
Funnel Cloud100
Dense Smoke1010$100,000
Avalanche100
Ice Storm100
Strong Wind110
Freezing Fog112

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 Klamath CountyEvery warning in Klamath 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.