Tornadoes · United States · California
1968 tornadoes in California
No tornado was recorded in California in 1968. The state averages 6.8 a year over the 72 years it has any in the record.
What California usually sees
The record has 486 tornadoes in California since 1950, none of them fatal. Every year in California.
Nearby
Every tornado in California since 1950Warnings in force in CaliforniaThe live radar over California
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.