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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Westlake Village, 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 Westlake Village, 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

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
13

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

What the records show for Westlake Village

The strongest of the 13 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on November 9, 1982; its path came within 23 miles. Of the 13, none 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 Westlake Village. 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 Westlake Village.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Westlake Village

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s2
  • 2000s2
  • 1990s3
  • 1980s3
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Westlake Village, California
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Nov 9, 1982F223 mi1 mi0 / 0
Nov 9, 1982F114 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Feb 13, 2025EF017 mi0.63 mi0 / 0
Dec 25, 2019EF024 mi0.84 mi0 / 0
Jan 21, 2010EF020 mi1.51 mi0 / 0
Jan 24, 2008EF016 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jan 10, 2005F019 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 1999F015 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
May 13, 1998F014 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Dec 7, 1992F08 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Nov 9, 1982F016 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Apr 18, 1967F022 mi0.3 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 13, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Westlake Village

The Storm Prediction Center has 2 hail reports within 10 miles of Westlake Village 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 Westlake Village

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Camarillo Airport, CA, 14 miles west of Westlake Village 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, 4 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.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Santa Monica, CA, 23 miles southeast, 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, 23 miles from Westlake Village, 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 Camarillo Airport, CA
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Water °F
Jan68452.9458
Feb68462.9558
Mar69472.0358
Apr71490.6159
May72530.3162
Jun75570.1066
Jul78600.0068
Aug80610.0069
Sep80590.1069
Oct76540.5165
Nov73490.9262
Dec68441.7360
Year735212.01963

Averages for 1991–2020 at Camarillo Airport, CA (77 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 Westlake Village

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 17 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Westlake Village: 12 flash floods and 5 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, 322 have had fewer than Westlake Village.

  • January 20, 2010: flash flood 5 miles from the centre of Westlake Village — 1 killed.

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 Westlake Village's 2 ZIP codes have filed 58 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $278,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1983: 17 claims (29% of all) and $72,000, then Pineapple Express - Southern in 1998 with 10. The year with the most claims was 1998, with 12. 48% 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, 255 have fewer than Westlake Village.

Flood insurance claims in Westlake Village by named event
EventClaimsPaid
Flooding198317$72,000
Pineapple Express - Southern199810$16,000

Ventura County, which includes Westlake Village, 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).

What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.

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