Dublin

Population 71,602 (2025)

9 tornadoes have tracked within 25 miles of Dublin since 1950, 0 of them rated EF3 or F3 or stronger; the most recent was on January 23, 2010.

Hazard fingerprint for Dublin Tornado: 9th percentile. Tropical: 0th percentile. Wildfire: 74th percentile. Flood: 87th percentile. Hail & wind: 47th percentile. Heat: 79th percentile. Cold: 34th percentile. Winter: 0th percentile. TORTROPFIREFLOODSEVEREHEATCOLDWINTER

Hazard fingerprint Each spoke is this county’s percentile among U.S. counties where that hazard occurs. How it is computed

2026
  • Tornado damage paths within 25 miles since 19509
  • Wildfire burn scars within 25 miles since 198420
  • Major flood years since 1978, Alameda County7

At a glance

Tornado paths within 25 miles, tropical cyclone tracks within 100 miles and wildfire perimeters within 25 miles of the city centre. Storm events, flood insurance claims and disaster declarations are for Alameda County. Earthquakes within 50 miles, volcanoes within 100 miles and smoke days are measured from the city centre; river and tide gauges, tsunami and landslide records and the drought index are for Alameda County.

Flood insurance claims

568

Alameda County

$4.6 million paid since 1978

Details

Large wildfires within 25 mi

20

Largest: Scu Lightning Complex, 2020

Details

Tornadoes since 1950, within 25 mi

9

0 rated F3/EF3 or stronger

Details

Strongest tornado

F2

January 11, 1951, 5.7 mile path

Largest earthquake within 50 mi

7.9magnitude

April 18, 1906, 35.8 miles away

Details

Federal disaster declarations

24

Most recent: Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, 2023

Details

Record high

116°F

Reached 2 times, most recently September 6, 2022

Details

Record low

18°F

Reached 3 times, most recently December 22, 1990

Details

Tornadoes

About one every 8.4 years since 1950, none rated F3/EF3 or stronger.

Strongest

January 11, 1951

F2, 5.7 mile path

10 yards wide.

Most recent

Saturday, January 23, 2010

EF1, 1.6 mile path

16 years ago.

Tornadoes by decade, within 25 miles Doppler radar era² 1950s: 1 1 1960s: 0 1970s: 0 1980s: 4 4 1990s: 3 3 2000s: 0 2010s: 1 1 2020s: 0 1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
Recorded tornadoes per decade. The 2020s are incomplete.
Tornadoes by month J: 3 3 F: 1 M: 1 A: 1 M: 0 J: 0 J: 0 A: 0 S: 2 O: 0 N: 0 D: 1 JFMAMJJASOND
By month of occurrence, all years.

Every recorded tornado

Tornadoes within 25 miles since 1950
Jan 23, 2010EF11.6200
Feb 19, 1998F00.23000
Apr 25, 1994F00.73000
Dec 17, 1992F00.22300
Sep 18, 1989F00.21000
Sep 18, 1989F00.21000
Mar 29, 1982F00.11000
Jan 14, 1980F10.36710
Jan 11, 1951F25.71000
  1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond this area.
  2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Hurricanes and tropical storms

No tropical storm or hurricane has tracked within 100 miles since records began in 1851.

Wildfire and smoke

20 large fires burned within 25 miles since 1984.

Largest

August 16, 2020

Scu Lightning Complex, 405,644 acres

8.8 miles from the city centre.

Most recent

June 1, 2024

Corral Fire

16,139 acres in total.

Acres burned by large fires within 25 miles, cumulative 1984: 6,9121986: 2,8091991: 1,8401992: 2,5681993: 3,1621994: 1,4851995: 2,1581996: 2,0441998: 2,5752003: 4,9732004: 1,2152005: 6,6362006: 6,2422009: 14,1512013: 3,0252015: 2,5102020: 405,6442024: 16,139 486,088 acres 198519901995200020052010201520202025
Running total of acres burned (line) and each year’s acres (bars).

Every large fire

Large wildfires since 1984
Corral202418.716,139
Scu Lightning Complex20208.8405,644
Tesla201515.52,510
Morgan201310.13,025
Corral200920.412,000
Explosive200920.22,151
Midway200616.26,242
Tesla200515.96,636
Kincaid200423.51,215
Devil200321.54,973
580199811.01,108
Greenridge 6199811.51,467
Unnamed199618.22,044
Unnamed199518.22,158
Wheel 1 2199421.91,485
Unnamed199318.23,162
Unnamed199218.32,568
Tunnel199119.31,840
Unnamed198618.22,809
Site 300 3198420.26,912
  1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

Smokiest year

2020: 49 days

Heavy smoke on 29 days in 2020, the most of any year.

Last 10 years

14.5 days a year

Medium or heavy smoke, 2016 to 2025.

2025

1 day

Medium or heavy smoke. 3 so far in 2026.

