Alert archive / California / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in California, 2026
15 high wind watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 15
- Busiest month
- January5 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- January 6, 20263 high wind watches
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2:31 PM PST | High Wind Watch | EKA | Del Norte | 31 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:59 AM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | Kern | 13 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:21 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 23 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:29 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 14 hr |
| Jan 7, 1:59 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles | 10 hr |
| Feb 14, 11:33 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Diego | 23 hr |
| Feb 14, 12:21 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:05 PM PST | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 12 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:09 AM PST | High Wind Watch | HNX | Kern | 20 hr |
| Mar 5, 12:45 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 12 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:15 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Lassen, Mono, Plumas, Sierra | 21 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:22 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | HNX | Kern | 8 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:24 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 24 hr |
| May 14, 11:27 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 24 hr |
| Sep 10, 11:49 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Mono | 24 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.
Nearby
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.