Tornado History Map

Ventura County, California tornado history

8 tornadoes recorded in or across Ventura County from 1982 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 Ventura County

The Storm Prediction Center records 8 tornadoes whose paths touched Ventura County, California between 1982 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is January, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF0 on 21 January 2010. The most recent was on 13 February 2025.

  • 8tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 43per 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 Ventura County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF08100%
F1 / EF100%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Ventura County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 2 in 1990s.1980s11990s22000s22010s22020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1980s1
1990s2
2000s2
2010s2
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Jan.Jan3Feb1Mar0Apr0May1Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov1Dec2
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan3
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec2

Records for Ventura County

  • Strongest and Longest path: California tornado21 January 2010, EF0, 1.5 miles long
  • Most recent: California tornado13 February 2025, EF0, 0.6 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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