Days with medium or heavy smoke overhead, by year 2011: 2 2012: 0 2013: 4 2014: 3 2015: 3 2016: 7 2017: 8 2018: 30 2019: 4 2020: 49 49 2021: 33 2022: 2 2023: 3 2024: 8 2025: 1 201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Days each year on which a satellite-traced plume of medium or heavy smoke covered the city centre, 2011 to 2025.
  1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Floods and flood insurance

568 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $4.6 million paid.

Flood insurance figures are for Alameda County, the county that contains Dublin.

Federal flood insurance claims by year 1978: 21 1979: 7 1980: 17 1981: 6 1982: 72 1983: 40 1986: 25 1993: 5 1995: 33 1996: 11 1997: 19 1998: 103 103 1999: 6 2001: 6 2002: 5 2005: 5 2011: 7 2012: 7 2014: 8 2016: 9 2017: 14 2021: 8 2022: 43 2023: 35 2024: 5 19781983199720052017
Claims per year since 1978. Years with fewer than five claims are not shown.

Most claims in one year

1998: 103 claims

$1.1 million paid.

2nd most

1982: 72 claims

$60,000 paid.

3rd most

2022: 43 claims

$1.2 million paid.

Claims by ZIP code

Flood insurance claims by ZIP code
9461161$161,000
9460551$267,000
9462143$131,000
9450135$527,000
9454627$195,000
9458725$499,000
9454121$217,000
9460121$38,000
9460319$17,000
9461019$20,000
9458816$229,000
9460215$25,000
9461914$71,000
9461813$48,000
9454413$695,000
9450212$207,000
9457911$44,000
9450510$114,000
9470810$5,196
9470510$26,000
945669$278,000
945779$253,000
945529$186,000
945147$75,000
945397$8,015
945867$32,000
945606$0
945365$41,000
945685$4,963
946085$2,715
947065$11,000
947105$35,000

Flood events since 1996

  • Flood152
  • Flash Flood27
  • Heavy Rain15
  • Coastal Flood6

2 deaths recorded in flood events since 1996.

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).

OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges in Alameda County, the county that contains Dublin.

Most severe crest

January 5, 1982

Arroyo de la Laguna at Verona, 22.61 ft

7.61 feet above the 15.0 ft flood stage; moderate flooding by today’s categories.

Most recent moderate or major crest

March 10, 2023

Alameda Creek near Niles, 11.84 ft

Moderate flooding.

Highest river crests above flood stage
Jan 5, 1982Arroyo de la Laguna at Verona22.61+7.61Moderate
Jan 24, 1983Arroyo de la Laguna at Verona22.04+7.04Moderate
Dec 23, 1955Alameda Creek near Niles14.90+5.90Moderate
Feb 3, 1998Alameda Creek near Niles14.83+5.83Moderate
Feb 19, 1986Alameda Creek near Niles14.77+5.77Moderate
Apr 3, 1958Alameda Creek near Niles14.17+5.17Moderate
Jan 13, 1980Arroyo de la Laguna at Verona20.11+5.11Moderate
Jan 12, 1952Alameda Creek near Niles13.92+4.92Moderate
Mar 22, 1995Alameda Creek near Niles13.55+4.55Moderate
Jan 5, 1982Alameda Creek near Niles12.96+3.96Moderate
Jan 27, 1983Alameda Creek near Niles12.86+3.86Moderate
Nov 19, 1950Alameda Creek near Niles12.50+3.50Moderate
Jan 9, 1995Arroyo de la Laguna at Verona18.21+3.21Moderate
Feb 19, 1980Alameda Creek near Niles12.08+3.08Moderate
Jan 18, 1973Arroyo de la Laguna at Verona18.07+3.07Moderate
Mar 10, 2023Alameda Creek near Niles11.84+2.84Moderate
Jan 13, 1993Arroyo de la Laguna at Verona17.81+2.81Moderate
Feb 11, 1938Alameda Creek near Niles11.46+2.46Moderate
Jan 13, 1993Alameda Creek near Niles11.25+2.25Moderate
Jan 9, 1995Alameda Creek near Niles11.20+2.20Moderate
Jan 22, 1967Alameda Creek near Niles11.15+2.15Moderate
Feb 27, 1940Alameda Creek near Niles10.60+1.60Moderate
Feb 2, 1945Alameda Creek near Niles10.54+1.54Moderate
Jan 9, 1995Alameda Creek above Div Dam near Sunol7.96+1.96Minor
Feb 1, 1963Alameda Creek near Niles10.48+1.48Minor

River gauges

River gauges and their highest listed crests
Alameda Creek above Div Dam near Sunol6.07.96 ftJan 9, 19950
Alameda Creek near Niles9.014.90 ftDec 23, 19550
Alamo Canal near Pleasanton21.6——0
Arroyo De La Laguna - Hwy 84 at Sunol17.1——0
Arroyo Las Positas above El Charro Rd12.7——0
Arroyo de la Laguna at Verona15.022.61 ftJan 5, 19820
Crow Creek near Hayward38.3——0
San Lorenzo Creek (Alameda) above Hayward24.6——0
  1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

High tide flooding

Tide gauges in Alameda County.

