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High Wind Warnings in California, 2026

22 high wind warnings in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

High Wind Warnings
22
Busiest month
February7 high wind warnings
Busiest day
January 7, 20263 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 1, 2:06 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningEKADel Norte, Humboldt62 hr
Jan 2, 12:26 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningMFRSiskiyou40 hr
Jan 7, 12:39 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern43 hr
Jan 7, 1:59 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura4 days
Jan 7, 11:34 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego4 days
Feb 10, 5:52 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern19 hr
Feb 10, 7:03 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura9 hr
Feb 10, 7:11 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningSGXSan Bernardino18 hr
Feb 15, 12:31 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura29 hr
Feb 17, 2:52 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles27 hr
Feb 18, 1:12 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara32 hr
Feb 20, 10:34 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningEKADel Norte, Humboldt47 hr
Mar 4, 12:07 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura33 hr
Mar 5, 12:25 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Ventura51 hr
Mar 31, 10:35 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningREVLassen, Mono, Plumas, Sierra48 hr
Mar 31, 9:51 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern62 hr
Apr 2, 11:18 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Ventura31 hr
Apr 20, 10:32 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningVEFInyo36 hr
Apr 20, 1:43 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningMFRSiskiyou4 hr
May 15, 11:17 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningHNXKern60 hr
May 15, 12:21 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningLOXLos Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura45 hr
May 15, 11:56 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningVEFInyo, San Bernardino59 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 7, 20263high wind warnings
  2. February 11, 20263high wind warnings
  3. April 20, 20262high wind warnings
  4. May 15, 20262high wind warnings
  5. January 1, 20261high wind warnings
  6. January 2, 20261high wind warnings
  7. February 15, 20261high wind warnings
  8. February 17, 20261high wind warnings
  9. February 18, 20261high wind warnings
  10. February 20, 20261high wind warnings
  11. March 4, 20261high wind warnings
  12. March 5, 20261high 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.