Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Oxnard, CA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Oxnard Ventura Co Airport, CA, 2 miles west of Oxnard at 36 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 74°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 66°F and 46°F. February is the wettest at 3.3 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 13.0 inches over 19 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 2 days a year, almost all from October. A night below freezing comes less than once a year on average. That 13.0 inches is more than at 80 of the 226 California stations used on this site (35%). Camarillo, 9 miles east, has its own station (Camarillo Airport, CA): 12.0 inches a year, 1.0 less than here, and an August average high of 80°F against 74°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 19 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Oxnard: 12 flash floods, 4 thunderstorm wind reports and 3 floods. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 70 mph, on February 16, 2026. August has had the most flash floods, 4 of 12. Of the 550 California cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 322 have had fewer than Oxnard.

Flood insurance policyholders in Oxnard's 4 ZIP codes have filed 98 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $438,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1983: 48 claims (49% of all) and $148,000. 60% 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, 314 have fewer than Oxnard.