NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Forestville, 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 Forestville, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 13 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 13
- 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 Forestville
The strongest of the 13 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on June 1, 1958; its path came within 10 miles. Of the 13, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 3 have come since 2000. December has had the most tornadoes, 6. The most recent tornado was on March 18, 2011. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 50% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Forestville. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 6 times since 2003, with stones up to 0.75 inches (penny size). Forestville has more hail reports within 10 miles than 69% of the 705 California cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Forestville
By decade
- 2010s1
- 2000s2
- 1990s6
- 1980s1
- 1960s1
- 1950s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 1958 | F2 | 10 mi | 15 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 18, 2011 | EF1 | 11 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 27, 2005 | F1 | 14 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 5, 1998 | F1 | 12 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 23, 1996 | F1 | 17 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 22, 1996 | F1 | 10 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 2, 1992 | F1 | 6 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 2, 1992 | F1 | 8 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 2, 1992 | F1 | 7 mi | 7.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 27, 1983 | F1 | 12 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 10, 1964 | F1 | 6 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 17, 1959 | F1 | 19 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 13, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Forestville
The Storm Prediction Center has 6 hail reports within 10 miles of Forestville since 2003, made on 5 separate days. None of them reached 1 inch. The largest, 0.75 inches (penny size), fell on December 10, 2003. The most recent report is from February 15, 2019.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Forestville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Graton, CA, 5 miles southeast of Forestville at 200 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 50°F; December is the coolest, at 58°F and 37°F. December is the wettest at 8.3 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 40.0 inches over 52 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 34 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 43 nights a year. That 40.0 inches is more than at 202 of the 226 California stations used on this site (89%). Windsor, 6 miles northeast, has its own station (Santa Rosa Sonoma Co Airport, CA): 34.0 inches a year, 6.0 less than here, and the same August average high, 84°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58 | 37 | 7.9 | 9 |
| Feb | 62 | 39 | 7.5 | 9 |
| Mar | 66 | 41 | 5.2 | 8 |
| Apr | 70 | 42 | 2.6 | 5 |
| May | 75 | 46 | 1.4 | 2 |
| Jun | 81 | 48 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Jul | 83 | 51 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 84 | 50 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Sep | 84 | 48 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Oct | 78 | 44 | 2.0 | 3 |
| Nov | 67 | 40 | 4.4 | 6 |
| Dec | 58 | 37 | 8.3 | 9 |
| Year | 72 | 44 | 40.0 | 52 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Graton, CA (200 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 Forestville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 130 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Forestville: 116 floods, 8 heavy rain events, 5 flash floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 3 people and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $214.2 million in property and crop damage. January has had the most flash floods, 3 of 5. Of the 550 California cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 163 have had fewer than Forestville.
January 9, 2023: flood 2 miles from the centre of Forestville — 1 killed.
NWS: “Roadway flooding was reported along Mark West Creek near the communities of Forestville and Trenton. A 43-year old woman from Ukiah was recovered on the 10th after her car got stuck in floodwaters.”
November 23, 2024: flood 5 miles from the centre of Forestville — 1 killed.
February 5, 2025: flood 6 miles from the centre of Forestville — 1 killed.
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 Forestville's ZIP code 95436 have filed 855 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $16.1 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1995: 540 claims (63% of all) and $9.8 million, then Pineapple Express - Southern in 1998 with 17. 66% 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, 407 have fewer than Forestville.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1995 | 540 | $9.8 million |
| Pineapple Express - Southern1998 | 17 | $67,000 |
Sonoma County, which includes Forestville, 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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