NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lakeport, 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 Lakeport, 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 Lakeport
The only tornado within 25 miles was an F0 on December 11, 1983; its path came within 17 miles. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 96% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Lakeport. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 1990, with stones of 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size). Of the 705 California cities, 72% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Lakeport.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Lakeport
By decade
- 1980s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 1983 | F0 | 17 mi | 2 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 Lakeport
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Lakeport, from September 25, 1990: 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Lakeport
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Ukiah Municipal Airport, CA, 16 miles west of Lakeport at 601 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 94°F and low of 56°F; December is the coolest, at 57°F and 36°F. December is the wettest at 6.9 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 34.9 inches over 52 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 83 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 36 nights a year. That 34.9 inches is more than at 192 of the 226 California stations used on this site (85%). Lucerne, 8 miles east, has its own station (Clearlake 4 SE, CA): 30.0 inches a year, 4.9 less than here, and a July average high of 91°F against 94°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58 | 37 | 6.7 | 8 |
| Feb | 61 | 39 | 6.3 | 7 |
| Mar | 65 | 41 | 5.3 | 9 |
| Apr | 69 | 43 | 2.6 | 5 |
| May | 78 | 48 | 1.2 | 2 |
| Jun | 86 | 52 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Jul | 94 | 56 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 94 | 55 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Sep | 89 | 51 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Oct | 79 | 45 | 1.8 | 3 |
| Nov | 65 | 40 | 3.5 | 6 |
| Dec | 57 | 36 | 6.9 | 11 |
| Year | 74 | 45 | 34.9 | 52 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Ukiah Municipal Airport, CA (601 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 Lakeport
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 27 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lakeport: 18 floods, 8 heavy rain events and 1 lightning strike. They killed 1 person and injured 4, and the NWS estimated $8.1 million in property and crop damage.
January 1, 2006: flood 8 miles from the centre of Lakeport — 1 killed, 1 injured, $1.0 million damage.
February 13, 2019: flood 9 miles from the centre of Lakeport — 3 injured, $20,000 damage.
February 9, 2017: flood 2 miles from the centre of Lakeport — $7.0 million damage.
NWS: “Flooding of Clear Lake brought the closure of multiple roads. Lakeshore Boulevard was closed due to flooding between Lange Street and Giselman Street, Other strees closed included Esplanade Street, K Street, Konoctie Avenue, and Lupoyoma Avenue.”
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 Lakeport's ZIP code 95453 have filed 715 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $7.7 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1995: 293 claims (41% of all) and $2.7 million, then Pineapple Express - Southern in 1998 with 230. The year with the most claims was 1998, with 245. 74% 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, 404 have fewer than Lakeport.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1995 | 293 | $2.7 million |
| Pineapple Express - Southern1998 | 230 | $3.2 million |
Lake County, which includes Lakeport, has been named in 35 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 20 of them major disasters (by incident: 15 fires, 9 severe storms, 6 floods, 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 Lake County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding; Relatively Low for heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $101.0 million a year, the 37th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $51.5 million (51%), 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 Lakeport
- Nice, CA6 mi
- Lucerne, CA8 mi
- Upper Lake, CA8 mi
- Kelseyville, CA11 mi
- Ukiah, CA17 mi
- Cloverdale, CA18 mi
- Lower Lake, CA20 mi
- Redwood Valley, CA23 mi
- Middletown, CA25 mi
- Hidden Valley Lake, CA26 mi
- Healdsburg, CA30 mi
- Windsor, CA36 mi
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