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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Studio City, 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 Studio City, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 31 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
31

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

What the records show for Studio City

The highest rating among the 31 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 4 times; the most recent, on March 1, 1983, came within 7 miles. Of the 31, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 7 have come since 2000. March and November have had the most tornadoes, 6 each. The most recent tornado was on March 13, 2025. Studio City has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 82% of the 705 California cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 2 times since 2005, with stones up to 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 705 California cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Studio City.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Studio City

By decade

  • 2020s4
  • 2010s1
  • 2000s2
  • 1990s5
  • 1980s9
  • 1970s2
  • 1960s5
  • 1950s3
Strongest tornadoes near Studio City, California
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Mar 1, 1983F27 mi3.5 mi0 / 30
Nov 9, 1982F24 mi1 mi0 / 0
Nov 7, 1966F220 mi10.3 mi0 / 10
Nov 7, 1966F218 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Mar 22, 2023EF119 mi0.47 mi0 / 1
Mar 20, 1992F113 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Oct 1, 1983F116 mi0.3 mi0 / 3
Nov 9, 1982F118 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Mar 29, 1982F117 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jan 31, 1979F12 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Nov 9, 1964F115 mi1 mi0 / 0
May 14, 1962F120 mi0.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 31, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Studio City

The Storm Prediction Center has 2 hail reports within 10 miles of Studio City since 2005. Of these, one was 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1 inch (quarter size), fell on December 27, 2006, the most recent report.

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

Weather by month in Studio City

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Burbank Valley Pump Plt, CA, 4 miles northeast of Studio City at 655 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 88°F and low of 63°F; December is the coolest, at 68°F and 42°F. February is the wettest at 4.5 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 16.6 inches over 24 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 55 days a year, almost all from April to November. Lows fall below freezing on about 1 nights a year. That 16.6 inches is more than at 118 of the 226 California stations used on this site (52%). North Hollywood, 3 miles north, has its own station (Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport, CA): 13.9 inches a year, 2.7 less than here, and an August average high of 89°F against 88°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Santa Monica, CA, 11 miles southwest, averaged 69°F in August and 58°F in January and March over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the Santa Monica tide gauge, 11 miles from Studio City, has risen 0.60 ± 0.06 inches per decade from 1933 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 6.0 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 28 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Burbank Valley Pump Plt, CA
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Water °F
Jan69433.7558
Feb69444.5558
Mar71472.8458
Apr74500.9259
May75550.4162
Jun80590.1066
Jul86630.0068
Aug88630.0069
Sep87610.1069
Oct81540.7165
Nov75460.9262
Dec68422.5460
Year775216.62463

Averages for 1991–2020 at Burbank Valley Pump Plt, CA (655 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Santa Monica, CA, from NOAA Tides & Currents. 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 Studio City

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 48 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Studio City: 37 flash floods, 9 thunderstorm wind reports and 2 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $313,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 60 mph, on September 21, 2007. February has had the most flash floods, 17 of 37. Of the 550 California cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 525 have had fewer than Studio City.

  • February 23, 2000: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Studio City — 1 injured.

  • September 22, 2007: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of Studio City — $300,000 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 Studio City's ZIP code 91604 have filed 160 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 1980: 45 claims (28% of all) and $278,000, then Pineapple Express - Southern in 1998 with 32. The year with the most claims was 1998, with 36. 54% 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, 356 have fewer than Studio City.

Flood insurance claims in Studio City by named event
EventClaimsPaid
Flooding198045$278,000
Pineapple Express - Southern199832$83,000

Los Angeles County, which includes Studio City, has been named in 88 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 35 of them major disasters (by incident: 61 fires, 10 floods, 8 severe storms, 3 earthquakes). The latest major disaster declaration was Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds, on January 8, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Los Angeles County a Very High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for inland flooding and lightning; Relatively High for tornadoes, coastal flooding and heat waves; Relatively Moderate for hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $7.60 billion a year, the highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.81 billion (37%), 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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