NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hoopa, 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 Hoopa, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 1 tornado has touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 1
- 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 Hoopa
The only tornado within 25 miles was an F2 on March 29, 1958; its path came within 24 miles. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 96% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Hoopa. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 1982, with stones of 0.75 inches (penny size). Of the 705 California cities, 72% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Hoopa.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Hoopa
By decade
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 1958 | F2 | 24 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 1 of 1, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Hoopa
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Hoopa, from June 24, 1982: 0.75 inches (penny size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Hoopa
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Orleans, CA, 14 miles northeast of Hoopa at 403 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 57°F; December is the coolest, at 48°F and 37°F. December is the wettest at 10.5 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.2 inches; the year adds up to 51.9 inches over 78 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 65 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 25 nights a year. Snowfall averages 2.8 inches a year, most of it in February. That 51.9 inches is more than at 217 of the 226 California stations used on this site (96%). Trinidad, 22 miles west, has its own station (Arcata Eureka Airport, CA): 46.3 inches a year, 5.6 less than here, and a July average high of 63°F against 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 50 | 37 | 9.4 | 12 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 55 | 39 | 6.9 | 10 | 1.5 |
| Mar | 62 | 41 | 6.4 | 11 | 0.2 |
| Apr | 68 | 43 | 4.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| May | 77 | 48 | 2.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 83 | 52 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 92 | 57 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 91 | 56 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 86 | 52 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 71 | 46 | 3.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 56 | 42 | 6.8 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 48 | 37 | 10.5 | 14 | 1.0 |
| Year | 70 | 46 | 51.9 | 78 | 2.8 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Orleans, CA (403 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 Hoopa
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 8 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Hoopa: 7 heavy rain events and 1 thunderstorm wind report. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $9.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 63 mph, on April 20, 2022.
February 26, 2017: heavy rain event 3 miles from the centre of Hoopa — $3.5 million damage.
NWS: “Roadway sinks and slipouts along Highway 96 from mile post 24 to 36.”
February 20, 2017: heavy rain event 3 miles from the centre of Hoopa — $3.2 million damage.
NWS: “Landslide and large slipout between mile post 20 and 24 along Highway 96.”
January 9, 2017: heavy rain event 4 miles from the centre of Hoopa — $2.3 million damage.
NWS: “Culvert failure and slipout near Mitchell Road along Highway 169.”
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
Humboldt County, which includes Hoopa, has been named in 27 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 22 of them major disasters (by incident: 12 floods, 8 severe storms, 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 Humboldt County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding and coastal 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 $188.6 million a year, the 26th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $51.1 million (27%), 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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