NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Thousand Oaks, 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 Thousand Oaks, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 13 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 13
- 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 Thousand Oaks
The strongest of the 13 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on November 9, 1982; its path came within 24 miles. Of the 13, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 5 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on February 13, 2025. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 50% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Thousand Oaks. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 2 times since 1999, with stones up to 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size). Of the 705 California cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Thousand Oaks.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Thousand Oaks
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s2
- 2000s2
- 1990s3
- 1980s3
- 1960s1
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 1982 | F2 | 24 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 9, 1982 | F1 | 17 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 13, 2025 | EF0 | 16 mi | 0.63 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 25, 2019 | EF0 | 22 mi | 0.84 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 21, 2010 | EF0 | 18 mi | 1.51 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 24, 2008 | EF0 | 15 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 10, 2005 | F0 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 1, 1999 | F0 | 16 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 13, 1998 | F0 | 12 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 7, 1992 | F0 | 5 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 9, 1982 | F0 | 15 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 18, 1967 | F0 | 25 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 13, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Thousand Oaks
The Storm Prediction Center has 2 hail reports within 10 miles of Thousand Oaks since 1999. All were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size), fell on January 21, 2010, the most recent report.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Thousand Oaks
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Camarillo Airport, CA, 12 miles west of Thousand Oaks at 77 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 80°F and low of 61°F; December is the coolest, at 68°F and 44°F. January and February are the wettest at 2.9 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 12.0 inches over 19 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 9 days a year, almost all from September to November. Lows fall below freezing on about 1 nights a year. That 12.0 inches is more than at 65 of the 226 California stations used on this site (29%). Oak Park, 6 miles east, has its own station (Woodland Hills Pierce College, CA): 16.5 inches a year, 4.5 more than here, and an August average high of 97°F against 80°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 68 | 45 | 2.9 | 4 |
| Feb | 68 | 46 | 2.9 | 5 |
| Mar | 69 | 47 | 2.0 | 3 |
| Apr | 71 | 49 | 0.6 | 1 |
| May | 72 | 53 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Jun | 75 | 57 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Jul | 78 | 60 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 80 | 61 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep | 80 | 59 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Oct | 76 | 54 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Nov | 73 | 49 | 0.9 | 2 |
| Dec | 68 | 44 | 1.7 | 3 |
| Year | 73 | 52 | 12.0 | 19 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Camarillo Airport, CA (77 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 Thousand Oaks
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 21 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Thousand Oaks: 15 flash floods and 6 thunderstorm wind reports. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $1,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 82 mph, on February 7, 2024. Of the 550 California cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 381 have had fewer than Thousand Oaks.
January 20, 2010: flash flood 2 miles from the centre of Thousand Oaks — 1 killed.
NWS: “A Ventura county man drowned in the Wildwood Park area of Thousand Oaks. The individual was hiking in the park to observe the local creeks that were flooded due to the heavy rainfall.”
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 Thousand Oaks's ZIP code 91360 have filed 22 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $160,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 45% 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, 103 have fewer than Thousand Oaks.
Ventura County, which includes Thousand Oaks, has been named in 53 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 29 of them major disasters (by incident: 28 fires, 10 floods, 7 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 13, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Ventura County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for inland flooding; Relatively Moderate for coastal 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 $762.2 million a year, the 10th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $312.8 million (41%), 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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