NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit King City, 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 King City, 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 King City
The only tornado within 25 miles was an EF0 on April 22, 2016; its path came within 15 miles. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 96% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than King City. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 2 times since 2020, with stones up to 0.25 inches. Of the 705 California cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than King City.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of King City
By decade
- 2010s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2016 | EF0 | 15 mi | 0.24 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 King City
The Storm Prediction Center has 2 hail reports within 10 miles of King City, all from March 17, 2020. None of them reached 1 inch. The largest was 0.25 inches.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in King City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is King City, CA, 4 miles west of King City at 320 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 54°F; December is the coolest, at 62°F and 37°F. Highs reach 90°F on about 39 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 27 nights a year. That 11.8 inches is more than at 59 of the 226 California stations used on this site (26%). Soledad, 20 miles northwest, has its own station (Pinnacles Nm, CA): 16.7 inches a year, 4.9 more than here, and an August average high of 96°F against 85°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 63 | 38 | 2.4 | 5 |
| Feb | 65 | 40 | 2.5 | 6 |
| Mar | 70 | 42 | 2.0 | 4 |
| Apr | 74 | 44 | 0.8 | 2 |
| May | 78 | 48 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Jun | 83 | 51 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jul | 85 | 54 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 85 | 54 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep | 85 | 52 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Oct | 80 | 46 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Nov | 70 | 41 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Dec | 62 | 37 | 2.1 | 5 |
| Year | 75 | 46 | 11.8 | 26 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at King City, CA (320 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 King City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 7 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of King City: 7 floods.
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
Flood insurance policyholders in King City's ZIP code 93930 have filed 16 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1993, and were paid $790,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1993: 13 claims (81% of all) and $784,000. Of the 415 California cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 59 have fewer than King City.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1993 | 13 | $784,000 |
Monterey County, which includes King City, has been named in 33 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 23 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 floods, 8 severe storms, 7 fires, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 13, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Monterey County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding; Relatively Moderate for lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes and coastal flooding; Very Low for hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $402.4 million a year, the 17th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $109.3 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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