NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Live Oak, 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 Live Oak, 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
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 20
- 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 Live Oak
The highest rating among the 20 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2 or EF2, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 25, 2011, came within 24 miles. Of the 20, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 12 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on February 2, 2019. Live Oak has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 64% of the 705 California cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 3 times since 2016, with stones up to 1.25 inches (half dollar size). Of the 705 California cities, 44% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Live Oak.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Live Oak
By decade
- 2010s8
- 2000s4
- 1990s7
- 1970s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2011 | EF2 | 24 mi | 0.21 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 10, 1994 | F2 | 20 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Oct 22, 2012 | EF1 | 15 mi | 0.29 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 22, 2012 | EF1 | 12 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 8, 2005 | F1 | 15 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 7, 1993 | F1 | 12 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 17, 1992 | F1 | 17 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 17, 1992 | F1 | 20 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Jun 28, 1970 | F1 | 9 mi | 2.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 2, 2019 | EF0 | 14 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 2, 2019 | EF0 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 21, 2018 | EF0 | 18 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 20, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Live Oak
The Storm Prediction Center has 3 hail reports within 10 miles of Live Oak, all from May 5, 2016. All were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest was 1.25 inches (half dollar size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Live Oak
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Marysville Yuba Co Airport, CA, 12 miles southeast of Live Oak at 62 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 96°F and low of 61°F; December is the coolest, at 55°F and 38°F. January is the wettest at 3.8 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 20.1 inches over 38 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 99 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 23 nights a year. That 20.1 inches is more than at 141 of the 226 California stations used on this site (62%). Gridley, 7 miles north, has its own station (Oroville Municipal Airport, CA): 25.6 inches a year, 5.5 more than here, and the same July average high, 96°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56 | 38 | 3.8 | 6 |
| Feb | 60 | 41 | 3.7 | 6 |
| Mar | 66 | 43 | 2.9 | 6 |
| Apr | 73 | 46 | 1.4 | 3 |
| May | 82 | 52 | 0.9 | 2 |
| Jun | 90 | 58 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Jul | 96 | 61 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 95 | 60 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Sep | 90 | 56 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Oct | 79 | 49 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Nov | 64 | 41 | 2.2 | 4 |
| Dec | 55 | 38 | 3.7 | 7 |
| Year | 75 | 49 | 20.1 | 38 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Marysville Yuba Co Airport, CA (62 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 Live Oak
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 15 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Live Oak: 13 floods, 1 thunderstorm wind report and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $3.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 49 mph, on September 16, 2019.
September 16, 2019: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Live Oak — $2.5 million damage.
March 22, 2018: flood 7 miles from the centre of Live Oak — $1.0 million damage.
February 14, 2019: flood 7 miles from the centre of Live Oak — $100,000 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 Live Oak's ZIP code 95953 have filed 18 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1983, and were paid $122,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1995: 12 claims (67% of all) and $72,000. 83% 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, 76 have fewer than Live Oak.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1995 | 12 | $72,000 |
Sutter County, which includes Live Oak, has been named in 20 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 severe storms, 6 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 13, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Sutter County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for heat waves; Relatively Low for inland flooding and lightning; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $44.8 million a year, the 46th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $12.1 million (27%), 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 Live Oak
- Sutter, CA7 mi
- Gridley, CA7 mi
- Yuba City, CA10 mi
- Marysville, CA11 mi
- Biggs, CA11 mi
- Olivehurst, CA14 mi
- Colusa, CA19 mi
- Beale Afb, CA20 mi
- Oroville, CA20 mi
- Wheatland, CA21 mi
- Durham, CA26 mi
- Arbuckle, CA26 mi
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