NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Newman, 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 Newman, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 16 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 16
- 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 Newman
The strongest of the 16 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on April 27, 1953; its path came within 23 miles. Of the 16, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 7 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 7. The most recent tornado was on December 24, 2015. Newman has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 55% of the 705 California cities on this site.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Newman
By decade
- 2010s2
- 2000s5
- 1990s3
- 1970s3
- 1960s1
- 1950s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 1953 | F2 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 15, 2015 | EF1 | 19 mi | 3.04 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 14, 2006 | F1 | 23 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 4, 1978 | F1 | 12 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Mar 4, 1978 | F1 | 25 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 22, 1967 | F1 | 21 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 1, 1958 | F1 | 18 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 24, 2015 | EF0 | 22 mi | 0.23 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 9, 2009 | EF0 | 25 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 28, 2006 | F0 | 22 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 8, 2005 | F0 | 20 mi | 1.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 20, 2005 | F0 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 16, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Newman
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Newman since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Newman
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Newman, CA, 2 miles south of Newman at 90 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 100°F and low of 62°F; December is the coolest, at 60°F and 38°F. Highs reach 90°F on about 121 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 23 nights a year. That 11.8 inches is more than at 59 of the 226 California stations used on this site (26%). Hilmar, 10 miles northeast, has its own station (Turlock #2, CA): 12.4 inches a year, 0.6 more than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 100°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 60 | 38 | 2.7 | 6 |
| Feb | 67 | 41 | 2.2 | 6 |
| Mar | 73 | 44 | 1.8 | 4 |
| Apr | 80 | 46 | 0.7 | 2 |
| May | 88 | 52 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Jun | 96 | 58 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 62 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 98 | 60 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep | 95 | 57 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Oct | 85 | 50 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Nov | 71 | 42 | 1.1 | 3 |
| Dec | 60 | 38 | 2.1 | 5 |
| Year | 81 | 49 | 11.8 | 28 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Newman, CA (90 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 Newman
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 12 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Newman: 9 floods, 2 heavy rain events and 1 thunderstorm wind report. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $830,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on April 1, 1996.
March 27, 2011: flood 4 miles from the centre of Newman — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “During the frequently stormy period that began on the 18th and ended on the 28th, as much as 7 inches of rain fell in the San Joaquin Valley and up to 10 inches of rain drenched the adjacent foothills while the higher elevations of the Sierra (above 7000 feet) received snow accumulations of up to 15 feet.”
April 1, 1996: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Newman — $330,000 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 Newman's ZIP code 95360 have filed 60 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1995, and were paid $864,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1995: 27 claims (45% of all) and $385,000, then Pineapple Express - Southern in 1998 with 23. The year with the most claims was 1998, with 23. 87% 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, 261 have fewer than Newman.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1995 | 27 | $385,000 |
| Pineapple Express - Southern1998 | 23 | $331,000 |
Stanislaus County, which includes Newman, has been named in 20 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 14 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 floods, 5 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 fires). 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 Stanislaus County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding and lightning; Relatively Moderate for heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $264.9 million a year, the 21st highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $94.2 million (36%), 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.
Cities near Newman
- Gustine, CA9 mi
- Hilmar, CA10 mi
- Patterson, CA13 mi
- Delhi, CA16 mi
- Turlock, CA17 mi
- Livingston, CA17 mi
- Keyes, CA18 mi
- Ceres, CA19 mi
- Los Banos, CA20 mi
- Denair, CA21 mi
- Hughson, CA22 mi
- Atwater, CA24 mi
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