Hail & Wind Storms in Oakland, CA — Latest Dates and Sizes

Hail and wind activity within ~25 miles of Oakland, California or recorded for its county: the last 12 months from NWS warnings, storm reports, and station measurements, plus official NOAA records back to 2010.

Latest hail and wind near Oakland

  • Last reported hail (0.75 in.+, screening): none reported within 25 miles in the last 12 months.
  • Last wind gust 45 mph+ (screening): June 6, 2026 — 51 mph measured at the San Francisco International station (13.2 mi SW of Oakland), ASOS weather station.
  • 2026 so far: no hail days and 6 wind days within 25 miles (days with a storm report or station gust at the screening thresholds; warnings alone never count).
Recent storm days near Oakland, newest first (hail 0.75 in.+ or wind 45 mph+, screening; a linked date has a storm-date page; pages are published for the most significant days that met NWS severe criteria, so some severe days have no page)
DateLargest reported hailStrongest gust
June 6, 2026—51 mph measured
June 3, 2026—53 mph measured
May 17, 2026—68 mph measured
April 11, 2026—50 mph measured
February 19, 2026—53 mph measured
February 17, 2026—50 mph measured
December 25, 2025—92 mph measured
December 24, 2025—88 mph measured
December 23, 2025—77 mph measured
November 13, 2025—72 mph measured

Was your address hit on June 6, 2026? Check any address free with the Free Report Snapshot — a YES/NO estimate at the screening thresholds.

Oakland, CA hail and wind storm history — Alameda County on a California map card

Oakland storm facts

  • StormAuditor's analysis of NOAA and National Weather Service records found 73 wind and hail events, NWS warning products included, within 25 miles of Oakland, California or recorded for Alameda County in the 12 months ending October 7, 2026 (71 wind, 2 hail).
  • The strongest gust within 25 miles of Oakland in the last 12 months was 92 mph, measured 20 mi SW of Oakland (2 N Montara) on December 25, 2025 (NWS Local Storm Report; storm reports and station gusts only, warnings excluded).
  • The busiest day by event count near Oakland was December 24, 2025, with 33 events.
  • Alameda County alone recorded 25 of those wind and hail events (23 wind, 2 hail); the California page ranks counties by events of every type, floods and Special Weather Statements included.
Post-storm clouds glowing at golden hour over San Francisco Bay, seen from Grizzly Peak in the Oakland Hills
Photo: David Abercrombie · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped, resized

Oakland, California storm history at a glance (last 12 months)

This free weather history for Oakland — home to about 440,000 residents — draws on StormAuditor's consolidated public record: 73 wind and hail events within 25 miles of Oakland or recorded for Alameda County in the trailing 12 months — 71 wind and 2 hail.

Events combine NWS warning products, observed Local Storm Reports, station measurements and official NCEI records in one event table. Because they include warnings, and wind covers thunderstorm and non-thunderstorm wind alike, they measure something different from the NCEI entry counts in the history section below; the two are not comparable year to year.

Busiest days near Oakland by event count

Ranked by the number of 12-month events, NWS warnings included, so a day with many warnings can outrank a day with larger hail.

Storm-day records for Oakland

Storm-date pages for the biggest days near Oakland: a report or station gust within 25 miles met NWS severe criteria (hail 1.00 in.+ or wind 58 mph+), with at least two separate observations. Not every storm day in the table above has a page. Each page lists the reports, station gusts and a free way to check one address:

How these numbers are counted

The storm numbers on this page are counted in four different ways, plus the free address check. Each answers a different question with its own size cutoffs, area and time span, so compare numbers within one group, not across groups.

  • Storm days (latest hail and wind): A day in the last 12 months when at least one report within 25 miles of Oakland showed hail 0.75 in. or larger or wind of 45 mph or more (StormAuditor screening thresholds). Reports are NWS storm reports from spotters, the public and officials, plus weather-station gusts, which count from 50 mph. A warning on its own never makes a storm day. The latest and largest hail, the latest and strongest gust, and the storm-day table all use this record.
  • Storm-date pages (NWS severe): A storm-date page is published only when at least one report or station gust within 25 miles of a city met the National Weather Service severe criteria (hail 1.00 in. or larger, or wind 58 mph or more), at least two separate observations were logged, and the day ranks among the most significant. A storm report that relays an airport weather station's reading (the same station, the same gust and the same time) counts once, as the station reading. Not every storm day gets a page; when one does, the page and the storm-day table show the same largest hail and strongest gust.
  • Events (12-month counts): Events count NWS warnings, storm reports (wind 50 mph+, hail 0.75 in.+), station gusts (50 mph+) and NCEI entries within 25 miles of Oakland or recorded for Alameda County, tornado entries counted as wind. One event is one place on one day, counted separately for hail and for wind. A weather station or storm-report point counts once a day, at that day's highest reading, however many readings it filed; a place with hail and wind on the same day is two events. NWS warnings count once per county per day, and each NCEI entry once per place per day. A storm report that relays an airport weather station's reading (the same station, the same gust and the same time) counts once, as the station reading. The same report arriving through another feed (SPC or NCEI) is one record. Events measure how busy the area was, not whether a storm hit: one storm can bring warnings and reports from many places, so the busiest days by event count can differ from the storm days.
  • NOAA history (since 2010): The official NOAA storm record (NCEI Storm Events) within 25 miles of Oakland or in Alameda County from January 1, 2010 to the day before the 12-month window starts: hail 0.50 in.+, thunderstorm wind 40 mph+ and tornadoes. It is a separate, older record with its own "storm days" (days with any entry), so its counts are not compared with the 12-month numbers.
  • Free Report Snapshot: A free YES/NO estimate for one address, from radar and wind analysis at the property rather than area reports, at the same screening thresholds: hail 0.75 in. or wind 45 mph.

