Tornado History Map

Sacramento County, California tornado history

17 tornadoes recorded in or across Sacramento County from 1978 to 2023, 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 Sacramento County

The Storm Prediction Center records 17 tornadoes whose paths touched Sacramento County, California between 1978 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is February, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 7 February 1978. The most recent was on 14 January 2023.

  • 17tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 176per 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 Sacramento County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01271%
F1 / EF1424%
F2 / EF216%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Sacramento County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2000s.1970s11980s21990s22000s52010s42020s3

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1970s1
1980s2
1990s2
2000s5
2010s4
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Feb.Jan2Feb5Mar2Apr4May1Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct1Nov1Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb5
Mar2
Apr4
May1
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov1
Dec1

Records for Sacramento County

  • Strongest: California tornado7 February 1978, F2, 1.9 miles long
  • Longest path: California tornado24 December 2015, EF1, 6.2 miles long
  • Most recent: California tornado14 January 2023, EF0, 0.3 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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