NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Tracy, 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 Tracy, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 20 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 20
- 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 Tracy
The strongest of the 20 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on April 27, 1953; its path came within 23 miles. Of the 20, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 7 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 10. The most recent tornado was on April 1, 2025. Tracy has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 64% of the 705 California cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 2013, with stones of 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 705 California cities, 72% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Tracy.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Tracy
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s2
- 2000s4
- 1990s5
- 1980s3
- 1970s2
- 1960s2
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 1953 | F2 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 23, 2010 | EF1 | 21 mi | 1.64 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 14, 2006 | F1 | 23 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 31, 1967 | F1 | 16 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 1, 2025 | EF0 | 20 mi | 0.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 11, 2012 | EF0 | 10 mi | 0.25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 26, 2005 | F0 | 1 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 8, 2005 | F0 | 8 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 20, 2005 | F0 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 28, 1998 | F0 | 7 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 19, 1998 | F0 | 20 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 1, 1996 | F0 | 24 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 20, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Tracy
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Tracy, from March 31, 2013: 1 inch (quarter size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Tracy
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Tracy Pumping Plt, CA, 10 miles west of Tracy at 61 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 56°F and 41°F. January is the wettest at 2.5 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 12.3 inches over 31 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 82 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 10 nights a year. That 12.3 inches is more than at 69 of the 226 California stations used on this site (31%). Lathrop, 8 miles northeast, has its own station (Stockton Metro Airport, CA): 13.5 inches a year, 1.2 more than here, and a July average high of 95°F against 93°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56 | 41 | 2.5 | 6 |
| Feb | 62 | 44 | 2.3 | 6 |
| Mar | 67 | 47 | 1.6 | 5 |
| Apr | 73 | 50 | 0.8 | 3 |
| May | 80 | 55 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Jun | 88 | 59 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Jul | 93 | 62 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 93 | 62 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep | 89 | 60 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Oct | 79 | 55 | 0.7 | 1 |
| Nov | 66 | 46 | 1.3 | 3 |
| Dec | 57 | 40 | 2.4 | 6 |
| Year | 75 | 52 | 12.3 | 31 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Tracy Pumping Plt, CA (61 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 Tracy
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 9 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Tracy: 8 floods and 1 flash flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $500,000 in property and crop damage.
February 20, 2017: flash flood 6 miles from the centre of Tracy — $500,000 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 Tracy's 3 ZIP codes have filed 67 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $1.3 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1997: 18 claims (27% of all) and $455,000, then Pineapple Express - Southern in 1998 with 15. 61% 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, 274 have fewer than Tracy.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1997 | 18 | $455,000 |
| Pineapple Express - Southern1998 | 15 | $170,000 |
San Joaquin County, which includes Tracy, 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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