California
58 counties2 tornadoes rated F3/EF3+368 county disaster declarations
California has recorded 486 tornadoes since 1950, 31st among the states; 2 tropical storms and hurricanes within 50 miles since 1851; 25.24 million acres burned by large wildfires since 1984.
2025
- Tornadoes rated F2/EF2+ since 1950
- Tropical cyclone tracks since 1851
- Large wildfires since 1984
Statewide totals
Unique events: a tornado that crossed three counties counts once.
- Tornadoes since 1950
- 486
- 31st of 51
- Rated F3/EF3 or stronger
- 2
- 40th of 51
- Tropical cyclones within 50 mi
- 2
- 31st of 51
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- —
- Acres burned since 1984
- 25.2M
- 1,861 large fires
- Flood insurance claims
- 53,270
- $758 million paid
County leaders
Where in California each hazard has struck most.
Most tornadoes
Most tropical cyclones within 50 mi
Most acres burned
- 1Siskiyou County1.90M
- 2Trinity County1.66M
- 3Plumas County1.38M
- 4San Diego County1.28M
- 5Tehama County1.23M
Most flood claims
- 1Los Angeles County9,104
- 2Sonoma County7,403
- 3Sacramento County3,864
- 4Orange County3,839
- 5Marin County3,301
Notable events
The strongest tornadoes, hurricanes and fires in California’s record. Each opens its own page.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
- Nora 1997Tropical storm
- Katrina 1967Tropical storm
Wildfires
Every county
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Cities
Places of 10,000 people or more with their own records.
- Los Angeles
- San Diego
- San Jose
- San Francisco
- Fresno
- Sacramento
- Long Beach
- Oakland
- Bakersfield
- Anaheim
- Stockton
- Riverside
- Irvine
- Santa Ana
- Chula Vista
- Santa Clarita
- Fremont
- San Bernardino
- Fontana
- Modesto
- Moreno Valley
- Oxnard
- Huntington Beach
- Glendale
- Ontario
- Elk Grove
- Santa Rosa
- Rancho Cucamonga
- Oceanside
- Garden Grove
- Lancaster
- Roseville
- Palmdale
- Corona
- Salinas
- Hayward
- Sunnyvale
- Pomona
- Visalia
- Escondido
- Victorville
- Fullerton
- Torrance
- Orange
- Pasadena
- Santa Clara
- Clovis
- Simi Valley
- Vallejo
- Concord
- Fairfield
- Thousand Oaks
- Berkeley
- Antioch
- Menifee
- Temecula
- Richmond
- Murrieta
- Carlsbad
- Santa Maria
- Ventura
- Costa Mesa
- Downey
- Jurupa Valley
- Rialto
- West Covina
- Chico
- El Monte
- Vacaville
- San Mateo
- Burbank
- Hesperia
- Tracy
- El Cajon
- Inglewood
- Daly City
- Merced
- Vista
- Norwalk
- Chino
- Manteca
- San Marcos
- Indio
- Redding
- Hemet
- Folsom
- Carson
- Compton
- Mission Viejo
- Santa Monica
- South Gate
- Westminster
- Rancho Cordova
- Santa Barbara
- Citrus Heights
- Lake Forest
- San Ramon
- Whittier
- Mountain View
- San Leandro
- Livermore
- Perris
- Hawthorne
- Redwood City
- Newport Beach
- Buena Park
- Alhambra
- Upland
- Milpitas
- Lakewood
- Tustin
- Pittsburg
- Chino Hills
- Alameda
- Rocklin
- Napa
- Apple Valley
- Lake Elsinore
- Bellflower
- Pleasanton
- Redlands
- Tulare
- Turlock
- Dublin
- Eastvale
- Walnut Creek
- Yuba City
- Lodi
- Madera
- Baldwin Park
- Camarillo
