NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lindsay, 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 Lindsay, 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 Lindsay
The strongest of the 10 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on April 5, 1980; its path came within 21 miles. Of the 10, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 4 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on March 22, 2018. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 59% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Lindsay. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 2 times since 1999, with stones up to 1.25 inches (half dollar size). Of the 705 California cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Lindsay.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Lindsay
By decade
- 2010s2
- 2000s2
- 1990s5
- 1980s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 1980 | F2 | 21 mi | 15 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Feb 28, 1991 | F1 | 23 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 22, 2018 | EF0 | 21 mi | 1.19 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 9, 2012 | EF0 | 13 mi | 0.27 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 27, 2008 | EF0 | 17 mi | 2.03 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 20, 2004 | F0 | 23 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 20, 1997 | F0 | 8 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 1, 1996 | F0 | 13 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 13, 1995 | F0 | 15 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 19, 1993 | F0 | 16 mi | 0.1 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 Lindsay
The Storm Prediction Center has 2 hail reports within 10 miles of Lindsay since 1999. Of these, one was 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.25 inches (half dollar size), fell on January 31, 2016, the most recent report.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Lindsay
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Lindsay, CA, 2 miles east of Lindsay at 435 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 96°F and low of 64°F; December is the coolest, at 57°F and 36°F. January is the wettest at 2.3 inches of precipitation on average and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 12.3 inches over 27 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 116 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 29 nights a year. That 12.3 inches is more than at 68 of the 226 California stations used on this site (30%). Exeter, 7 miles north, has its own station (Lemon Cove, CA): 14.1 inches a year, 1.8 more than here, and a July average high of 100°F against 96°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57 | 37 | 2.3 | 5 |
| Feb | 63 | 40 | 2.2 | 5 |
| Mar | 69 | 44 | 2.0 | 4 |
| Apr | 75 | 47 | 1.3 | 3 |
| May | 83 | 52 | 0.5 | 2 |
| Jun | 91 | 58 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Jul | 96 | 64 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Aug | 96 | 62 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep | 91 | 57 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Oct | 79 | 49 | 0.7 | 1 |
| Nov | 66 | 41 | 1.1 | 2 |
| Dec | 57 | 36 | 1.9 | 4 |
| Year | 77 | 49 | 12.3 | 27 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Lindsay, CA (435 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 Lindsay
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 33 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lindsay: 28 floods, 4 thunderstorm wind reports and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $6.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 58 mph, on November 26, 1997.
January 10, 2023: flood 4 miles from the centre of Lindsay — $5.5 million damage.
January 10, 2023: flood 4 miles from the centre of Lindsay — $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
Flood insurance policyholders in Lindsay's ZIP code 93247 have filed 44 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $1.1 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from California Atmospheric River in 2023: 26 claims (59% of all) and $1.1 million. 68% 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, 221 have fewer than Lindsay.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| California Atmospheric River2023 | 26 | $1.1 million |
Tulare County, which includes Lindsay, has been named in 23 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 floods, 4 fires, 4 severe storms, 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 Tulare County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Moderate for hail; Relatively Low for tornadoes and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $214.1 million a year, the 23rd highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $130.3 million (61%), 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.