Wind Advisories in California
6,986 wind advisories since 1986. 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 wind advisories reaches back to 2005.
Wind Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Wind Advisories
- 6,986
- Busiest year
- 2023413 wind advisories
- Average year
- 318over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- San Bernardino County1,517
- Riverside County992
- Los Angeles County807
- San Diego County803
- Modoc County467
- Santa Barbara County449
- Siskiyou County433
- Inyo County422
- Orange County371
- Imperial County303
- Kern County244
- Ventura County238
- San Mateo County216
- Santa Cruz County213
- Sonoma County208
- Santa Clara County205
- Marin County199
- Mono County197
- Humboldt County176
- Alameda County168
- Contra Costa County168
- City and County of San Francisco164
- Del Norte County164
- Monterey County156
- Plumas County131
- Sierra County131
- Lassen County131
- San Benito County120
- Napa County113
- San Luis Obispo County113
- Nevada County109
- Placer County109
- El Dorado County108
- Alpine County107
- Mendocino County90
- Fresno County53
- Merced County47
- Kings County45
- Trinity County42
- Lake County42
The latest wind advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2:31 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 48 hr |
| Sep 11, 6:28 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and 1 more | 41 hr |
| Sep 11, 7:23 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | LOX | Santa Barbara | 20 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:53 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | HNX | Kern | 15 hr |
| Sep 10, 11:49 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada and 3 more | 60 hr |
| Sep 10, 10:00 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | LOX | Santa Barbara | 20 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:53 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | LOX | Santa Barbara | 20 hr |
| Sep 2, 12:35 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | LOX | Santa Barbara | 17 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:11 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt | 32 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:04 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | LOX | Santa Barbara | 18 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:49 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | LOX | Santa Barbara | 22 hr |
| Aug 28, 11:16 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | LOX | Santa Barbara | 14 hr |
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. Rebuilt daily.