Most in one year, Alameda

10 days

May 1982 to April 1983.

Last ten years

0.6 days a year

At Alameda, 2016–26.

Moderate or major

1 day

Since 1980, 0 of them major.

High tide flooding days per year at Alameda 1980: 0 1981: 0 1982: 10 10 1983: 1 1984: 0 1985: 0 1986: 0 1987: 0 1988: 0 1989: 0 1990: 0 1991: 0 1992: 0 1993: 1 1994: 0 1995: 0 1996: 0 1997: 2 1998: 0 1999: 0 2000: 0 2001: 0 2002: 0 2003: 2 2004: 5 2005: 2 2006: 0 2007: 0 2008: 0 2009: 0 2010: 0 2011: 0 2012: 0 2013: 0 2014: 0 2015: 0 2016: 1 2017: 0 2018: 0 2019: 0 2020: 0 2021: 0 2022: 0 2023: 0 2024: 1 2025: 4 19801990200020102020
Days at or above NOAA’s minor high tide flooding threshold, each meteorological year (May to April) from 1920. Years with less than 80 percent of data are left out.
  1. High tide flooding days are days on which a NOAA tide gauge recorded water at or above NOAA's minor flood threshold, set from the gauge's tide range, counted by meteorological year (May to April). These are the counts in NOAA's annual high tide flooding reports; they are not National Weather Service flood stages. Years with less than 80 percent of data are left out.

NOAA CO-OPS high tide flooding counts, through April 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Drought

In severe drought or worse for 207 of 1,581 months since 1895 (13%); the longest spell lasted 23 months.

The drought index is for Alameda County, the county that contains Dublin.

207

Months in severe drought or worse since 1895

101

Months in extreme drought

13%

Share of all months, severe or worse

Lowest reading

July 2021

−8.28, extreme drought

Longest severe spell

23 months

January 1976 to November 1977.

Latest month

September 2026

−2.11, moderate drought

Last severe month: November 2022.

Months in severe drought or worse, by year 1895: 0 1896: 0 1897: 0 1898: 8 1899: 2 1900: 0 1901: 0 1902: 0 1903: 0 1904: 0 1905: 0 1906: 0 1907: 0 1908: 0 1909: 0 1910: 0 1911: 0 1912: 0 1913: 8 1914: 0 1915: 0 1916: 0 1917: 0 1918: 6 1919: 0 1920: 0 1921: 0 1922: 0 1923: 0 1924: 8 1925: 0 1926: 0 1927: 0 1928: 0 1929: 1 1930: 0 1931: 8 1932: 0 1933: 0 1934: 0 1935: 0 1936: 0 1937: 0 1938: 0 1939: 1 1940: 0 1941: 0 1942: 0 1943: 0 1944: 0 1945: 0 1946: 0 1947: 0 1948: 1 1949: 0 1950: 0 1951: 0 1952: 0 1953: 0 1954: 0 1955: 0 1956: 0 1957: 0 1958: 0 1959: 7 1960: 8 1961: 3 1962: 0 1963: 0 1964: 0 1965: 0 1966: 0 1967: 0 1968: 0 1969: 0 1970: 0 1971: 0 1972: 6 1973: 0 1974: 0 1975: 0 1976: 12 12 1977: 11 1978: 0 1979: 0 1980: 0 1981: 0 1982: 0 1983: 0 1984: 0 1985: 0 1986: 0 1987: 4 1988: 11 1989: 6 1990: 9 1991: 2 1992: 0 1993: 0 1994: 0 1995: 0 1996: 0 1997: 6 1998: 0 1999: 0 2000: 0 2001: 0 2002: 0 2003: 0 2004: 0 2005: 0 2006: 0 2007: 7 2008: 8 2009: 1 2010: 0 2011: 0 2012: 1 2013: 7 2014: 11 2015: 10 2016: 0 2017: 0 2018: 1 2019: 0 2020: 11 2021: 11 2022: 11 2023: 0 2024: 0 2025: 0 18951905191519251935194519551965197519851995200520152025
Months each year with a Palmer index of −3 or lower, 1895 to 2025. Twelve means the whole year.
  1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis and landslides

162 earthquakes of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles since 1900; the largest was magnitude 7.9 in 1906.

1,165

Magnitude 3+ within 50 miles since 1973

162

Magnitude 4+ within 50 miles since 1900

24

Magnitude 5+ within 50 miles since 1900

Largest within 50 miles

April 18, 1906

Magnitude 7.9

The 1906 San Francisco, California Earthquake; 35.8 miles away, 7.3 miles deep.

