NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Represa, 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 Represa, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 26 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 26
- 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 Represa
The strongest of the 26 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on February 7, 1978; its path came within 22 miles. Of the 26, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 15 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 8. The most recent tornado was on January 14, 2023. Represa has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 76% of the 705 California cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 1959, with stones of 0.75 inches (penny size). Of the 705 California cities, 72% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Represa.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Represa
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s5
- 2000s6
- 1990s6
- 1980s4
- 1970s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 1978 | F2 | 22 mi | 1.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 22, 2012 | EF1 | 5 mi | 1.02 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 1988 | F1 | 21 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 22, 1983 | F1 | 24 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 14, 2023 | EF0 | 17 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 8, 2022 | EF0 | 8 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 2020 | EF0 | 22 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 28, 2019 | EF0 | 22 mi | 1.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 11, 2017 | EF0 | 17 mi | 0.42 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 28, 2014 | EF0 | 22 mi | 0.74 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 25, 2011 | EF0 | 15 mi | 0.35 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 25, 2007 | EF0 | 4 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 26, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Represa
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Represa, from April 25, 1959: 0.75 inches (penny size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Represa
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Sacramento Executive Airport, CA, 9 miles north of Represa at 15 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 59°F; December is the coolest, at 56°F and 39°F. January is the wettest at 3.7 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 18.3 inches over 37 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 76 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 15 nights a year. That 18.3 inches is more than at 132 of the 226 California stations used on this site (58%). Galt, 11 miles southeast, has its own station (Lodi, CA): 18.2 inches a year, 0.1 less than here, and a July average high of 92°F against 93°F.
Sea level at the Port Chicago tide gauge, 39 miles from Represa, has risen 0.77 ± 0.23 inches per decade from 1976 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 7.7 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 36 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56 | 39 | 3.7 | 7 |
| Feb | 61 | 42 | 3.5 | 7 |
| Mar | 66 | 45 | 2.7 | 6 |
| Apr | 72 | 47 | 1.3 | 3 |
| May | 80 | 52 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Jun | 88 | 57 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Jul | 93 | 59 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 92 | 59 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep | 89 | 57 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Oct | 79 | 50 | 0.9 | 2 |
| Nov | 65 | 43 | 1.7 | 4 |
| Dec | 56 | 39 | 3.4 | 6 |
| Year | 75 | 49 | 18.3 | 37 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Sacramento Executive Airport, CA (15 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 Represa
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 21 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Represa: 16 floods, 3 flash floods and 2 thunderstorm wind reports. They killed 3 people and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $2,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 41 mph, on April 11, 2026.
January 1, 2023: flash flood 7 miles from the centre of Represa — 1 killed.
January 1, 2023: flash flood 10 miles from the centre of Represa — 1 killed.
December 24, 2025: flood 3 miles from the centre of Represa — 1 killed.
NWS: “California Highway Patrol reported a weather related fatality event with an SUV crashing into a power pole on Franklin Boulevard due to wet roads.”
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
Sacramento County, which includes Represa, has been named in 23 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 floods, 7 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 coastal storms). 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 Sacramento County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for hail; Very Low for strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $352.4 million a year, the 18th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $215.7 million (61%), 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).
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