NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Wheatland, 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 Wheatland, 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 Wheatland
The strongest of the 20 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on February 7, 1978; its path came within 21 miles. Of the 20, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 13 have come since 2000. March has had the most tornadoes, 6. The most recent tornado was on February 2, 2019. Wheatland has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 64% of the 705 California cities on this site.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Wheatland
By decade
- 2010s10
- 2000s3
- 1990s3
- 1980s2
- 1970s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 1978 | F2 | 21 mi | 1.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 22, 2012 | EF1 | 19 mi | 4.02 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 22, 2012 | EF1 | 6 mi | 0.29 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 22, 2012 | EF1 | 11 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 17, 1992 | F1 | 20 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 22, 1983 | F1 | 20 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 2, 2019 | EF0 | 12 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 21, 2018 | EF0 | 5 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 9, 2017 | EF0 | 14 mi | 0.18 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 26, 2014 | EF0 | 18 mi | 4.02 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 26, 2014 | EF0 | 16 mi | 0.63 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 22, 2012 | EF0 | 14 mi | 0.38 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 Wheatland
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Wheatland since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Wheatland
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Marysville Yuba Co Airport, CA, 9 miles northwest of Wheatland at 62 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 96°F and low of 61°F; December is the coolest, at 55°F and 38°F. January is the wettest at 3.8 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 20.1 inches over 38 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 99 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 23 nights a year. That 20.1 inches is more than at 141 of the 226 California stations used on this site (62%). Lincoln, 11 miles southeast, has its own station (Auburn, CA): 36.1 inches a year, 16.0 more than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 96°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 56 | 38 | 3.8 | 6 |
| Feb | 60 | 41 | 3.7 | 6 |
| Mar | 66 | 43 | 2.9 | 6 |
| Apr | 73 | 46 | 1.4 | 3 |
| May | 82 | 52 | 0.9 | 2 |
| Jun | 90 | 58 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Jul | 96 | 61 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 95 | 60 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Sep | 90 | 56 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Oct | 79 | 49 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Nov | 64 | 41 | 2.2 | 4 |
| Dec | 55 | 38 | 3.7 | 7 |
| Year | 75 | 49 | 20.1 | 38 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Marysville Yuba Co Airport, CA (62 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 Wheatland
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 15 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Wheatland: 12 floods, 2 thunderstorm wind reports and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $549.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 58 mph, on May 9, 2005.
February 7, 2024: flood 9 miles from the centre of Wheatland — 1 killed.
February 12, 2017: flood 5 miles from the centre of Wheatland — $549.0 million 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
Yuba County, which includes Wheatland, has been named in 28 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 18 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 fires, 7 floods, 6 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Wildfires, on October 16, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Yuba County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for inland flooding; Relatively Low for lightning and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $46.3 million a year, the 45th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $24.9 million (54%), 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.