Most recent, magnitude 3 or more

September 27, 2026

Magnitude 3.3

27 km WSW of Westley, CA; 31.9 miles away.

Earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles, by year 1973: 4 1974: 28 1975: 29 1976: 39 1977: 38 1978: 16 1979: 35 1980: 59 1981: 17 1982: 15 1983: 14 1984: 69 1985: 23 1986: 55 1987: 31 1988: 23 1989: 177 177 1990: 38 1991: 24 1992: 9 1993: 12 1994: 12 1995: 13 1996: 6 1997: 26 1998: 11 1999: 5 2000: 12 2001: 10 2002: 14 2003: 19 2004: 13 2005: 9 2006: 13 2007: 12 2008: 13 2009: 13 2010: 13 2011: 16 2012: 8 2013: 6 2014: 9 2015: 18 2016: 4 2017: 9 2018: 15 2019: 11 2020: 10 2021: 11 2022: 13 2023: 18 2024: 10 2025: 23 19731978198319881993199820032008201320182023
Per year, 1973 to 2025.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

Earthquakes of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles
Apr 2, 20264.643.26.51 km SE of Boulder Creek, CA
Feb 2, 20264.23.85.94 km SE of San Ramon, CA
Sep 22, 20254.322.04.72 km ESE of Berkeley, CA
Oct 18, 20234.231.65.35 km SW of Isleton, CA
Sep 18, 20234.538.12.215 km SW of Westley, CA
Oct 25, 20225.130.55.215km ESE of Alum Rock, CA
Jun 2, 20224.125.611.57km NW of Bay Point, CA
Oct 14, 20194.517.78.71km SSE of Pleasant Hill, CA
Jul 16, 20194.310.47.712km WSW of Byron, CA
Jan 4, 20184.421.97.62km SE of Berkeley, CA
Oct 9, 20174.130.46.014 km ESE of East Foothills, California
Aug 17, 20154.020.12.91 km N of Piedmont, California
Aug 24, 20146.041.36.9The 2014 South Napa, California Earthquake
Jan 7, 20114.132.46.015 km E of Seven Trees, California
Jan 7, 20104.017.16.711 km ENE of Milpitas, California
Mar 30, 20094.333.54.417 km NNE of Morgan Hill, California
Sep 5, 20084.111.69.53km ENE of Alamo, CA
Oct 30, 20075.520.66.16 km NNE of East Foothills, California
Jul 20, 20074.217.33.34 km ESE of Piedmont, California
Mar 1, 20074.217.19.91 km NNE of Lafayette, California
Jun 15, 20064.347.91.810 km E of San Martin, California
May 8, 20054.148.05.37 km SSE of Moskowite Corner, California
Feb 5, 20054.231.44.518 km W of Diablo Grande, California
Sep 4, 20034.019.96.82 km NNE of Piedmont, California
Feb 2, 20034.03.49.94 km SE of San Ramon, California
Feb 2, 20034.02.99.74 km N of Dublin, California
Feb 25, 20014.428.64.411 km ESE of East Foothills, California
Aug 17, 19994.645.14.80 km S of Bolinas, California
May 21, 19964.726.44.78 km ESE of East Foothills, California
Sep 13, 19954.247.74.88 km E of San Martin, California
Jun 26, 19944.025.33.80 km NW of Kensington, California
Aug 11, 19934.730.45.514 km ESE of Alum Rock, California
Feb 15, 19924.015.910.113 km SSW of Mountain House, California
Apr 20, 19914.123.44.311 km ENE of East Foothills, California
Mar 10, 19914.07.811.63 km NNE of Livermore, California
Jun 30, 19904.122.14.76 km NE of East Foothills, California
Apr 27, 19904.211.84.84 km SSE of North Gate, California
Apr 27, 19904.411.84.13 km SSE of North Gate, California
Apr 6, 19904.411.84.93 km SSE of North Gate, California
Nov 7, 19894.233.96.22 km W of Monte Sereno, California
Nov 5, 19894.244.98.04 km NW of Day Valley, California
Nov 4, 19894.044.28.26 km NW of Day Valley, California
Nov 1, 19894.744.95.46 km NE of Day Valley, California
Oct 30, 19894.044.85.76 km NE of Day Valley, California
Oct 25, 19894.049.310.01 km N of Corralitos, California
Oct 24, 19894.743.75.97 km NE of Day Valley, California
Oct 22, 19894.049.510.31 km N of Corralitos, California
Oct 21, 19894.744.89.34 km NW of Day Valley, California
Oct 20, 19894.545.77.82 km NNE of Day Valley, California
Oct 20, 19894.037.69.37 km WNW of Lexington Hills, California
Oct 19, 19894.342.75.98 km NW of Day Valley, California
Oct 18, 19894.447.66.6Northern California
Oct 17, 19894.247.910.72 km SE of Day Valley, California
Oct 17, 19894.338.26.43 km WNW of Lexington Hills, California
Oct 17, 19894.145.18.33 km NW of Day Valley, California
Oct 17, 19894.340.39.23 km SSW of Lexington Hills, California
Oct 17, 19894.040.49.23 km SSW of Lexington Hills, California
Oct 17, 19894.247.31.26 km NNE of Corralitos, California
Oct 17, 19894.548.6-0.26 km ENE of Corralitos, California
Oct 17, 19894.038.75.22 km W of Lexington Hills, California
Oct 17, 19895.137.39.57 km SW of Monte Sereno, California
Oct 17, 19894.338.26.51 km WNW of Lexington Hills, California
Oct 17, 19894.241.59.65 km SSW of Lexington Hills, California
Oct 17, 19894.846.33.47 km NNE of Corralitos, California
Oct 17, 19894.038.56.30 km WSW of Lexington Hills, California
Oct 17, 19894.036.05.73 km SSW of Los Gatos, California
Oct 17, 19894.142.72.18 km NNW of Day Valley, California
Oct 17, 19894.449.58.92 km NE of Corralitos, California
Oct 17, 19894.338.27.05 km WNW of Lexington Hills, California
Oct 17, 19894.637.63.21 km NNW of Lexington Hills, California
Oct 17, 19894.238.35.91 km W of Lexington Hills, California
Oct 17, 19894.048.12.88 km NE of Corralitos, California
Oct 17, 19894.344.31.87 km NW of Day Valley, California
Oct 17, 19894.444.66.54 km NW of Day Valley, California
Oct 17, 19894.733.15.82 km SSW of Cambrian Park, California
