NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Paso Robles, 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 Paso Robles, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 2 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 2
- 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 Paso Robles
The strongest of the 2 tornadoes within 25 miles was an EF1 on February 7, 2024; its path came within 24 miles. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 91% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Paso Robles.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Paso Robles
By decade
- 2020s1
- 1990s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2024 | EF1 | 24 mi | 4.87 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 5, 1998 | F0 | 25 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 2 of 2, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Paso Robles
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Paso Robles since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Paso Robles
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Paso Robles, CA, 1 mile southeast of Paso Robles at 730 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 53°F; December is the coolest, at 61°F and 33°F. January is the wettest at 3.4 inches of precipitation on average and June and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 15.2 inches over 29 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 80 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 54 nights a year. That 15.2 inches is more than at 104 of the 226 California stations used on this site (46%). Cayucos, 16 miles southwest, has its own station (Morro Bay Fire Dept, CA): 17.0 inches a year, 1.8 more than here, and an August average high of 70°F against 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 62 | 34 | 3.4 | 6 |
| Feb | 64 | 37 | 3.2 | 6 |
| Mar | 68 | 40 | 2.8 | 5 |
| Apr | 73 | 41 | 0.8 | 2 |
| May | 80 | 46 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Jun | 87 | 50 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jul | 91 | 53 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Aug | 92 | 53 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep | 89 | 50 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Oct | 81 | 43 | 0.7 | 1 |
| Nov | 69 | 37 | 1.2 | 3 |
| Dec | 61 | 33 | 2.5 | 5 |
| Year | 76 | 43 | 15.2 | 29 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Paso Robles, CA (730 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 Paso Robles
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 9 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Paso Robles: 7 flash floods and 2 thunderstorm wind reports. They killed 1 person and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $2,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 58 mph, on February 19, 1998. February has had the most flash floods, 4 of 7. Of the 550 California cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 226 have had fewer than Paso Robles.
January 9, 2023: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of Paso Robles — 1 killed, 1 injured.
NWS: “A woman and her 5 year old child were swept down a flooded roadway near San Marcos Creek. The woman survived, but her 5 year old child died.”
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 Paso Robles's ZIP code 93446 have filed 30 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1983, and were paid $713,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1995: 12 claims (40% of all) and $161,000. 77% 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, 155 have fewer than Paso Robles.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1995 | 12 | $161,000 |
San Luis Obispo County, which includes Paso Robles, has been named in 28 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 22 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 floods, 8 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 fires). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 13, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives San Luis Obispo County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding; Relatively Low for coastal flooding, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $213.9 million a year, the 24th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $109.9 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Paso Robles
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