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High Wind Warnings in California, 2023

80 high wind warnings in 2023. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.

High Wind Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.

High Wind Warnings
80
Busiest month
January26 high wind warnings
Busiest day
January 8, 20237 high wind warnings

Over time

By month

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Pacific Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 9:45 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more40 hr
Jan 3, 11:17 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern47 hr
Jan 3, 1:06 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningSTO39 hr
Jan 3, 2:23 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningEKADel Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino42 hr
Jan 3, 2:35 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRModoc, Siskiyou46 hr
Jan 3, 10:55 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXSan Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara31 hr
Jan 6, 5:16 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningEKAHumboldt, Mendocino16 hr
Jan 6, 9:27 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRModoc, Siskiyou32 hr
Jan 8, 3:32 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningEKADel Norte, Humboldt24 hr
Jan 8, 3:44 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRSiskiyou30 hr
Jan 8, 10:28 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXFresno, Kern, Kings, Merced36 hr
Jan 8, 11:31 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more22 hr
Jan 8, 11:46 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSTO23 hr
Jan 8, 12:46 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGXSan Bernardino53 hr
Jan 8, 1:06 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXSan Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura54 hr
Jan 11, 2:09 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRSiskiyou59 hr
Jan 14, 2:51 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRSiskiyou7 hr
Jan 21, 1:22 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego51 hr
Jan 21, 2:10 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura48 hr
Jan 21, 11:56 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningPSRRiverside, San Bernardino40 hr
Jan 22, 4:33 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXFresno, Kern, Madera, Mariposa, Tulare, Tuolumne35 hr
Jan 22, 9:08 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXSanta Barbara, Ventura112 min
Jan 25, 2:22 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego43 hr
Jan 25, 3:29 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles43 hr
Jan 29, 2:37 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningPSRImperial5 hr
Jan 31, 5:11 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOX13 hr
Feb 11, 8:08 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXFresno, Madera, Mariposa, Tulare, Tuolumne38 hr
Feb 13, 1:08 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningVEFInyo, San Bernardino45 hr
Feb 13, 1:10 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern42 hr
Feb 13, 2:47 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura43 hr
Feb 13, 3:25 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego42 hr
Feb 13, 12:44 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningPSRImperial, Riverside35 hr
Feb 19, 2:10 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningREVMono55 hr
Feb 20, 1:01 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXFresno, Kern, Kings, Merced57 hr
Feb 20, 1:54 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningVEFInyo, San Bernardino56 hr
Feb 20, 2:53 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego67 hr
Feb 20, 12:45 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningPSRImperial, Riverside54 hr
Feb 20, 7:22 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura34 hr
Feb 21, 3:50 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningMTRMarin, Monterey, San Benito, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz and 1 more29 hr
Feb 23, 3:02 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara49 hr
Feb 23, 1:45 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGXSan Bernardino34 hr
Feb 27, 1:14 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningVEFSan Bernardino47 hr
Feb 27, 1:24 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego57 hr
Feb 27, 1:47 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOX22 hr
Feb 28, 1:15 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningPSRImperial, Riverside42 hr
Mar 1, 12:49 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXSanta Barbara, Ventura18 hr
Mar 8, 12:45 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRSiskiyou48 hr
Mar 9, 1:58 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningREVModoc22 hr
Mar 10, 1:51 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXFresno, Kern, Kings, Merced14 hr
Mar 10, 2:02 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara20 hr
Mar 12, 11:32 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 5 more57 hr
Mar 13, 8:48 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningSTO37 hr
Mar 13, 12:40 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningLOXSan Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara33 hr
Mar 14, 8:41 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXFresno, Kern, Kings, Merced10 hr
Mar 20, 2:15 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningPSRImperial54 hr
Mar 20, 2:36 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningVEFSan Bernardino42 hr
Mar 20, 4:45 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego47 hr
Mar 20, 12:37 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningMTRMonterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz32 hr
Mar 20, 1:34 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXFresno, Kern, Kings, Merced31 hr
Mar 20, 1:47 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara32 hr
Mar 26, 2:06 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningMFRSiskiyou48 hr
Mar 26, 2:07 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningEKADel Norte, Humboldt38 hr
Apr 2, 12:03 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern, Tulare53 hr
Apr 2, 12:23 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningVEFInyo, San Bernardino53 hr
Apr 2, 1:44 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningPSRImperial, Riverside45 hr
Apr 2, 2:55 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego44 hr
Apr 2, 2:04 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura37 hr
May 9, 10:03 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningPSRImperial5 hr
Aug 19, 1:50 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningPSRImperial, Riverside, San Bernardino29 hr
Aug 20, 12:43 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern26 hr
Aug 20, 1:11 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningVEFInyo, San Bernardino28 hr
Oct 27, 1:09 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego3 days
Oct 27, 2:09 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura70 hr
Oct 28, 12:32 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningVEFSan Bernardino36 hr
Nov 18, 3:23 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura3 days
Nov 19, 11:44 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego50 hr
Nov 19, 11:58 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Ventura27 hr
Dec 7, 5:06 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura22 hr
Dec 8, 3:20 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Ventura57 hr
Dec 25, 2:27 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRModoc, Siskiyou62 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 8, 20237high wind warnings
  2. March 20, 20236high wind warnings
  3. January 3, 20235high wind warnings
  4. February 13, 20235high wind warnings
  5. April 2, 20235high wind warnings
  6. February 20, 20234high wind warnings
  7. February 27, 20233high wind warnings
  8. January 7, 20232high wind warnings
  9. January 21, 20232high wind warnings
  10. January 22, 20232high wind warnings
  11. January 25, 20232high wind warnings
  12. February 21, 20232high wind warnings

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.