NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
California Hurricane and Tornado History
Every city, with the storms and tornadoes that came near it.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
California has 486 tornadoes on record since 1950, 2 of them EF3 or stronger, with 0 deaths. No hurricane has passed within 75 miles of any city in the state; the most tornado-prone is Whittier (62).
- Cities
- 705
- Tornadoes in state
- 486
- EF3 or stronger
- 2
- Tornado deaths
- 0
since 1950
California weather by month: rain, temperature and hurricane season by station →
Compare Los Angeles and San Diego, or any two US cities →
Storms that reached the most California cities
- Nora 1997Category 4 · 10 cities
- Katrina 1967Category 1 · 1 cities
California cities
Hail in California
Tornado season brings hail too. Radar-estimated hail days for California since 2019, with sizes and a map of each storm's swath.