Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Ventura, CA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Oxnard Ventura Co Airport, CA, 6 miles south of Ventura at 36 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 74°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 66°F and 46°F. February is the wettest at 3.3 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 13.0 inches over 19 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 2 days a year, almost all from October. A night below freezing comes less than once a year on average. That 13.0 inches is more than at 80 of the 226 California stations used on this site (35%). Oak View, 9 miles northwest, has its own station (Ojai, CA): 20.6 inches a year, 7.6 more than here, and an August average high of 91°F against 74°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 22 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Ventura: 16 flash floods, 4 thunderstorm wind reports and 2 floods. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 70 mph, on February 16, 2026. January has had the most flash floods, 6 of 16. Of the 550 California cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 400 have had fewer than Ventura.

Flood insurance policyholders in Ventura's 3 ZIP codes have filed 418 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $7.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1983: 125 claims (30% of all) and $1.1 million, then Pineapple Express - Southern in 1998 with 60 and California Atmospheric River in 2023 with 34. The year with the most claims was 2005, with 79. 55% 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, 394 have fewer than Ventura.