California

Storms in California in 2001

1,163 events in 627 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 2001, 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 2001 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
1,163
Deaths
17
Injuries
241
Damage
$147 million
Episodes
627

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
Heavy Snow26810$175,000
High Wind187111$13 million
Winter Storm124051$1.1 million
Flood8400$7.2 million
Wildfire81131$38 million
Dense Fog69016$150,000
Thunderstorm Wind4611$895,000
High Surf40117$378,000
Frost/Freeze3900$32 million
Heavy Rain3200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3200
Flash Flood2926$4.9 million
Hail2801$45 million
Heat15325
Funnel Cloud1400
Waterspout1300
Winter Weather13065
Lightning1201$877,000
Rip Current11715
Dust Storm1000$69,000
Tornado700$560,000
Drought400
Storm Surge/Tide301$3.4 million
Avalanche100
Dust Devil100

Every episode, month by month

January 2001

February 2001

March 2001

April 2001

May 2001

June 2001

July 2001

August 2001

September 2001

October 2001

November 2001

December 2001

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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.