NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Colusa, 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 Colusa, 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
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 16
- 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 Colusa
The highest rating among the 16 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1 or EF1, reached 7 times; the most recent, on March 26, 2014, came within 23 miles. Of the 16, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 12 have come since 2000. March has had the most tornadoes, 6. The most recent tornado was on February 2, 2019. Colusa has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 55% of the 705 California cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 2019, with stones of 1.25 inches (half dollar size). Of the 705 California cities, 72% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Colusa.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Colusa
By decade
- 2010s9
- 2000s3
- 1990s3
- 1970s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2014 | EF1 | 23 mi | 0.58 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 26, 2014 | EF1 | 22 mi | 0.95 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 26, 2014 | EF1 | 23 mi | 0.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 25, 2011 | EF1 | 20 mi | 26.37 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 17, 1993 | F1 | 20 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 7, 1993 | F1 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 28, 1970 | F1 | 15 mi | 2.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 2, 2019 | EF0 | 7 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 19, 2013 | EF0 | 11 mi | 0.26 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 1, 2011 | EF0 | 21 mi | 5.13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 23, 2011 | EF0 | 9 mi | 1.09 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 21, 2011 | EF0 | 10 mi | 0.25 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 16, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Colusa
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Colusa, from February 2, 2019: 1.25 inches (half dollar size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Colusa
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Colusa 2 SSW, CA, 5 miles south of Colusa at 50 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 60°F; December is the coolest, at 55°F and 38°F. January is the wettest at 3.6 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 17.2 inches over 38 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 85 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 17 nights a year. That 17.2 inches is more than at 124 of the 226 California stations used on this site (55%). Sutter, 16 miles east, has its own station (Marysville Yuba Co Airport, CA): 20.1 inches a year, 2.9 more than here, and a July average high of 96°F against 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 55 | 38 | 3.6 | 8 |
| Feb | 60 | 41 | 3.0 | 6 |
| Mar | 67 | 44 | 2.2 | 5 |
| Apr | 73 | 46 | 1.0 | 3 |
| May | 81 | 53 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Jun | 88 | 59 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Jul | 92 | 60 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 92 | 58 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep | 89 | 54 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Oct | 79 | 48 | 0.9 | 2 |
| Nov | 64 | 42 | 1.9 | 4 |
| Dec | 55 | 38 | 3.2 | 7 |
| Year | 75 | 48 | 17.2 | 38 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Colusa 2 SSW, CA (50 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 Colusa
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 11 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Colusa: 10 floods and 1 thunderstorm wind report. They killed 1 person and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $7.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 58 mph, on April 24, 2016.
December 26, 2025: flood 9 miles from the centre of Colusa — 1 killed, 3 injured.
February 17, 2017: flood 8 miles from the centre of Colusa — $7.0 million damage.
NWS: “The town of Maxwell, CA started flooding near 2:00 am due to rain in the last day causing local creeks to rise. The Colusa County Sheriff's Office posted a voluntary evacuation notice at 8:30 am, with some people evacuated by boat.”
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 Colusa's ZIP code 95932 have filed 107 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1983, and were paid $2.1 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1995: 57 claims (53% of all) and $1.3 million, then Pineapple Express - Southern in 1998 with 43. The year with the most claims was 1998, with 44. 93% 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, 324 have fewer than Colusa.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1995 | 57 | $1.3 million |
| Pineapple Express - Southern1998 | 43 | $765,000 |
Colusa County, which includes Colusa, has been named in 19 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 severe storms, 6 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on January 14, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Colusa County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $40.6 million a year, the 49th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.1 million (10%), 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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