NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lower Lake, 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 Lower Lake, 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 Lower Lake
The only tornado within 25 miles was an F1 on December 2, 1992; its path came within 25 miles. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 96% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Lower Lake. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 2022, with stones of 0.75 inches (penny size). Of the 705 California cities, 72% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Lower Lake.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Lower Lake
By decade
- 1990s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 1992 | F1 | 25 mi | 3 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 Lower Lake
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Lower Lake, from May 10, 2022: 0.75 inches (penny size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Lower Lake
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Clearlake 4 SE, CA, 2 miles northeast of Lower Lake at 1,349 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 56°F; January and December are the coolest, at 55°F and 33°F. January and February are the wettest at 6.2 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 30.0 inches over 49 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 66 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 72 nights a year. That 30.0 inches is more than at 178 of the 226 California stations used on this site (79%). Lakeport, 20 miles northwest, has its own station (Ukiah Municipal Airport, CA): 34.9 inches a year, 4.9 more than here, and a July average high of 94°F against 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 55 | 33 | 6.2 | 9 |
| Feb | 58 | 34 | 6.2 | 9 |
| Mar | 62 | 35 | 4.0 | 6 |
| Apr | 66 | 39 | 2.0 | 4 |
| May | 73 | 45 | 1.2 | 3 |
| Jun | 83 | 52 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Jul | 91 | 56 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 91 | 54 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Sep | 85 | 50 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Oct | 75 | 43 | 0.9 | 2 |
| Nov | 63 | 36 | 2.9 | 5 |
| Dec | 55 | 33 | 6.1 | 9 |
| Year | 71 | 42 | 30.0 | 49 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Clearlake 4 SE, CA (1,349 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 Lower Lake
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 16 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lower Lake: 10 heavy rain events and 6 floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $418,000 in property and crop damage.
December 11, 2014: flood 3 miles from the centre of Lower Lake — $400,000 damage.
NWS: “Flooding was reported in Clearlake, bringing significant and widespread damage. Neighborhoods were evacuated.”
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 Lower Lake's ZIP code 95457 have filed 39 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $273,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1995: 17 claims (44% of all) and $170,000. 69% 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, 199 have fewer than Lower Lake.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1995 | 17 | $170,000 |
Lake County, which includes Lower Lake, 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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