Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Palo Cedro, CA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Redding Municipal Airport, CA, 5 miles southwest of Palo Cedro at 497 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 100°F and low of 67°F; December is the coolest, at 56°F and 37°F. December is the wettest at 6.3 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.1 inches; the year adds up to 33.5 inches over 54 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 106 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 27 nights a year. Snowfall averages 2.6 inches a year, most of it in January. That 33.5 inches is more than at 188 of the 226 California stations used on this site (83%). Shingletown, 21 miles east, has its own station (Mineral, CA): 50.2 inches a year, 16.7 more than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 100°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 60 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Palo Cedro: 34 floods, 15 heavy rain events, 7 flash floods, 2 thunderstorm wind reports and 2 lightning strikes. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $172,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 58 mph, on May 24, 2019. March has had the most flash floods, 5 of 7. Of the 550 California cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 226 have had fewer than Palo Cedro.

Flood insurance policyholders in Palo Cedro's ZIP code 96073 have filed 19 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1981, and were paid $312,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 47% 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, 84 have fewer than Palo Cedro.