Oct 17, 19896.947.010.7The 1989 Loma Prieta, California Earthquake
Aug 8, 19894.538.49.22 km E of Lexington Hills, California
Aug 8, 19894.339.58.04 km ESE of Lexington Hills, California
Aug 8, 19895.439.38.34 km ESE of Lexington Hills, California
Jun 21, 19894.323.812.34 km NE of Pittsburg, California
Apr 3, 19894.520.87.06 km NE of East Foothills, California
Dec 30, 19884.332.44.415 km E of Seven Trees, California
Nov 9, 19884.825.35.27 km E of East Foothills, California
Jun 27, 19885.340.67.98 km ESE of Lexington Hills, California
Jun 20, 19884.145.74.98 km ENE of San Martin, California
Jun 12, 19885.323.95.66 km E of East Foothills, California
Oct 21, 19874.49.86.312 km N of Livermore, California
May 10, 19874.017.12.74 km ESE of Piedmont, California
Jan 19, 19874.242.74.19 km ENE of Morgan Hill, California
Dec 29, 19864.019.04.38 km NNE of East Foothills, California
Dec 11, 19864.116.41.516 km SSE of Livermore, California
Oct 10, 19864.28.25.61 km SSW of Diablo, California
Sep 2, 19864.032.95.416 km E of Seven Trees, California
Mar 31, 19865.720.05.315 km NE of East Foothills, California
Mar 29, 19864.120.27.22 km W of Orinda, California
Sep 26, 19844.428.44.711 km ESE of East Foothills, California
Jun 5, 19844.235.62.715 km NNE of Morgan Hill, California
May 3, 19844.233.25.416 km N of Morgan Hill, California
Apr 24, 19846.230.55.1The 1984 Morgan Hill, California Earthquake
Mar 26, 19844.312.44.43 km ENE of San Leandro, California
Mar 17, 19844.110.17.010 km NNE of Livermore, CA
Aug 18, 19824.548.07.48 km NE of Corralitos, California
Apr 25, 19814.141.78.28 km N of Day Valley, California
Mar 3, 19814.411.57.25 km E of Fremont, California
Jan 15, 19814.825.35.57 km E of East Foothills, California
Aug 24, 19804.015.91.815 km SSE of Livermore, California
Jan 27, 19804.110.57.711 km E of Blackhawk, California
Jan 26, 19805.410.68.89 km NE of Livermore, California
Jan 24, 19804.612.35.810 km SW of Brentwood, California
Jan 24, 19804.412.06.810 km SW of Brentwood, California
Jan 24, 19804.810.32.311 km E of Blackhawk, California
Jan 24, 19804.011.24.111 km WSW of Byron, California
Jan 24, 19805.19.34.111 km E of Blackhawk, California
Jan 24, 19805.811.19.0The 1980 Livermore, California Earthquake
Aug 6, 19794.322.63.76km NNE of Mountain House, CA
Aug 6, 19795.847.35.2The 1979 Coyote Lake, California Earthquake
May 7, 19794.831.94.415 km E of Seven Trees, California
Apr 27, 19794.432.89.42 km N of Pacifica, California
Aug 28, 19784.126.95.29 km ESE of East Foothills, California
Jun 20, 19774.413.97.010 km ESE of Livermore, California
Jan 8, 19774.320.57.45 km NNE of Orinda, California
Jan 8, 19774.020.18.65 km NNE of Orinda, California
Aug 20, 19764.07.05.22 km NNE of San Ramon, California
Oct 27, 19744.242.64.19 km ENE of Morgan Hill, California
Nov 12, 19734.236.310.64 km SW of Los Gatos, California
Oct 3, 19734.640.13.710 km NE of Morgan Hill, California
Jun 11, 19704.66.35.63 km SW of Blackhawk, California
Jan 2, 19704.030.7—5 km WSW of Cupertino, California
Sep 28, 19674.936.85.011 km NNE of Morgan Hill, California
Sep 7, 19674.347.55.05 km NNE of Corralitos, California
Sep 10, 19654.920.7—1 km WNW of Antioch, California
Nov 15, 19645.247.0—7 km WSW of San Martin, California
May 22, 19634.638.4—0 km W of Loma Mar, California
Dec 11, 19584.736.7—7 km WNW of Broadmoor, California
Oct 1, 19574.042.13.716km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA
Mar 23, 19574.234.0—Near Daly City, California (Aftershock)
Mar 22, 19575.332.3—The 1957 San Francisco, California Earthquake
Sep 4, 19555.838.99.37 km NNW of Boulder Creek, California
Dec 16, 19544.512.9—2 km ESE of San Leandro, California
May 27, 19414.544.7—10 km WSW of Morgan Hill, California
Dec 1, 19384.515.8—12 km NE of Milpitas, California
Feb 12, 19384.549.8—2 km ESE of Pasatiempo, California
Mar 8, 19374.517.6—3 km SE of Piedmont, California
Dec 13, 19335.036.1—3 km SW of Los Gatos, California
May 16, 19334.59.8—1 km ENE of Union City, California
Nov 3, 19324.941.1—5 km NW of Boulder Creek, California
Jun 14, 19324.533.7—5 km WSW of Saratoga, California
Aug 8, 19284.826.7—1 km NNW of Buena Vista, California
Apr 3, 19244.529.4—14 km ESE of East Foothills, California
Nov 25, 19194.544.1—5 km NNE of Day Valley, California
Oct 26, 19174.027.9—Near San Jose, California
Aug 8, 19164.042.6—Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Oct 7, 19154.520.9—Near Piedmont, California
Dec 28, 19144.540.6—Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Nov 8, 19145.538.2—Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Sep 12, 19124.530.6—Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Jul 1, 19116.544.26.2Near Morgan Hill, California
Feb 14, 19094.528.6—Near Rio Vista, California
Apr 18, 19067.935.87.3The 1906 San Francisco, California Earthquake
Aug 2, 19036.229.2—Near San Jose, California
Jun 11, 19036.136.1—Near San Jose, California
May 19, 19025.440.3—South of Elmira, California
  1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the city centre.
  2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Tsunamis

