NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit French Camp, 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 French Camp, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 25 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 25
- 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 French Camp
The strongest of the 25 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on April 27, 1953; its path came within 22 miles. Of the 25, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 7 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 13. The most recent tornado was on April 1, 2025. French Camp has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 75% of the 705 California cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 3 times since 1994, with stones up to 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 705 California cities, 44% have more hail reports within 10 miles than French Camp.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of French Camp
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s1
- 2000s4
- 1990s8
- 1980s4
- 1970s3
- 1960s2
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 1953 | F2 | 22 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 14, 2006 | F1 | 22 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 12, 1996 | F1 | 25 mi | 0.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 1988 | F1 | 21 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 1, 1978 | F1 | 24 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 31, 1967 | F1 | 6 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 1, 2025 | EF0 | 17 mi | 0.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 11, 2012 | EF0 | 3 mi | 0.25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 26, 2005 | F0 | 12 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 8, 2005 | F0 | 4 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 20, 2005 | F0 | 22 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 28, 1998 | F0 | 15 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 25, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in French Camp
The Storm Prediction Center has 3 hail reports within 10 miles of French Camp since 1994, made on 2 separate days. All were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1 inch (quarter size), was reported on 2 days, most recently March 11, 2023. The most recent report is from March 11, 2023.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in French Camp
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Stockton Metro Airport, CA, 3 miles east of French Camp at 26 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 95°F and low of 61°F; December is the coolest, at 57°F and 38°F. January is the wettest at 2.7 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 13.5 inches over 32 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 88 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 19 nights a year. That 13.5 inches is more than at 83 of the 226 California stations used on this site (37%). Stockton, 7 miles north, has its own station (Stockton Fire Stn 4, CA): 17.4 inches a year, 3.9 more than here, and the same July average high, 95°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57 | 39 | 2.7 | 6 |
| Feb | 63 | 41 | 2.5 | 6 |
| Mar | 69 | 44 | 1.9 | 5 |
| Apr | 75 | 47 | 1.1 | 3 |
| May | 83 | 53 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Jun | 90 | 58 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Jul | 95 | 61 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 94 | 60 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep | 90 | 58 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Oct | 80 | 51 | 0.7 | 1 |
| Nov | 67 | 43 | 1.4 | 3 |
| Dec | 57 | 38 | 2.4 | 6 |
| Year | 77 | 49 | 13.5 | 32 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Stockton Metro Airport, CA (26 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 French Camp
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 33 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of French Camp: 22 floods, 8 heavy rain events, 2 flash floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $600,000 in property and crop damage.
September 13, 2009: lightning strike 4 miles from the centre of French Camp — 1 injured.
NWS: “A woman was struck by lightning while carrying a large umbrella at a softball game at the San Joaquin Regional Sports Complex in Stockton. Additional reports suggest the lightning hit about 30 feet away from her.”
February 20, 2017: flash flood 7 miles from the centre of French Camp — $500,000 damage.
January 27, 2021: heavy rain event 8 miles from the centre of French Camp — $100,000 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
San Joaquin County, which includes French Camp, has been named in 25 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 19 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 floods, 6 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 coastal storms). 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 San Joaquin County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $421.9 million a year, the 15th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $137.8 million (33%), 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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