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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Isleton, 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 Isleton, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 21 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
21

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

What the records show for Isleton

The highest rating among the 21 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1 or EF1, reached 4 times; the most recent, on October 22, 2012, came within 21 miles. Of the 21, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 7 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 9. The most recent tornado was on November 8, 2022. Isleton has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 67% of the 705 California cities on this site.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Isleton

By decade

  • 2020s2
  • 2010s3
  • 2000s2
  • 1990s8
  • 1980s3
  • 1970s2
  • 1960s1
Strongest tornadoes near Isleton, California
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Oct 22, 2012EF121 mi1.02 mi0 / 0
Jan 23, 2010EF119 mi1.64 mi0 / 0
Apr 19, 1988F125 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
May 31, 1967F121 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Nov 8, 2022EF019 mi0.8 mi0 / 0
Apr 11, 2012EF025 mi0.25 mi0 / 0
Feb 25, 2007EF020 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jan 11, 2005F025 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
May 12, 1998F023 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Feb 19, 1998F017 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 1996F018 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 1996F019 mi0.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 21, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Isleton

The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Isleton since 1955.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Isleton

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Antioch Pumping Plt #3, CA, 15 miles southwest of Isleton at 60 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 56°F and 40°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 12.7 inches over 30 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 64 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 7 nights a year. That 12.7 inches is more than at 77 of the 226 California stations used on this site (34%). Woodbridge, 16 miles east, has its own station (Lodi, CA): 18.2 inches a year, 5.5 more than here, and a July average high of 92°F against 91°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Port Chicago, CA, 25 miles west, averaged 71°F in August and 51°F in January over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the Port Chicago tide gauge, 25 miles from Isleton, has risen 0.77 ± 0.23 inches per decade from 1976 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 7.7 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 36 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Antioch Pumping Plt #3, CA
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Water °F
Jan56402.7651
Feb61442.4652
Mar67472.0555
Apr72500.9260
May79540.4164
Jun86590.1068
Jul91610.0070
Aug90600.0071
Sep87590.1070
Oct78540.4165
Nov65461.2359
Dec56402.5652
Year745112.73061

Averages for 1991–2020 at Antioch Pumping Plt #3, CA (60 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Port Chicago, CA, from NOAA Tides & Currents. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.

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Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings

Flood insurance policyholders in Isleton's ZIP code 95641 have filed 102 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $1.7 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1997: 75 claims (74% of all) and $1.6 million. 80% 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, 319 have fewer than Isleton.

Flood insurance claims in Isleton by named event
EventClaimsPaid
Flooding199775$1.6 million

Sacramento County, which includes Isleton, 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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