NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Stockton, 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 Stockton, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 25 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 25
- 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 Stockton
The highest rating among the 25 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1 or EF1, reached 3 times; the most recent, on January 23, 2010, came within 25 miles. Of the 25, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 8 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 11. The most recent tornado was on April 1, 2025. Stockton has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 75% of the 705 California cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 3 times since 1994, with stones up to 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 705 California cities, 44% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Stockton.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Stockton
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s2
- 2000s2
- 1990s8
- 1980s5
- 1970s2
- 1960s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2010 | EF1 | 25 mi | 1.64 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 1988 | F1 | 15 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 31, 1967 | F1 | 1 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 1, 2025 | EF0 | 23 mi | 0.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 14, 2023 | EF0 | 25 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 8, 2022 | EF0 | 24 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 11, 2012 | EF0 | 8 mi | 0.25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 26, 2005 | F0 | 18 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 8, 2005 | F0 | 11 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 28, 1998 | F0 | 22 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 19, 1998 | F0 | 22 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 1, 1996 | F0 | 10 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 25, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Stockton
The Storm Prediction Center has 3 hail reports within 10 miles of Stockton since 1994, made on 2 separate days. All were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1 inch (quarter size), was reported on 2 days, most recently March 11, 2023. The most recent report is from March 11, 2023.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Stockton
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Stockton Fire Stn 4, CA, 1 mile northwest of Stockton at 12 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 95°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 58°F and 39°F. January is the wettest at 3.6 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 17.4 inches over 39 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 90 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 25 nights a year. That 17.4 inches is more than at 125 of the 226 California stations used on this site (55%). French Camp, 7 miles south, has its own station (Stockton Metro Airport, CA): 13.5 inches a year, 3.9 less than here, and the same July average high, 95°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58 | 39 | 3.6 | 8 |
| Feb | 65 | 42 | 3.1 | 7 |
| Mar | 70 | 46 | 2.4 | 6 |
| Apr | 75 | 49 | 1.5 | 3 |
| May | 83 | 54 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Jun | 91 | 58 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Jul | 95 | 61 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 95 | 60 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep | 92 | 57 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Oct | 82 | 51 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Nov | 69 | 44 | 1.8 | 4 |
| Dec | 59 | 39 | 3.2 | 7 |
| Year | 78 | 50 | 17.4 | 39 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Stockton Fire Stn 4, CA (12 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 Stockton
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 34 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Stockton: 24 floods, 6 heavy rain events, 2 thunderstorm wind reports, 1 flash flood and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $1.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 49 mph, on April 11, 2007.
September 13, 2009: lightning strike 8 miles from the centre of Stockton — 1 injured.
April 1, 1996: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Stockton — $1.0 million damage.
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
Flood insurance policyholders in Stockton's 10 ZIP codes have filed 148 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $1.9 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from California Atmospheric River in 2023: 40 claims (27% of all) and $1.2 million, then Pineapple Express - Southern in 1998 with 20 and Flooding in 1983 with 16. 51% 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, 350 have fewer than Stockton.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| California Atmospheric River2023 | 40 | $1.2 million |
| Pineapple Express - Southern1998 | 20 | $64,000 |
| Flooding1983 | 16 | $92,000 |
San Joaquin County, which includes Stockton, has been named in 25 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 19 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 floods, 6 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 San Joaquin County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $421.9 million a year, the 15th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $137.8 million (33%), 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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