NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit La Grange, 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 La Grange, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 10 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 10
- 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 La Grange
The highest rating among the 10 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1 or EF1, reached 6 times; the most recent, on March 11, 2023, came within 17 miles. Of the 10, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 7 have come since 2000. April and December have had the most tornadoes, 3 each. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 59% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than La Grange.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of La Grange
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s2
- 2000s4
- 1990s1
- 1970s1
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2023 | EF1 | 17 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 15, 2015 | EF1 | 22 mi | 3.04 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 16, 2002 | F1 | 24 mi | 1.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 12, 1996 | F1 | 24 mi | 0.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 4, 1978 | F1 | 23 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 1, 1958 | F1 | 25 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 27, 2016 | EF0 | 19 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 14, 2006 | F0 | 14 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 8, 2005 | F0 | 23 mi | 1.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 16, 2002 | F0 | 22 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 10 of 10, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in La Grange
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of La Grange since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in La Grange
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Groveland 2, CA, 15 miles northeast of La Grange at 2,800 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 56°F; December is the coolest, at 52°F and 31°F. January is the wettest at 7.2 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 38.6 inches over 47 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 59 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 91 nights a year. Snowfall averages 3.8 inches a year, most of it in March. That 38.6 inches is more than at 197 of the 226 California stations used on this site (87%). Jamestown, 13 miles north, has its own station (Sonora, CA): 32.6 inches a year, 6.0 less than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 53 | 31 | 7.2 | 7 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 55 | 32 | 6.9 | 7 | 0.6 |
| Mar | 60 | 35 | 6.3 | 8 | 1.1 |
| Apr | 65 | 38 | 3.0 | 5 | 0.8 |
| May | 73 | 44 | 2.2 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 83 | 51 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 91 | 56 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 91 | 55 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 85 | 50 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 74 | 42 | 2.1 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 60 | 35 | 3.5 | 5 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 52 | 31 | 6.6 | 8 | 0.2 |
| Year | 70 | 42 | 38.6 | 47 | 3.8 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Groveland 2, CA (2,800 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 La Grange
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 9 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of La Grange: 5 floods, 2 flash floods and 2 thunderstorm wind reports. They killed 2 people and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $2.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 62 mph, on August 19, 2023.
March 22, 2018: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of La Grange — 2 killed, $2.0 million damage.
NWS: “Mariposa Office of Emergency Services reported several homes flooded and roadways washed out. While many roadways were washed out across Northwestern Mariposa County, the homes were generally impacted near Lake Don Pedro, Hornitos, and the City of Mariposa.”
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
Tuolumne County, which includes La Grange, has been named in 22 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 floods, 6 severe storms, 5 fires, 2 biological emergencies). 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 Tuolumne County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for inland flooding, 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 $50.6 million a year, the 44th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $18.6 million (37%), 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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Cities near La Grange
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- Winton, CA23 mi
- Groveland, CA23 mi
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