NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Yountville, 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 Yountville, California since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 12 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 12
- 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 Yountville
The strongest of the 12 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on June 1, 1958; its path came within 21 miles. Of the 12, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 5 have come since 2000. December has had the most tornadoes, 4. The most recent tornado was on April 27, 2016. Of the 705 California cities on this site, 52% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Yountville. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 2014, with stones of 0.5 inches (marble size). Of the 705 California cities, 72% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Yountville.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Yountville
By decade
- 2010s3
- 2000s2
- 1990s5
- 1980s1
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 1958 | F2 | 21 mi | 15 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 18, 2011 | EF1 | 19 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 5, 1998 | F1 | 19 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 22, 1996 | F1 | 22 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 2, 1992 | F1 | 21 mi | 7.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 27, 1983 | F1 | 19 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 27, 2016 | EF0 | 15 mi | 0.19 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 7, 2011 | EF0 | 17 mi | 0.11 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 11, 2005 | F0 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 29, 2004 | F0 | 19 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 12, 1998 | F0 | 23 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 23, 1996 | F0 | 18 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 12, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Yountville
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Yountville, from September 26, 2014: 0.5 inches (marble size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Yountville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Sonoma, CA, 9 miles southwest of Yountville at 97 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 54°F; December is the coolest, at 57°F and 38°F. December is the wettest at 5.8 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 28.3 inches over 47 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 44 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 21 nights a year. That 28.3 inches is more than at 175 of the 226 California stations used on this site (77%). Napa, 7 miles southeast, has its own station (Napa State Hospital, CA): 26.7 inches a year, 1.6 less than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57 | 38 | 5.5 | 8 |
| Feb | 62 | 40 | 5.4 | 8 |
| Mar | 65 | 42 | 3.8 | 7 |
| Apr | 69 | 44 | 1.8 | 4 |
| May | 75 | 48 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Jun | 83 | 51 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Jul | 86 | 54 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aug | 86 | 53 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Sep | 85 | 51 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Oct | 78 | 47 | 1.5 | 2 |
| Nov | 65 | 42 | 3.0 | 5 |
| Dec | 57 | 38 | 5.8 | 9 |
| Year | 72 | 46 | 28.3 | 47 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Sonoma, CA (97 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 Yountville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 40 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Yountville: 25 floods, 7 heavy rain events, 6 flash floods, 1 thunderstorm wind report and 1 lightning strike. They killed 1 person and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $147.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 66 mph, on August 16, 2020. January has had the most flash floods, 4 of 6. Of the 550 California cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 202 have had fewer than Yountville.
May 5, 2009: heavy rain event 10 miles from the centre of Yountville — 1 killed, 1 injured, $50,000 damage.
January 1, 2006: flood 6 miles from the centre of Yountville — $147.5 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Yountville's ZIP code 94599 have filed 28 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1982, and were paid $283,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1995: 15 claims (54% of all) and $93,000. 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, 139 have fewer than Yountville.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1995 | 15 | $93,000 |
Napa County, which includes Yountville, has been named in 39 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 24 of them major disasters (by incident: 13 fires, 10 severe storms, 8 floods, 2 biological emergencies). 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 Napa County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for inland flooding; Relatively Moderate for coastal 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 $186.0 million a year, the 27th highest of 58 California counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $89.8 million (48%), 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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