Tsunami records for Alameda County.

Highest water recorded

Oct 21, 1868

14.8 ft, San Francisco Bay, CA

From N. California (magnitude 6.8 earthquake).

On record

18 tsunamis

Since 1868.

Tsunamis recorded here
Jul 29, 2025Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, M8.81.110
Jan 15, 2022Tonga Islands0.810
Jul 29, 2021Kodiak Island, AK, M8.20.210
Sep 16, 2015Central Chile, M8.30.210
Oct 28, 2012British Columbia, M7.70.410
Mar 11, 2011Honshu Island, M9.12.030
Feb 27, 2010Central Chile, M8.80.410
May 3, 2006Tonga, M8.00.110
Oct 4, 1994S. Kuril Islands, M8.30.110
Apr 25, 1992Cape Mendocino, N. California, M7.20.110
May 16, 1968Off East Coast Of Honshu Island, M8.20.310
Mar 28, 1964Prince William Sound, AK, M9.24.020
May 22, 1960Southern Chile, M9.51.020
Mar 9, 1957Andreanof Islands, AK, M8.60.610
Nov 4, 1952Kamchatka, M9.01.310
Mar 4, 1952Se. Hokkaido Island, M8.10.110
Apr 1, 1946Unimak Island, AK, M8.60.710
Oct 21, 1868N. California, M6.814.820
  1. Places where NOAA's Global Historical Tsunami Database records a tsunami's water arriving, with the greatest height it reached above sea level at the time. Only tsunamis NOAA rates probable or definite are counted. Heights from eyewitness accounts and tide gauges are mixed, and older events are less completely recorded.

NOAA NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Volcanoes within 100 miles

Volcanoes within 100 miles
Clear Lake Volcanic Field98.7High4,721
  1. U.S. volcanoes within 100 miles, from the USGS Volcano Hazards Program. The threat category is the USGS 2018 National Volcanic Threat Assessment, which ranks volcanoes by how hazardous their past eruptions were and how many people and how much infrastructure lie near them. It is not a forecast of eruption.

USGS Volcano Hazards Program, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Landslides mapped in Alameda County.

