NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Pioneer, 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 Pioneer, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 1 tornado has touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 1
- 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 Pioneer
The only tornado within 25 miles was an F0 on October 1, 1972; its path came within 19 miles. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 96% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Pioneer.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Pioneer
By decade
- 1970s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 1972 | F0 | 19 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 1 of 1, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Pioneer
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Pioneer since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Pioneer
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Pacific House, CA, 17 miles north of Pioneer at 3,450 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 53°F; December is the coolest, at 43°F and 31°F. January is the wettest at 9.6 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 54.5 inches over 62 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 58 days a year, almost all from June to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 97 nights a year. Snowfall averages 58.2 inches a year, most of it in February. That 54.5 inches is more than at 219 of the 226 California stations used on this site (97%). Pine Grove, 16 miles southwest, has its own station (Camp Pardee, CA): 22.9 inches a year, 31.6 less than here, and a July average high of 95°F against 90°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44 | 32 | 9.6 | 9 | 10.1 |
| Feb | 50 | 31 | 8.8 | 9 | 17.3 |
| Mar | 56 | 33 | 8.8 | 9 | 13.5 |
| Apr | 63 | 36 | 4.9 | 7 | 5.4 |
| May | 72 | 42 | 3.2 | 5 | 0.6 |
| Jun | 82 | 47 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 90 | 53 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 89 | 53 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 83 | 49 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 66 | 41 | 2.9 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 51 | 35 | 5.3 | 6 | 3.8 |
| Dec | 43 | 31 | 9.4 | 10 | 7.4 |
| Year | 66 | 40 | 54.5 | 62 | 58.2 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Pacific House, CA (3,450 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.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Amador County, which includes Pioneer, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 severe storms, 6 floods, 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 Amador County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for inland 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 $38.8 million a year, the 50th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $12.5 million (32%), 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.
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