California

Storms in California in 2004

766 events in 416 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 2004, 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 2004 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
766
Deaths
18
Injuries
107
Damage
$55 million
Episodes
416

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 Snow14100$328,000
Flash Flood12353$25 million
High Wind8503$840,000
Wildfire63045$11 million
Strong Wind6112$527,000
Frost/Freeze4600
Dense Fog40034$1.5 million
Heavy Rain3900$5,000
Winter Storm3220$82,000
Thunderstorm Wind2200$5.4 million
Heat1700
Funnel Cloud1600
Hail1600$20,000
Tornado1001$5.5 million
High Surf9911$280,000
Drought800
Lightning712$50,000
Debris Flow500$80,000
Dust Storm500$15,000
Flood500$3.5 million
Cold/Wind Chill300
Winter Weather300
Storm Surge/Tide300
Blizzard200
Avalanche200
Dust Devil200$100
Rip Current106

Every episode, month by month

January 2004

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November 2004

December 2004

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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.