NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Cloverdale, 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 Cloverdale, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 5 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 5
- 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 Cloverdale
The highest rating among the 5 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1, reached 5 times; the most recent, on January 27, 2005, came within 14 miles. Of the 5, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and one has come since 2000. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 79% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Cloverdale. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 2 times since 2020, with stones up to 0.25 inches. Of the 705 California cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Cloverdale.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Cloverdale
By decade
- 2000s1
- 1990s2
- 1960s1
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2005 | F1 | 14 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 22, 1996 | F1 | 22 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 2, 1992 | F1 | 19 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 10, 1964 | F1 | 21 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 17, 1959 | F1 | 23 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 5 of 5, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Cloverdale
The Storm Prediction Center has 2 hail reports within 10 miles of Cloverdale, all from March 25, 2020. None of them reached 1 inch. The largest was 0.25 inches.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Cloverdale
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Cloverdale, CA, 2 miles west of Cloverdale at 400 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 94°F and low of 55°F; December is the coolest, at 59°F and 38°F. December is the wettest at 8.8 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 41.7 inches over 55 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 84 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 13 nights a year. That 41.7 inches is more than at 204 of the 226 California stations used on this site (90%). Healdsburg, 14 miles southeast, has its own station (Healdsburg, CA): 42.9 inches a year, 1.2 more than here, and a July average high of 89°F against 94°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 60 | 38 | 8.1 | 11 |
| Feb | 63 | 40 | 8.1 | 9 |
| Mar | 68 | 42 | 5.7 | 8 |
| Apr | 74 | 45 | 2.5 | 5 |
| May | 82 | 50 | 1.5 | 3 |
| Jun | 89 | 54 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Jul | 94 | 55 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 93 | 55 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Sep | 90 | 54 | 0.1 | 1 |
| Oct | 81 | 49 | 1.8 | 3 |
| Nov | 67 | 42 | 4.7 | 6 |
| Dec | 59 | 38 | 8.8 | 10 |
| Year | 77 | 47 | 41.7 | 55 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Cloverdale, CA (400 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 Cloverdale
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 9 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Cloverdale: 6 floods and 3 heavy rain events.
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 Cloverdale's ZIP code 95425 have filed 33 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $333,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2002, with 11. 18% 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, 167 have fewer than Cloverdale.
Sonoma County, which includes Cloverdale, has been named in 36 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 23 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 fires, 9 floods, 9 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 3, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Sonoma County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding; Relatively Moderate for coastal flooding, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $604.7 million a year, the 12th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $279.8 million (46%), 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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