California

Storms in California in 1999

836 events in 522 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 1999, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

California in 1999 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

Open the live radar over California

The year

Events
836
Deaths
32
Injuries
274
Damage
$305 million
Episodes
522

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Wind179113$1.3 million
Heavy Snow148818$10,000
Wildfire853143$120 million
Winter Storm7511$480,000
Cold/Wind Chill5601$131 million
Flash Flood4339$14 million
Flood4114$797,000
High Surf31410$625,000
Funnel Cloud2400
Dense Fog18229$475,000
Thunderstorm Wind1800$284,000
Strong Wind1801$210,000
Hail1700$30 million
Lightning1710$5.0 million
Frost/Freeze1300
Dust Storm1101$360,000
Heat10024
Rip Current9513
Heavy Rain500
Waterspout500
Storm Surge/Tide424$1.0 million
Tornado300$28,000
Avalanche213
Drought200
Winter Weather100
Blizzard100$30,000

Every episode, month by month

January 1999

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March 1999

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May 1999

June 1999

July 1999

August 1999

September 1999

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November 1999

December 1999

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Every year in CaliforniaEvery state in 1999Tornadoes in California in 1999Warnings in California in 199919982000

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.