NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Esparto, 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 Esparto, 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 Esparto
The highest rating among the 5 tornadoes within 25 miles is F0 or EF0, reached 5 times; the most recent, on September 28, 2019, came within 18 miles. Of the 5, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 4 have come since 2000. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 79% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Esparto. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 1994, with stones of 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 705 California cities, 72% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Esparto.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Esparto
By decade
- 2010s3
- 2000s1
- 1980s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2019 | EF0 | 18 mi | 1.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 27, 2016 | EF0 | 17 mi | 0.19 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 28, 2014 | EF0 | 18 mi | 0.74 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 20, 2005 | F0 | 9 mi | 1.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 18, 1989 | F0 | 19 mi | 0.2 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 Esparto
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Esparto, from May 18, 1994: 1 inch (quarter size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Esparto
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Woodland 1 WNW, CA, 12 miles east of Esparto at 67 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 95°F and low of 58°F; January is the coolest, at 56°F and 38°F. January is the wettest at 4.5 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 20.5 inches over 37 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 95 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 9 nights a year. That 20.5 inches is more than at 144 of the 226 California stations used on this site (64%). Winters, 14 miles south, has its own station (Winters, CA): 23.9 inches a year, 3.4 more than here, and the same July average high, 95°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56 | 38 | 4.5 | 7 |
| Feb | 62 | 41 | 4.2 | 7 |
| Mar | 68 | 44 | 2.8 | 5 |
| Apr | 74 | 47 | 1.3 | 3 |
| May | 82 | 52 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Jun | 90 | 57 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Jul | 95 | 58 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 94 | 57 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep | 90 | 56 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Oct | 80 | 50 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Nov | 65 | 43 | 2.0 | 4 |
| Dec | 56 | 38 | 3.8 | 6 |
| Year | 76 | 48 | 20.5 | 37 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Woodland 1 WNW, CA (67 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 Esparto
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 23 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Esparto: 23 floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $2,000 in property and crop 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
Yolo County, which includes Esparto, has been named in 22 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 severe storms, 6 floods, 3 fires, 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 Yolo 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 $116.2 million a year, the 36th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $42.2 million (36%), 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 Esparto
- Woodland, CA12 mi
- Winters, CA14 mi
- Arbuckle, CA16 mi
- Davis, CA20 mi
- Dixon, CA24 mi
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- Angwin, CA27 mi
- West Sacramento, CA27 mi
- Elverta, CA29 mi
- Saint Helena, CA29 mi
- Williams, CA29 mi
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