NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Kings Beach, 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 Kings Beach, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 6 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 6
- 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 Kings Beach
The highest rating among the 6 tornadoes within 25 miles is F0 or EF0, reached 6 times; the most recent, on September 21, 2017, came within 14 miles. Of the 6, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 6 have come since 2000. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 75% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Kings Beach. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 7 times since 1985, with stones up to 2 inches (hen egg size). Kings Beach has more hail reports within 10 miles than 76% of the 705 California cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Kings Beach
By decade
- 2010s3
- 2000s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2017 | EF0 | 14 mi | 0.44 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 13, 2017 | EF0 | 5 mi | 2.01 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 8, 2015 | EF0 | 19 mi | 2.68 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 27, 2005 | F0 | 17 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 2, 2003 | F0 | 19 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 2, 2003 | F0 | 4 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 6 of 6, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Kings Beach
The Storm Prediction Center has 7 hail reports within 10 miles of Kings Beach since 1985, made on 6 separate days. Of these, 5 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2 inches (hen egg size), fell on July 23, 2003. The most recent report is from August 15, 2012.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Kings Beach
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Tahoe City, CA, 8 miles southwest of Kings Beach at 6,230 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 78°F and low of 46°F; January is the coolest, at 40°F and 21°F. January is the wettest at 6.2 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.2 inches; the year adds up to 33.3 inches over 54 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs of 90°F are rare: fewer than one day a year on average. Lows fall below freezing on about 198 nights a year. Snowfall averages 179.0 inches a year, most of it in February. That 33.3 inches is more than at 187 of the 226 California stations used on this site (83%). Truckee, 13 miles northwest, has its own station (Donner Mem Sp, CA): 39.0 inches a year, 5.7 more than here, and a July average high of 82°F against 78°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40 | 21 | 6.2 | 8 | 37.9 |
| Feb | 41 | 21 | 5.7 | 8 | 41.3 |
| Mar | 45 | 24 | 5.0 | 8 | 34.7 |
| Apr | 50 | 28 | 2.2 | 5 | 14.0 |
| May | 59 | 34 | 1.6 | 4 | 2.8 |
| Jun | 69 | 40 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Jul | 78 | 46 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 77 | 45 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 70 | 41 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 59 | 33 | 1.9 | 3 | 2.4 |
| Nov | 48 | 26 | 3.2 | 5 | 9.4 |
| Dec | 40 | 21 | 6.0 | 8 | 36.2 |
| Year | 56 | 32 | 33.3 | 54 | 179.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Tahoe City, CA (6,230 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 Kings Beach
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 63 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Kings Beach: 57 heavy rain events, 3 floods, 2 thunderstorm wind reports and 1 flash flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 78 mph, on July 1, 2014.
December 31, 2005: flood 7 miles from the centre of Kings Beach — $1.0 million 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
Placer County, which includes Kings Beach, has been named in 26 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 fires, 6 floods, 6 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on January 14, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Placer County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding and lightning; Relatively Low for strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $162.6 million a year, the 28th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $107.3 million (66%), 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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