NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Biggs, 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 Biggs, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 28 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 28
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Biggs
The highest rating among the 28 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2 or EF2, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 25, 2011, came within 14 miles. Of the 28, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 17 have come since 2000. March and May have had the most tornadoes, 5 each. The most recent tornado was on November 18, 2020. Biggs has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 79% of the 705 California cities on this site.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Biggs
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s11
- 2000s5
- 1990s9
- 1980s1
- 1970s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2011 | EF2 | 14 mi | 0.21 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 10, 1994 | F2 | 11 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Mar 26, 2014 | EF1 | 23 mi | 0.95 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 26, 2014 | EF1 | 23 mi | 0.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 22, 2012 | EF1 | 25 mi | 0.29 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 22, 2012 | EF1 | 23 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 25, 2011 | EF1 | 15 mi | 26.37 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 25, 2011 | EF1 | 21 mi | 21.65 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 8, 2005 | F1 | 8 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 17, 1993 | F1 | 24 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 7, 1993 | F1 | in town | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 17, 1992 | F1 | 19 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 28, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Biggs
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Biggs since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Biggs
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Oroville Municipal Airport, CA, 7 miles northeast of Biggs at 190 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 96°F and low of 65°F; December is the coolest, at 55°F and 40°F. January is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 25.6 inches over 43 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 93 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 11 nights a year. That 25.6 inches is more than at 169 of the 226 California stations used on this site (75%). Live Oak, 11 miles south, has its own station (Marysville Yuba Co Airport, CA): 20.1 inches a year, 5.5 less than here, and the same July average high, 96°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 55 | 40 | 5.2 | 7 |
| Feb | 61 | 42 | 4.8 | 7 |
| Mar | 66 | 45 | 3.3 | 7 |
| Apr | 72 | 49 | 1.8 | 4 |
| May | 81 | 55 | 1.1 | 3 |
| Jun | 90 | 61 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Jul | 96 | 65 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 94 | 64 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep | 89 | 59 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Oct | 78 | 52 | 1.4 | 2 |
| Nov | 64 | 44 | 2.9 | 5 |
| Dec | 55 | 40 | 4.6 | 8 |
| Year | 75 | 51 | 25.6 | 43 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Oroville Municipal Airport, CA (190 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Biggs
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 24 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Biggs: 20 floods, 2 thunderstorm wind reports, 1 heavy rain event and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $486,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 58 mph, on March 4, 1996.
December 11, 2014: flood 9 miles from the centre of Biggs — $250,000 damage.
February 14, 2019: flood 9 miles from the centre of Biggs — $100,000 damage.
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
Butte County, which includes Biggs, has been named in 39 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 20 of them major disasters (by incident: 17 fires, 9 severe storms, 6 floods, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 13, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Butte County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes and hail; Very Low for strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $127.2 million a year, the 33rd highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $48.2 million (38%), 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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Cities near Biggs
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- Live Oak, CA11 mi
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- Sutter, CA17 mi
- Marysville, CA20 mi
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- Yuba City, CA21 mi
- Paradise, CA24 mi
- Olivehurst, CA24 mi
- Chico, CA25 mi
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