NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Gustine, 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 Gustine, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 10 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 10
- 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 Gustine
The highest rating among the 10 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1, reached 3 times; the most recent, on March 4, 1978, came within 19 miles. Of the 10, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 3 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 5. The most recent tornado was on February 9, 2009. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 59% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Gustine.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Gustine
By decade
- 2000s3
- 1990s3
- 1970s2
- 1960s1
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 1978 | F1 | 19 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 22, 1967 | F1 | 17 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 1, 1958 | F1 | 24 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 9, 2009 | EF0 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 28, 2006 | F0 | 24 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 8, 2005 | F0 | 25 mi | 1.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 14, 1998 | F0 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 13, 1997 | F0 | 15 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 1, 1996 | F0 | 9 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 5, 1975 | F0 | 13 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 10 of 10, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Gustine
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Gustine since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Gustine
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Newman, CA, 7 miles north of Gustine at 90 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 100°F and low of 62°F; December is the coolest, at 60°F and 38°F. Highs reach 90°F on about 121 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 23 nights a year. That 11.8 inches is more than at 59 of the 226 California stations used on this site (26%). Los Banos, 13 miles southeast, has its own station (Los Banos, CA): 9.7 inches a year, 2.1 less than here, and a July average high of 95°F against 100°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 60 | 38 | 2.7 | 6 |
| Feb | 67 | 41 | 2.2 | 6 |
| Mar | 73 | 44 | 1.8 | 4 |
| Apr | 80 | 46 | 0.7 | 2 |
| May | 88 | 52 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Jun | 96 | 58 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 62 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 98 | 60 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep | 95 | 57 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Oct | 85 | 50 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Nov | 71 | 42 | 1.1 | 3 |
| Dec | 60 | 38 | 2.1 | 5 |
| Year | 81 | 49 | 11.8 | 28 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Newman, CA (90 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 Gustine
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 15 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Gustine: 9 floods, 4 heavy rain events, 1 thunderstorm wind report and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on April 1, 1996.
May 5, 2016: lightning strike 8 miles from the centre of Gustine — $1.0 million damage.
NWS: “California Highway Patrol reported vehicle struck by lightning on SR 152 west of Los Banos at 1834 PST. Vehicle was disabled and no injuries were reported.”
April 1, 1996: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Gustine — $330,000 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
Merced County, which includes Gustine, has been named in 19 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 14 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 severe storms, 5 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). 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 Merced 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 $204.8 million a year, the 25th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $58.8 million (29%), 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 Gustine
- Newman, CA9 mi
- Los Banos, CA13 mi
- Hilmar, CA17 mi
- Patterson, CA21 mi
- Livingston, CA21 mi
- Delhi, CA22 mi
- Turlock, CA24 mi
- Dos Palos, CA24 mi
- Atwater, CA26 mi
- Keyes, CA27 mi
- Winton, CA27 mi
- Ceres, CA28 mi
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