Question: last time a hurricane hit the west coast
Answer: They are : The 1858 San Diego hurricane that was reconstructed as just missing landfall in 1858 , the 1939 Long Beach tropical storm that made landfall near San Pedro in 1939 , the remnants of Tropical Storm Jennifer - Katherine in 1963 , the remnants of Hurricane Emily in 1965 , the remnants of Hurricane Joanne in 1972 , the remnants of Hurricane Kathleen in 1976 , and Hurricane Nora after being downgraded to a tropical storm in 1997 .