NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lake Hughes, 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 Lake Hughes, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 5 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 5
- 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 Lake Hughes
The highest rating among the 5 tornadoes within 25 miles is F0 or EF0, reached 5 times; the most recent, on September 1, 2007, came within 19 miles. Of the 5, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 2 have come since 2000. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 79% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Lake Hughes. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 2 times since 2011, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 705 California cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Lake Hughes.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Lake Hughes
By decade
- 2000s2
- 1990s1
- 1980s1
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2007 | EF0 | 18 mi | 13.05 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 1, 2007 | EF0 | 19 mi | 0.05 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 21, 1997 | F0 | 20 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 5, 1987 | F0 | 21 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 20, 1952 | F0 | 20 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 5 of 5, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Lake Hughes
The Storm Prediction Center has 2 hail reports within 10 miles of Lake Hughes since 2011. All were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on October 15, 2015, the most recent report.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Lake Hughes
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Fairmont, CA, 3 miles northeast of Lake Hughes at 3,060 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 68°F; December is the coolest, at 55°F and 37°F. February is the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 16.0 inches over 24 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 74 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 24 nights a year. Snowfall averages 1.3 inches a year, most of it in February. That 16.0 inches is more than at 112 of the 226 California stations used on this site (50%). Santa Clarita, 16 miles south, has its own station (Newhall 5NW, CA): 16.6 inches a year, 0.6 more than here, and an August average high of 96°F against 93°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56 | 38 | 3.7 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 58 | 39 | 4.4 | 5 | 0.7 |
| Mar | 63 | 43 | 2.5 | 4 | 0.2 |
| Apr | 68 | 46 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| May | 76 | 53 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 86 | 62 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 92 | 68 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 93 | 68 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 88 | 62 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 77 | 53 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 65 | 44 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 55 | 37 | 2.2 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Year | 73 | 51 | 16.0 | 24 | 1.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Fairmont, CA (3,060 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 Lake Hughes
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 13 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lake Hughes: 12 flash floods and 1 thunderstorm wind report. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 60 mph, on February 7, 2024. Of the 550 California cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 322 have had fewer than Lake Hughes.
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 Lake Hughes's ZIP code 93532 have filed 40 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1998, and were paid $249,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2014, with 17. 10% 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, 204 have fewer than Lake Hughes.
Los Angeles County, which includes Lake Hughes, has been named in 88 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 35 of them major disasters (by incident: 61 fires, 10 floods, 8 severe storms, 3 earthquakes). The latest major disaster declaration was Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds, on January 8, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Los Angeles County a Very High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for inland flooding and lightning; Relatively High for tornadoes, coastal flooding and heat waves; Relatively Moderate for hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $7.60 billion a year, the highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.81 billion (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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