Stanislaus County, California tornado history

13 tornadoes recorded in or across Stanislaus County from 1953 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Stanislaus County

The Storm Prediction Center records 13 tornadoes whose paths touched Stanislaus County, California between 1953 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 27 April 1953. The most recent was on 1 April 2025.

  • 13tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 87per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Stanislaus County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0538%
F1 / EF1754%
F2 / EF218%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Stanislaus County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in 2010s.1950s21970s21980s11990s22000s22010s32020s1

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1970s2
1980s1
1990s2
2000s2
2010s3
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Apr.Jan1Feb0Mar3Apr6May0Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov1Dec2
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar3
Apr6
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec2

Records for Stanislaus County

  • Strongest: California tornado27 April 1953, F2, 0.1 miles long
  • Longest path: California tornado15 November 2015, EF1, 3 miles long
  • Most recent: California tornado1 April 2025, EF0, 0.9 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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