California

Storms in California in 2000

873 events in 494 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 2000, 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 2000 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
873
Deaths
42
Injuries
313
Damage
$603 million
Episodes
494

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 Wind159619$5.6 million
Heavy Snow14100$440,000
Dense Fog72345$696,000
Flood7124$5.5 million
Heavy Rain5002$205,000
Heat4512121
Winter Storm3902$180,000
Flash Flood38437$7.7 million
Hail3319$725,000
Wildfire32148$581 million
High Surf32213$253,000
Frost/Freeze3100
Thunderstorm Wind3001$351,000
Lightning2408$489,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2400
Funnel Cloud1600
Rip Current11114
Tornado900$98,000
Drought800
Waterspout400
Dust Storm300
Blizzard100$60,000

Every episode, month by month

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November 2000

December 2000

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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.