Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Santa Paula, CA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Ojai, CA, 10 miles northwest of Santa Paula at 745 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 54°F; December is the coolest, at 65°F and 33°F. February is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 20.6 inches over 25 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 76 days a year, almost all from April to November. Lows fall below freezing on about 31 nights a year. That 20.6 inches is more than at 145 of the 226 California stations used on this site (64%). Somis, 6 miles southeast, has its own station (Camarillo Airport, CA): 12.0 inches a year, 8.6 less than here, and an August average high of 80°F against 91°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 17 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Santa Paula: 14 flash floods and 3 thunderstorm wind reports. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 60 mph, on January 6, 2016. Of the 550 California cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 363 have had fewer than Santa Paula.

Flood insurance policyholders in Santa Paula's ZIP code 93060 have filed 108 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $913,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1995: 43 claims (40% of all) and $261,000, then Pineapple Express - Southern in 1998 with 11. 56% 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, 325 have fewer than Santa Paula.