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High Wind Warnings in California, 2024

78 high wind warnings in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.

High Wind Warnings
78
Busiest month
December19 high wind warnings
Busiest day
March 13, 20245 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, 9:50 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura23 hr
Jan 5, 11:00 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura56 hr
Jan 5, 12:08 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern46 hr
Jan 6, 2:19 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego32 hr
Jan 9, 1:00 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura47 hr
Jan 9, 1:26 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego45 hr
Jan 9, 2:14 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern44 hr
Jan 29, 3:07 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningEKADel Norte, Humboldt45 hr
Jan 29, 7:25 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRModoc, Siskiyou51 hr
Jan 30, 12:35 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo and 3 more49 hr
Jan 30, 9:04 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXSanta Barbara32 hr
Jan 31, 12:11 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern28 hr
Feb 2, 1:45 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 4 more3 days
Feb 2, 10:32 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura53 hr
Feb 3, 10:45 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXFresno, Kern, Kings, Merced35 hr
Feb 3, 12:09 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningEKAHumboldt, Lake, Mendocino44 hr
Feb 3, 12:22 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningSTO42 hr
Feb 17, 12:28 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXSan Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura44 hr
Feb 18, 1:49 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningEKAHumboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Trinity38 hr
Feb 27, 12:59 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningREVModoc4 days
Feb 27, 1:05 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRModoc, Siskiyou48 hr
Feb 27, 2:41 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningEKADel Norte, Humboldt43 hr
Feb 29, 11:45 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningVEFInyo, San Bernardino70 hr
Mar 1, 1:46 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXFresno, Kern, Kings, Merced42 hr
Mar 1, 3:25 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego67 hr
Mar 1, 5:50 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles47 hr
Mar 9, 2:11 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningEKADel Norte33 hr
Mar 13, 1:05 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXFresno, Kern, Madera, Mariposa, Tulare, Tuolumne64 hr
Mar 13, 1:37 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningSTO63 hr
Mar 13, 2:23 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningREVAlpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more35 hr
Mar 13, 2:38 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego39 hr
Mar 13, 3:33 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Ventura36 hr
Mar 29, 2:15 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningMTRMonterey19 hr
Mar 29, 3:45 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningLOXSan Luis Obispo23 hr
Apr 3, 1:04 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningSGXRiverside15 hr
Apr 24, 3:06 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern56 hr
Apr 25, 2:17 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara37 hr
Apr 30, 8:39 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern8 hr
May 3, 11:19 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningVEFInyo48 hr
May 3, 11:36 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern, Tulare37 hr
May 6, 1:07 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern11 hr
May 7, 12:04 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern26 hr
Jun 13, 12:36 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern44 hr
Jun 14, 2:11 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura4 days
Jun 15, 3:36 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern3 days
Sep 11, 10:51 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningLOXSanta Barbara17 hr
Oct 15, 3:24 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern3 days
Oct 15, 3:32 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern3 days
Oct 27, 9:04 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern38 hr
Nov 2, 1:48 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern33 hr
Nov 2, 12:44 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura48 hr
Nov 4, 12:05 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura3 days
Nov 5, 1:04 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego49 hr
Nov 11, 12:23 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRSiskiyou52 hr
Nov 18, 4:52 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningEKADel Norte, Humboldt49 hr
Nov 18, 12:56 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRModoc, Siskiyou4 days
Nov 21, 7:02 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningEKADel Norte, Humboldt25 hr
Nov 22, 1:47 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningREVMono23 hr
Nov 22, 10:34 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningVEFInyo41 hr
Dec 8, 9:12 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura40 hr
Dec 12, 11:17 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRSiskiyou44 hr
Dec 13, 12:59 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo and 3 more33 hr
Dec 13, 7:46 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXSan Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara20 hr
Dec 14, 7:17 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXFresno, Kern, Kings, Merced7 hr
Dec 16, 2:12 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Ventura42 hr
Dec 20, 12:58 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRSiskiyou21 hr
Dec 22, 12:35 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRSiskiyou36 hr
Dec 23, 2:36 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern48 hr
Dec 24, 12:07 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRModoc, Siskiyou46 hr
Dec 25, 1:10 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningEKADel Norte27 hr
Dec 26, 12:50 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningREVMono24 hr
Dec 26, 5:14 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRModoc17 hr
Dec 27, 5:35 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern16 hr
Dec 27, 6:14 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles118 min
Dec 27, 4:56 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRModoc17 hr
Dec 28, 1:25 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningREVMono42 hr
Dec 28, 2:58 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningEKADel Norte24 hr
Dec 28, 3:19 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRModoc, Siskiyou31 hr

By county

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

3 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 13, 20245high wind warnings
  2. February 3, 20244high wind warnings
  3. December 28, 20244high wind warnings
  4. January 9, 20243high wind warnings
  5. February 27, 20243high wind warnings
  6. March 1, 20243high wind warnings
  7. December 27, 20243high wind warnings
  8. January 5, 20242high wind warnings
  9. January 30, 20242high wind warnings
  10. January 31, 20242high wind warnings
  11. March 29, 20242high wind warnings
  12. October 15, 20242high 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.