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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Agoura Hills, CA

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

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Agoura Hills, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 16 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
16

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

What the records show for Agoura Hills

The highest rating among the 16 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 2 times; the most recent, on March 1, 1983, came within 24 miles. Of the 16, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 3 have come since 2000. November has had the most tornadoes, 4. The most recent tornado was on February 13, 2025. Agoura Hills has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 55% of the 705 California cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 2 times since 1999, with stones up to 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size). Of the 705 California cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Agoura Hills.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Agoura Hills

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2000s2
  • 1990s4
  • 1980s4
  • 1970s2
  • 1960s2
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Agoura Hills, California
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Mar 1, 1983F224 mi3.5 mi0 / 30
Nov 9, 1982F218 mi1 mi0 / 0
Nov 9, 1982F19 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Jan 31, 1979F122 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Nov 9, 1964F124 mi1 mi0 / 0
Feb 13, 2025EF022 mi0.63 mi0 / 0
Jan 24, 2008EF021 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jan 10, 2005F024 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 1999F012 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
May 13, 1998F019 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Feb 7, 1994F025 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Dec 7, 1992F012 mi0.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 16, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Agoura Hills

The Storm Prediction Center has 2 hail reports within 10 miles of Agoura Hills since 1999. All were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size), fell on January 21, 2010, the most recent report.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Radar-estimated hail days in Agoura Hills since 2019 →

Weather by month in Agoura Hills

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Woodland Hills Pierce College, CA, 11 miles east of Agoura Hills at 790 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 97°F and low of 61°F; December is the coolest, at 69°F and 42°F. February is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 16.5 inches over 22 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 115 days a year, almost all from March to November. Lows fall below freezing on about 11 nights a year. That 16.5 inches is more than at 117 of the 226 California stations used on this site (52%). Westlake Village, 5 miles northwest, has its own station (Camarillo Airport, CA): 12.0 inches a year, 4.5 less than here, and an August average high of 80°F against 97°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Santa Monica, CA, 18 miles southeast, averaged 69°F in August and 58°F in January and March over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the Santa Monica tide gauge, 18 miles from Agoura Hills, has risen 0.60 ± 0.06 inches per decade from 1933 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 6.0 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 28 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Woodland Hills Pierce College, CA
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Water °F
Jan70433.7558
Feb70444.6558
Mar74462.7458
Apr78480.8159
May82530.4162
Jun89570.1066
Jul95610.0068
Aug97610.0069
Sep94590.1069
Oct85530.6165
Nov76460.8262
Dec69422.7360
Year825116.52263

Averages for 1991–2020 at Woodland Hills Pierce College, CA (790 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Santa Monica, CA, from NOAA Tides & Currents. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.

California weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Agoura Hills

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 20 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Agoura Hills: 11 flash floods and 9 thunderstorm wind reports. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 82 mph, on February 7, 2024. Of the 550 California cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 304 have had fewer than Agoura Hills.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.

Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings

Flood insurance policyholders in Agoura Hills's ZIP code 91301 have filed 268 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $3.6 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1995: 104 claims (39% of all) and $1.3 million, then Pineapple Express - Southern in 1998 with 55. The year with the most claims was 1998, with 58. 64% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 415 California cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 381 have fewer than Agoura Hills.

Flood insurance claims in Agoura Hills by named event
EventClaimsPaid
Flooding1995104$1.3 million
Pineapple Express - Southern199855$527,000

Los Angeles County, which includes Agoura Hills, has been named in 88 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 35 of them major disasters (by incident: 61 fires, 10 floods, 8 severe storms, 3 earthquakes). The latest major disaster declaration was Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds, on January 8, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Los Angeles County a Very High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for inland flooding and lightning; Relatively High for tornadoes, coastal flooding and heat waves; Relatively Moderate for hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $7.60 billion a year, the highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.81 billion (37%), is from inland flooding.

Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

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