NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Marina, 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 Marina, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 13 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 13
- 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 Marina
The strongest of the 13 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on March 11, 1985; its path came within 25 miles. Of the 13, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 5 have come since 2000. December has had the most tornadoes, 6. The most recent tornado was on January 6, 2019. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 50% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Marina. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 12 times since 2001, with stones up to 1 inch (quarter size). Marina has more hail reports within 10 miles than 91% of the 705 California cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Marina
By decade
- 2010s3
- 2000s2
- 1990s4
- 1980s3
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 1985 | F2 | 25 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 20, 2001 | F1 | 20 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 6, 1992 | F1 | 7 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 6, 1992 | F1 | 4 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Apr 1, 1965 | F1 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 6, 2019 | EF0 | 23 mi | 0.54 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 6, 2019 | EF0 | 24 mi | 0.07 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 22, 2012 | EF0 | 14 mi | 1.07 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 14, 2007 | EF0 | 25 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 5, 1998 | F0 | 24 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 11, 1992 | F0 | 2 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 3, 1987 | F0 | 11 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 13, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Marina
The Storm Prediction Center has 12 hail reports within 10 miles of Marina since 2001, made on 7 separate days. Of these, one was 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1 inch (quarter size), fell on January 20, 2010. The most recent report is from March 29, 2023. January has the most reports, 5.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Marina
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Monterey WFO, CA, 7 miles southwest of Marina at 122 feet. September is the warmest, with an average high of 68°F and low of 54°F; December is the coolest, at 58°F and 43°F. January and February are the wettest at 3.5 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 17.2 inches over 38 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 1 days a year. Lows fall below freezing on about 2 nights a year. That 17.2 inches is more than at 122 of the 226 California stations used on this site (54%). Castroville, 7 miles north, has its own station (Salinas #2, CA): 15.6 inches a year, 1.6 less than here, and a September average high of 75°F against 68°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Monterey, CA, 7 miles southwest, averaged 62°F in September and 55°F in March over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the Monterey tide gauge, 7 miles from Marina, has risen 0.70 ± 0.13 inches per decade from 1973 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 7.0 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 32 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 59 | 43 | 3.5 | 7 | 56 |
| Feb | 60 | 44 | 3.5 | 7 | 56 |
| Mar | 61 | 46 | 2.9 | 6 | 55 |
| Apr | 62 | 47 | 1.2 | 4 | 56 |
| May | 63 | 50 | 0.5 | 1 | 57 |
| Jun | 65 | 52 | 0.1 | 0 | 58 |
| Jul | 66 | 54 | 0.0 | 0 | 60 |
| Aug | 67 | 55 | 0.1 | 0 | 61 |
| Sep | 68 | 54 | 0.1 | 0 | 62 |
| Oct | 67 | 51 | 0.8 | 2 | 60 |
| Nov | 63 | 46 | 1.6 | 5 | 57 |
| Dec | 58 | 43 | 2.9 | 6 | 57 |
| Year | 63 | 49 | 17.2 | 38 | 58 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Monterey WFO, CA (122 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Monterey, CA, from NOAA Tides & Currents. 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 Marina
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 54 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Marina: 43 floods, 5 heavy rain events, 2 flash floods, 2 thunderstorm wind reports and 2 lightning strikes. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $2.8 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 78 mph, on December 14, 2024.
March 24, 2011: flood 8 miles from the centre of Marina — $2.5 million damage.
October 13, 2009: flood 10 miles from the centre of Marina — $200,000 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
Monterey County, which includes Marina, has been named in 33 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 23 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 floods, 8 severe storms, 7 fires, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 13, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Monterey County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding; Relatively Moderate for lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes and coastal flooding; Very Low for hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $402.4 million a year, the 17th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $109.3 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 Marina
- Seaside, CA5 mi
- Castroville, CA7 mi
- Pacific Grove, CA8 mi
- Monterey, CA8 mi
- Salinas, CA9 mi
- Pebble Beach, CA10 mi
- Carmel, CA12 mi
- Watsonville, CA17 mi
- Aromas, CA17 mi
- Carmel Valley, CA17 mi
- Freedom, CA18 mi
- San Juan Bautista, CA18 mi
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