Tornado History Map

Madera County, California tornado history

14 tornadoes recorded in or across Madera County from 1958 to 2024, 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 Madera County

The Storm Prediction Center records 14 tornadoes whose paths touched Madera County, California between 1958 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is March, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 5 September 2020. The most recent was on 1 March 2024.

  • 14tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 66per 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 Madera County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0964%
F1 / EF1429%
F2 / EF217%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Madera County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1990s.1950s21960s11990s62000s22010s12020s2

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s1
1990s6
2000s2
2010s1
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Mar.Jan1Feb4Mar5Apr2May1Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb4
Mar5
Apr2
May1
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Madera County

  • Strongest and Longest path: California tornado5 September 2020, EF2, 12 miles long
  • Most recent: California tornado1 March 2024, EF0, 0.4 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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