- Palo Alto
- Redondo Beach
- Brentwood
- Davis
- Yorba Linda
- Union City
- South San Francisco
- Laguna Niguel
- Lynwood
- Porterville
- Woodland
- Hanford
- San Clemente
- Santa Cruz
- La Habra
- Beaumont
- Gilroy
- Encinitas
- Montebello
- La Mesa
- Petaluma
- San Rafael
- Pico Rivera
- Gardena
- Cupertino
- Santee
- National City
- Highland
- Monterey Park
- Lincoln
- West Sacramento
- San Jacinto
- Fountain Valley
- Yucaipa
- Placentia
- Arcadia
- Colton
- Palm Desert
- Cathedral City
- Delano
- Novato
- Diamond Bar
- Huntington Park
- Paramount
- Watsonville
- San Luis Obispo
- Aliso Viejo
- Glendora
- Los Banos
- Rosemead
- Covina
- Poway
- Ceres
- Cypress
- Newark
- Oakley
- Azusa
- Brea
- Cerritos
- La Mirada
- Rancho Santa Margarita
- Hollister
- Morgan Hill
- Coachella
- Palm Springs
- Rohnert Park
- El Centro
- Lompoc
- Danville
- Lathrop
- Campbell
- San Bruno
- Stanton
- Rancho Palos Verdes
- Culver City
- La Quinta
- Adelanto
- Calexico
- Monrovia
- San Gabriel
- Wildomar
- Montclair
- Bell Gardens
- Pacifica
- Martinez
- La Puente
- Claremont
- Temple City
- San Juan Capistrano
- Moorpark
- West Hollywood
- Pleasant Hill
- Desert Hot Springs
- Manhattan Beach
- San Dimas
- Menlo Park
- Los Gatos
- Foster City
- Goleta
- Dana Point
- Atwater
- Burlingame
- Banning
- Santa Paula
- San Pablo
- Seaside
- Paso Robles
- Bell
- Los Altos
- Beverly Hills
- Saratoga
- La Verne
- Laguna Hills
- Lawndale
- Atascadero
- Suisun City
- San Carlos
- Monterey
- East Palo Alto
- Belmont
- Ridgecrest
- Brawley
- Lemon Grove
- Walnut
- Lemoore
- Sanger
- Reedley
- Galt
- Patterson
- Riverbank
- Wasco
- Benicia
- Soledad
- Hercules
- El Cerrito
- Dinuba
- Twentynine Palms
- Windsor
- South Pasadena
- Mountain House
- Lafayette
- Eureka
- Loma Linda
- Imperial Beach
- Norco
- Barstow
- Selma
- Seal Beach
- Shafter
- Maywood
- San Fernando
- Marina
- Oakdale
- Millbrae
- Duarte
- American Canyon
- Laguna Beach
- Corcoran
- Imperial
- Calabasas
- Yucca Valley
- Cudahy
- Greenfield
- Dixon
- South Lake Tahoe
- Coronado
- Port Hueneme
- Oroville
- Arvin
- Lomita
- Orinda
- La Cañada Flintridge
- Agoura Hills
- Albany
- Arcata
- South El Monte
- Santa Fe Springs
- Chowchilla
- Pinole
- Hermosa Beach
- Arroyo Grande
- Rancho Mirage
- Kerman
- Coalinga
- Truckee
- Fillmore
- Clearlake
- Laguna Woods
- El Segundo
- Moraga
- Ripon
- Ukiah
- Artesia
- Blythe
- La Palma
- McFarland
- Livingston
- Pacific Grove
- Parlier
- Red Bluff
- Grass Valley
- King City
- Auburn
- Mill Valley
- Avenal
- Hawaiian Gardens
- California City
- Emeryville
- Kingsburg
- Grand Terrace
- Susanville
- Mendota
- Marysville
- Carpinteria
- Larkspur
- Solana Beach
- Lindsay
- Palos Verdes Estates
- San Anselmo
- Grover Beach
- Newman
- Fortuna
- San Marino
- Tehachapi
- Los Alamitos
- Commerce
- Scotts Valley
- Half Moon Bay
- Hillsborough
- Healdsburg
- Signal Hill
- Anderson
- Canyon Lake
- Calimesa
- Clayton
- Placerville
- Piedmont
- Sierra Madre
- Morro Bay
- Sonoma
- Rio Vista
- Farmersville
- Shasta Lake
- Exeter
- Paradise