16,810

Landslides mapped, probable or better

14,176

With a recorded date

7

Source inventories

Mapped by USGS CA East SF Bay 2016-2017 (10,614), USGS CA Crow Creek 1998 (3,325), CA GS (2,173), USGS CA Walpert Ridge 1998 (565), USGS CA SF Bay Dec 2022 - Jan 2023 (64), USGS Earthquake-Triggered Ground Failure (53) and 1 more.

  1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

Severe weather and other events

609 events in the National Weather Service record for Alameda County, 602 of them since 1996.

0

Hail reports, 1 inch or larger

0

Hail, 2 inches or larger

2

Damaging gusts, 58 mph+

1

Winter weather events since 1996

34

Heat events since 1996

6

Cold events since 1996

Largest hail

February 9, 1999

0.75 inches

Strongest measured or estimated gust

December 28, 1964

71 mph

More event types since 1996

Other Storm Events types since 1996
High surf and sneaker waves100Apr 7, 2017
Lightning200Aug 23, 2020
Dense fog and smoke2600Dec 9, 2019
Debris flows2100Jan 17, 2023
Tsunamis100Mar 11, 2011

Costliest events since 1996

  1. Apr 6, 2006Debris Flow, East Bay Interior Valleys$11.0 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    Strong April storms brought heavy rain to much of Alameda County. Landslides, eroding hillsides and cracked pavement was the result of the persistent rainfall - prompting nearly $10 million damage to county roadways. Oversatureated earth also caused landslide or erosion problems on private properties which spilled over onto county rights-of-way.

  2. Dec 31, 2005Flood$8.8 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    Widespread flooding affected the county during the severe winter storm. Approximately 2 to 4 inches of rain fell in less than a 24 hour period, causing urban and small stream flooding. The most severe flooding occurred in San Leandro, Alameda, Oakland and Berkeley. Much of the damage was done to Public Property, mainly City and County facilities. An Oakland man was killed falling down his stairs during a storm related power outage. The flooding continued into the first few days of January 2006..

  3. Jan 1, 2006Flood$8.8 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    Flooding that began on December 31st continued into the New Year. Approximately 2 to 4 inches of rain fell in a 24 hour period, causing widespread flooding in San Leandro, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. Much of the damage was done to Public Property, mainly City and County facilities.

  4. Jan 19, 2017Hail$5.0 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    Damage dollar amounts is a low estimate. Impacts are not fully known, but any individual car crash would likely exceed this amount.

  5. Oct 13, 2009High Wind, San Francisco Bay Shoreline$2.5 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    High winds were reported throughout San Francisco Bay shoreline. Here are other measured peak wind gust reports from automated systems: Point San Pablo Bay Area Air Quality Management District - 74 mph and San Francisco Airport - 62 mph. The high winds knocked down power lines and trees causing hundreds of thousands of people to lose power. A huge oak tree crushed a house in Redwood City and brought down power lines. Also in Redwood City, dozens of trees were toppled, including at least two that hit houses or parked cars. Within San Mateo County at least 47 trees and 31 sets of power lines were knocked over. In Los Altos, three power lines and 18 trees were knocked down. Several…

  6. Mar 24, 2011Debris Flow, East Bay Interior Valleys$1.6 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    A landslide in the City of San Pablo affected six homes and two city parcels. The area affected was along Wyman Street and Hillcrest Road. Throughout Contra Costa County, nearly $16 million worth of damage occurred due to the March storms.

  7. Dec 2, 2011Strong Wind, East Bay Interior Valleys$1.3 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    Wind has been blamed for spreading a fire that damaged 10 condominium units in the Walnut Creek area (200 block of County Brook Loop near Alcosta Blvd). Four other two bedroom condos had less serious damage. One resident was injured when they jumped out of their burning condo to the ground. The cause of the fire is unknown, but wind played a large part in spreading the fire.

  8. Dec 5, 1996Heavy Rain$1.0 million
  9. Dec 5, 1996Heavy Rain$1.0 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    Wide spread heavy precipatation from Pacific storm. SFO 1.4" santa Cruz 2.0", Boulder Creek 2.3" Kentfield 2.0". Large pine tree fell through home in Oakland due to the wet soil and wind in the storm. power was out to as many as 3500 people in the area. Traffic accidents were nearly double normal with 200 during the afternoon commute.

  10. Oct 24, 2016Strong Wind, San Francisco Bay Shoreline$1.0 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    An 80-foot elm tree, three feet in diameter, was blown down in Berkeley and landed on an apartment building on College Avenue near Alcatraz Ave. No one was hurt and there was minimal structural damage.

  1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

Weather records

From Livermore, 8.3 miles from the city centre, with records from 1903.

