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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Linden, 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 Linden, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 20 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
20

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

What the records show for Linden

The highest rating among the 20 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1 or EF1, reached 4 times; the most recent, on January 10, 2023, came within 17 miles. Of the 20, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 6 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 11. The most recent tornado was on April 1, 2025. Linden has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 64% of the 705 California cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 2 times since 2000, with stones up to 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 705 California cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Linden.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Linden

By decade

  • 2020s4
  • 2010s1
  • 2000s1
  • 1990s6
  • 1980s5
  • 1970s2
  • 1960s1
Strongest tornadoes near Linden, California
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jan 10, 2023EF117 mi0.39 mi0 / 0
Dec 12, 1996F121 mi0.6 mi0 / 0
Apr 19, 1988F112 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
May 31, 1967F114 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 2025EF021 mi0.9 mi0 / 0
Jan 14, 2023EF021 mi0.3 mi0 / 0
Apr 11, 2012EF018 mi0.25 mi0 / 0
Apr 8, 2005F017 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 1996F014 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 1996F013 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 1996F014 mi0.3 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 1996F015 mi0.8 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 20, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Linden

The Storm Prediction Center has 2 hail reports within 10 miles of Linden since 2000. Of these, one was 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1 inch (quarter size), fell on March 11, 2023, the most recent report.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Linden

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Stockton Metro Airport, CA, 13 miles southwest of Linden at 26 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 95°F and low of 61°F; December is the coolest, at 57°F and 38°F. January is the wettest at 2.7 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 13.5 inches over 32 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 88 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 19 nights a year. That 13.5 inches is more than at 83 of the 226 California stations used on this site (37%). Lockeford, 11 miles northwest, has its own station (Lodi, CA): 18.2 inches a year, 4.7 more than here, and a July average high of 92°F against 95°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Stockton Metro Airport, CA
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"
Jan57392.76
Feb63412.56
Mar69441.95
Apr75471.13
May83530.62
Jun90580.10
Jul95610.00
Aug94600.00
Sep90580.10
Oct80510.71
Nov67431.43
Dec57382.46
Year774913.532

Averages for 1991–2020 at Stockton Metro Airport, CA (26 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.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Linden

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 6 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Linden: 5 floods and 1 heavy rain event.

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

San Joaquin County, which includes Linden, has been named in 25 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 19 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 floods, 6 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 coastal storms). 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 San Joaquin County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $421.9 million a year, the 15th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $137.8 million (33%), 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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