Full method: Methodology and Data Sources.

Oakland hail and wind history in NOAA NCEI records, 2010–Oct. 2025

This section covers January 1, 2010 through October 6, 2025. Storms from October 7, 2025 on are in the 12-month summary above, so no date is counted in both.

Bar chart of storm days per year near Oakland for 2010–Oct. 2025 in NOAA NCEI Storm Events records; the busiest year was 2024 with 3 storm days.
Oakland storm days by year, 2010–Oct. 2025 (NOAA NCEI Storm Events).

The National Centers for Environmental Information logged 11 storm days within 25 miles of Oakland or in Alameda County in this period — 19 NCEI Storm Events entries in all. The entries include 2 hail reports and 17 thunderstorm wind reports.

NCEI lists only 2 hail reports here in this period, the largest 0.50 in. on November 29, 2018. The strongest measured thunderstorm gust was 97 mph on December 14, 2024 in San Mateo County.

Thunderstorm wind reports peak in August.

Oakland storm entries by year, 2010–Oct. 2025 (NOAA NCEI Storm Events)
YearHail reportsThunderstorm wind reportsTornado entriesStorm daysLargest hailStrongest measured gust
20100202—64 mph
20110000——
20120000——
20130000——
20140000——
20150000——
20160000——
20170101——
201820020.50 in.—
20190000——
20200502—70 mph
20210000——
20220000——
20230201—69 mph
20240703—97 mph
2025 through Oct. 60000——

Download this history: CSV · JSON at https://www.stormauditor.com/downloads/storm-history/ca/oakland.json (free, open license, cite StormAuditor).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (thunderstorm wind, hail, and tornado entries; hail 0.50 in. or larger, wind 40 mph or more; wind converted from knots).

Oakland storm history questions, 2010–Oct. 2025

Which year had the most storm days near Oakland, 2010–Oct. 2025?

2024, with 3 storm days (7 thunderstorm wind reports). The 15-year average is 0.7 storm days.

What is the strongest measured thunderstorm gust near Oakland, 2010–Oct. 2025?

97 mph, measured on December 14, 2024 in San Mateo County. Only gusts NCEI lists as measured count here; gusts measured on a date and county with a tornado entry, and entries of 120 knots or more (known entry errors), are left out.

Oakland hail map and wind map

Researching hail or wind in Oakland? The Hail Explorer and Wind Explorer map radar-derived hail swaths and peak-gust wind swaths across California, including the Oakland metro: pick any storm date and see how estimated hail size and gust bands tracked through Alameda County. Both explorers are included with Pro+ and Organization plans.

County-level activity is on the Impact Heatmap (free with an account), and day-by-day history is on the Storm Calendar (Pro plans and higher).

Free Oakland weather report by address

Area maps show where storms tracked; an insurance claim or roof inspection turns on what happened at the property. Three ways to check one Oakland address:

All values are estimates from public NOAA data under our published methodology (see Limitations).

Storm professionals: restoration and exterior contractors, public adjusters, and crews and teams on one Organization plan work from this same public record — see StormAuditor for professionals.

Sources: NWS alerts (api.weather.gov) · NWS Local Storm Reports via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet · ASOS/AWOS station gusts via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet · NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database · every StormAuditor data source.

Free Oakland storm data download

The Oakland storm records for the last 12 months download free, free to reuse under the data license: download CSV · JSON at https://www.stormauditor.com/downloads/storm-data/ca/oakland.json.

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About this page: built by Storm Auditor LLC from public NOAA/NWS records — deduplicated warnings, storm reports, station measurements, and official records on a rolling 12-month window, under the published methodology. See the StormAuditor Editorial Team for how content is produced.

Data last refreshed October 7, 2026. Event counts cover wind and hail (warning products, and storm reports from 50 mph or 0.75 in.); flood activity and Special Weather Statements are not counted here.