All-time high
116°F2 times, most recently Sep 6, 2022
All-time low
18°F3 times, most recently Dec 22, 1990
Warmest night
79°FJul 23, 2006
Coldest day
33°F2 times, most recently Jan 22, 1962
Wettest day
3.97 inSep 12, 1918
Snowiest day
3.0 inJan 24, 1949
Hottest year
2014mean 63.4°F
Coldest year
1963mean 56.4°F
Wettest year
198332.37 in
Driest year
20134.50 in
Average monthly high and low temperature and precipitation, last 30 years, Livermore 32°F 58° 39° 2.8 Jan 62° 41° 2.6 Feb 67° 43° 1.9 Mar 72° 46° 1.1 Apr 78° 50° 0.4 May 85° 54° 0.1 Jun 90° 57° 0.0 Jul 90° 57° 0.0 Aug 87° 55° 0.1 Sep 78° 50° 0.8 Oct 66° 43° 1.6 Nov 58° 40° 2.8 Dec Precipitation, inches
Average daily high and low by month, and average monthly precipitation, over the last 30 years.
Days reaching 95°F per year 1976: 31 1977: 37 1978: 45 1979: 39 1980: 34 1981: 36 1982: 14 1983: 28 1984: 50 1985: 30 1986: 22 1987: 24 1988: 38 1989: 16 1990: 24 1991: 23 1992: 22 1993: 19 1994: 20 1995: 24 1996: 37 1997: 17 1998: 30 1999: 23 2000: 30 2001: 35 2002: 33 2003: 40 2004: 24 2005: 34 2006: 36 2007: 19 2008: 32 2009: 38 2010: 19 2011: 24 2012: 32 2013: 23 2014: 34 2015: 28 2016: 31 2017: 38 2018: 24 2019: 26 2021: 44 2022: 55 2023: 38 2024: 60 60 2025: 33 19761986199620062016
Days reaching 95°F each complete year, last 50 years. Thirty-year average: 32.3.

Station Livermore (USC00044997), 529 ft elevation, 8.3 miles from the city centre. Daily records from 1903 to October 26, 2026; 97.6% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

Federal disaster declarations

24 since 1953. The most recent: Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, April 3, 2023.

Declarations for Alameda County.

Federal disaster declarations
Apr 3, 2023Severe StormSevere Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and MudslidesMajor disasterDR-4699-CA
Jan 14, 2023FloodSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and MudslidesMajor disasterDR-4683-CA
Jan 9, 2023FloodSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, and MudslidesEmergencyEM-3591-CA
Mar 22, 2020BiologicalCovid-19 PandemicMajor disasterDR-4482-CA
Mar 13, 2020BiologicalCovid-19EmergencyEM-3428-CA
Apr 1, 2017FloodSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, and MudslidesMajor disasterDR-4308-CA
Mar 16, 2017FloodSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, and MudslidesMajor disasterDR-4305-CA
Feb 14, 2017Severe StormSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, and MudslidesMajor disasterDR-4301-CA
Jun 5, 2006Severe StormSevere Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and MudslidesMajor disasterDR-1646-CA
Feb 3, 2006Severe StormSevere Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and LandslidesMajor disasterDR-1628-CA
Sep 13, 2005HurricaneHurricane Katrina EvacuationEmergencyEM-3248-CA
Feb 9, 1998Severe StormSevere Winter Storms and FloodingMajor disasterDR-1203-CA
Jan 4, 1997Severe StormSevere Storms, Flooding, Mud and LandslidesMajor disasterDR-1155-CA
Mar 12, 1995Severe StormSevere Winter Storms, Flooding Landslides, Mud FlowMajor disasterDR-1046-CA
Jan 10, 1995Severe StormSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, Mud FlowsMajor disasterDR-1044-CA
Oct 22, 1991FireOakland Hills FireMajor disasterDR-919-CA
Feb 11, 1991FreezingSevere FreezeMajor disasterDR-894-CA
Oct 18, 1989EarthquakeLoma Prieta EarthquakeMajor disasterDR-845-CA
Feb 21, 1986FloodSevere Storms & FloodingMajor disasterDR-758-CA
Feb 9, 1983Coastal StormCoastal Storms, Floods, Slides & TornadoesMajor disasterDR-677-CA
Jan 7, 1982FloodSevere Storms, Flood, Mudslides & High TideMajor disasterDR-651-CA
Jan 20, 1977DroughtDroughtEmergencyEM-3023-CA
Sep 29, 1970FireForest & Brush FiresMajor disasterDR-295-CA
Feb 16, 1970FloodSevere Storms & FloodingMajor disasterDR-283-CA

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).

OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Sources and vintage

Every number on this page comes from these public records.

  • Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
  • Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
  • Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
  • Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
  • Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
  • Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
  • Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00044997.
  • River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
  • Tide gauges NOAA CO-OPS high tide flooding counts, retrieved October 30, 2026.
  • Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
  • Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
  • Tsunamis NOAA NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database.
  • Volcanoes USGS Volcano Hazards Program, U.S. volcanoes and 2018 threat assessment.
  • Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
  • Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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