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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Victorville, CA

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Victorville, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 18 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
18

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Victorville

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s2
  • 2000s1
  • 1990s5
  • 1980s1
  • 1970s6
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Victorville, California
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 25, 1954F212 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
May 18, 1997F111 mi3.5 mi0 / 0
May 18, 1997F112 mi9 mi0 / 0
May 11, 1997F19 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Sep 4, 1976F116 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Sep 9, 2021EF021 mi1.79 mi0 / 0
May 7, 2017EF08 mi0.01 mi0 / 0
Aug 18, 2013EF017 mi1.02 mi0 / 0
Aug 14, 2004F014 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jun 6, 1997F07 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Mar 20, 1991F023 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jul 21, 1986F024 mi0.2 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 18, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Victorville while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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