Are there hurricanes in california?

A California hurricane is a tropical cyclone that affects the state of California. Usually, only the remnants of tropical cyclones affect California. Since 1900, only two tropical storms have hit California, one by direct landfall from offshore, another after making landfall in Mexico. read more

History shows a hurricane landfall is possible, but if it happened, it would be in Southern California. On Oct. 2, 1858, a hurricane came ashore and caused widespread damage in San Diego. That unnamed hurricane was the last, and only, example on record of a hurricane coming ashore on the West Coast. read more

"There are hurricanes that build up off Baja California but the farther north they move into colder waters, the weaker they become," says Drew Peterson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Bay Area office. read more