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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Corona Del Mar, 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 Corona Del Mar, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 38 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
38

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

What the records show for Corona Del Mar

The highest rating among the 38 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 2 times; the most recent, on November 9, 1982, came within 22 miles. Of the 38, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 6 have come since 2000. January has had the most tornadoes, 9. The most recent tornado was on February 23, 2023. Corona Del Mar has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 87% of the 705 California cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 5 times since 1979, with stones up to 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size). Corona Del Mar has more hail reports within 10 miles than 62% of the 705 California cities.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Corona Del Mar

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s1
  • 2000s4
  • 1990s17
  • 1980s7
  • 1970s3
  • 1960s4
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Corona Del Mar, California
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Nov 9, 1982F222 mi10 mi0 / 0
Nov 7, 1966F25 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Jan 19, 2010EF114 mi4.62 mi0 / 0
Jan 9, 1998F121 mi1.5 mi0 / 1
Dec 21, 1997F19 mi1 mi0 / 0
Nov 11, 1997F16 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Jan 14, 1993F120 mi1 mi0 / 0
Dec 7, 1992F116 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Dec 7, 1992F113 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Mar 27, 1991F18 mi3 mi0 / 0
Mar 16, 1986F116 mi1.2 mi0 / 0
Nov 9, 1982F112 mi0.2 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 38, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Corona Del Mar

The Storm Prediction Center has 5 hail reports within 10 miles of Corona Del Mar since 1979. Of these, 4 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size), fell on March 6, 2000. The most recent report is from March 2, 2015.

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

Weather by month in Corona Del Mar

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Newport Beach Harbor, CA, in Corona Del Mar at 10 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 73°F and low of 66°F; December is the coolest, at 64°F and 50°F. February is the wettest at 2.4 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 9.4 inches over 19 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 1 days a year. A night below freezing comes less than once a year on average. That 9.4 inches is more than at 36 of the 226 California stations used on this site (16%). Costa Mesa, 5 miles northwest, has its own station (Santa Ana John Wayne Airport, CA): 11.0 inches a year, 1.6 more than here, and an August average high of 80°F against 73°F.

Sea level at the Los Angeles tide gauge, 25 miles from Corona Del Mar, has risen 0.42 ± 0.04 inches per decade from 1923 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 4.2 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 24 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Newport Beach Harbor, CA
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"
Jan65502.24
Feb63512.44
Mar65531.33
Apr66550.61
May67580.21
Jun68620.10
Jul72650.00
Aug73660.00
Sep74640.10
Oct73600.31
Nov68550.62
Dec64501.63
Year68579.419

Averages for 1991–2020 at Newport Beach Harbor, CA (10 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.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Corona Del Mar

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 64 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Corona Del Mar: 20 floods, 16 heavy rain events, 16 thunderstorm wind reports and 12 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $13.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 93 mph, on January 19, 2010. February has had the most flash floods, 5 of 12. Of the 550 California cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 322 have had fewer than Corona Del Mar.

  • December 22, 2010: flash flood 5 miles from the centre of Corona Del Mar — $12.3 million damage.

  • January 19, 2010: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Corona Del Mar — $350,000 damage.

  • March 5, 2000: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Corona Del Mar — $120,000 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 Corona Del Mar's ZIP code 92625 have filed 45 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $448,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Pineapple Express - Southern in 1998: 12 claims (27% of all) and $233,000. 49% 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, 225 have fewer than Corona Del Mar.

Flood insurance claims in Corona Del Mar by named event
EventClaimsPaid
Pineapple Express - Southern199812$233,000

Orange County, which includes Corona Del Mar, has been named in 43 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 24 of them major disasters (by incident: 20 fires, 11 floods, 5 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 22, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Orange County a Very High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for inland flooding; Relatively High for coastal flooding and heat waves; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $1.93 billion a year, the 5th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $819.9 million (43%), 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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