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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Shingletown, 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 Shingletown, 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

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
2

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

What the records show for Shingletown

The strongest of the 2 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F0 on March 5, 1978; its path came within 21 miles. The most recent tornado was on January 3, 2025. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 91% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Shingletown. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 2009, with stones of 0.75 inches (penny size). Of the 705 California cities, 72% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Shingletown.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Shingletown

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 1970s1
Strongest tornadoes near Shingletown, California
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Mar 5, 1978F021 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jan 3, 2025Unrated17 mi0.8 mi0 / 0

The strongest 2 of 2, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Shingletown

The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Shingletown, from June 2, 2009: 0.75 inches (penny size).

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Shingletown

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Mineral, CA, 16 miles southeast of Shingletown at 4,875 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 44°F; December is the coolest, at 42°F and 24°F. December is the wettest at 9.2 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.2 inches; the year adds up to 50.2 inches. Highs reach 90°F on about 8 days a year, almost all from July to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 201 nights a year. That 50.2 inches is more than at 216 of the 226 California stations used on this site (96%). Palo Cedro, 21 miles west, has its own station (Redding Municipal Airport, CA): 33.5 inches a year, 16.7 less than here, and a July average high of 100°F against 83°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Mineral, CA
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. in
Jan43248.3
Feb45248.3
Mar49267.6
Apr54294.1
May63352.8
Jun73401.1
Jul83440.2
Aug82420.2
Sep77380.5
Oct64322.7
Nov50275.2
Dec42249.2
Year603250.2

Averages for 1991–2020 at Mineral, CA (4,875 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.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Shingletown

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 11 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Shingletown: 8 heavy rain events, 2 floods and 1 flash flood. They killed 2 people and injured 0.

  • October 25, 2014: flash flood 9 miles from the centre of Shingletown — 2 killed.

    NWS: “A 19 year old man and a 19-year-old women were driving in a vehicle that was swept off a small bridge over Lack Creek. Both were found drowned, their car about three quarters of a mile down stream.”

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

Shasta County, which includes Shingletown, has been named in 41 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 20 of them major disasters (by incident: 22 fires, 7 floods, 7 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). 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 Shasta County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding; Relatively Moderate for 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 $135.5 million a year, the 32nd highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $71.7 million (53%), 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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