NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Herald, 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 Herald, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 22 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 22
- 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 Herald
The highest rating among the 22 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1 or EF1, reached 3 times; the most recent, on October 22, 2012, came within 11 miles. Of the 22, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 11 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 8. The most recent tornado was on January 14, 2023. Herald has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 70% of the 705 California cities on this site.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Herald
By decade
- 2020s5
- 2010s3
- 2000s3
- 1990s7
- 1980s4
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2012 | EF1 | 11 mi | 1.02 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 23, 2010 | EF1 | 21 mi | 1.99 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 1988 | F1 | 10 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 14, 2023 | EF0 | 1 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 8, 2022 | EF0 | 9 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 18, 2020 | EF0 | 23 mi | 4.39 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 2020 | EF0 | 9 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 25, 2011 | EF0 | 19 mi | 0.35 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 25, 2007 | EF0 | 12 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 8, 2005 | F0 | 15 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 21, 2005 | F0 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 24, 1998 | F0 | 25 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 22, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Herald
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Herald since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Herald
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Lodi, CA, 16 miles southwest of Herald at 40 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 59°F; December is the coolest, at 57°F and 39°F. December is the wettest at 3.6 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 18.2 inches over 41 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 78 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 20 nights a year. That 18.2 inches is more than at 131 of the 226 California stations used on this site (58%). Wilton, 6 miles northwest, has its own station (Sacramento 5 ESE, CA): 19.2 inches a year, 1.0 more than here, and a July average high of 94°F against 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57 | 40 | 3.5 | 8 |
| Feb | 63 | 42 | 3.4 | 8 |
| Mar | 69 | 45 | 2.5 | 5 |
| Apr | 74 | 47 | 1.5 | 4 |
| May | 81 | 52 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Jun | 88 | 57 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Jul | 92 | 59 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 92 | 58 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep | 89 | 56 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Oct | 79 | 50 | 0.9 | 2 |
| Nov | 65 | 43 | 1.8 | 4 |
| Dec | 57 | 39 | 3.6 | 7 |
| Year | 75 | 49 | 18.2 | 41 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Lodi, CA (40 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 Herald
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 13 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Herald: 12 floods and 1 flash flood. They killed 1 person and injured 0.
January 1, 2023: flash flood 9 miles from the centre of Herald — 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
Sacramento County, which includes Herald, has been named in 23 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 floods, 7 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 Sacramento County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for hail; Very Low for strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $352.4 million a year, the 18th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $215.7 million (61%), 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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