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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Green Valley, AZ

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

2 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Green Valley, Arizona since 1851, 1 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was John in 1994. Since 1950, 13 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
1

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
1

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
13

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

3 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Green Valley

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Green Valley, Arizona, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
1994JohnSep 831 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 5
1992LesterAug 2421 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 1

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Green Valley: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Green Valley

By decade

  • 2020s2
  • 2010s1
  • 2000s1
  • 1980s2
  • 1970s2
  • 1960s4
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Green Valley, Arizona
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Aug 27, 1964F224 mi0.1 mi2 / 9
Jun 23, 1974F118 mi1 mi1 / 40
Jul 2, 2024EF121 mi3.25 mi0 / 0
Jul 16, 1984F116 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jul 16, 1984F123 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Aug 16, 1969F15 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jul 27, 1961F118 mi0.1 mi0 / 1
Aug 25, 2022EF019 mi0.05 mi0 / 0
Aug 29, 2015EF019 mi0.43 mi0 / 0
Jul 31, 2005F019 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 23, 1974F015 mi2 mi0 / 0
Aug 1, 1969F012 mi0.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 13, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Green Valley while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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