NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Corning, 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 Corning, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 23 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 23
- 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 Corning
The highest rating among the 23 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 3 times; the most recent, on September 24, 1986, came within 9 miles. Of the 23, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 14 have come since 2000. March has had the most tornadoes, 9. The most recent tornado was on December 19, 2023. Corning has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 71% of the 705 California cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 12 times since 2001, with stones up to 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size). Corning has more hail reports within 10 miles than 91% of the 705 California cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Corning
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s8
- 2000s2
- 1990s1
- 1980s4
- 1970s3
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 1986 | F2 | 9 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 9, 1980 | F2 | 15 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 19, 1953 | F2 | 12 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 19, 2023 | EF1 | 21 mi | 0.36 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 26, 2014 | EF1 | 23 mi | 0.58 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 26, 2014 | EF1 | 25 mi | 0.95 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 26, 2014 | EF1 | 24 mi | 0.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 25, 2011 | EF1 | 20 mi | 21.65 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 5, 1978 | F1 | 12 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 4, 1978 | F1 | 17 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 25, 2021 | EF0 | 8 mi | 2.02 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 4, 2021 | EF0 | 11 mi | 2.66 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 23, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Corning
The Storm Prediction Center has 12 hail reports within 10 miles of Corning since 2001, made on 7 separate days. Of these, 9 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size), fell on August 10, 2019. The most recent report is from March 17, 2025. March has the most reports, 5.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Corning
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Orland, CA, 12 miles south of Corning at 254 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 94°F and low of 63°F; December is the coolest, at 57°F and 37°F. January is the wettest at 4.5 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 21.3 inches over 41 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 92 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 16 nights a year. That 21.3 inches is more than at 151 of the 226 California stations used on this site (67%). Gerber, 9 miles north, has its own station (Red Bluff Municipal Airport, CA): 23.2 inches a year, 1.9 more than here, and a July average high of 98°F against 94°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57 | 38 | 4.5 | 8 |
| Feb | 62 | 40 | 4.1 | 7 |
| Mar | 67 | 43 | 2.8 | 6 |
| Apr | 73 | 47 | 1.4 | 3 |
| May | 81 | 53 | 1.1 | 3 |
| Jun | 89 | 60 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Jul | 94 | 63 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 93 | 61 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Sep | 90 | 58 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Oct | 80 | 51 | 0.9 | 2 |
| Nov | 65 | 43 | 2.0 | 4 |
| Dec | 57 | 37 | 3.8 | 7 |
| Year | 76 | 49 | 21.3 | 41 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Orland, CA (254 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 Corning
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 28 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Corning: 23 floods, 3 thunderstorm wind reports and 2 flash floods. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $368,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 96 mph, on January 13, 2016.
February 17, 2017: flood 9 miles from the centre of Corning — 1 killed.
December 11, 2014: flood 7 miles from the centre of Corning — $300,000 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Corning's ZIP code 96021 have filed 55 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $472,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1983: 15 claims (27% of all) and $69,000. The year with the most claims was 1998, with 10. 47% 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, 245 have fewer than Corning.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1983 | 15 | $69,000 |
Tehama County, which includes Corning, has been named in 25 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 floods, 5 fires, 5 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on January 14, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Tehama County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for inland flooding; Relatively Low for 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 $69.0 million a year, the 41st highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $34.5 million (50%), 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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