Storms in California in 2005

1,061 events in 628 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 2005, 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 2005 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

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The year

Events: 1,061
Deaths: 25
Injuries: 55
Damage: $1.0 billion
Episodes: 628

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 event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Flash Flood	184	14	2	$253 million
Heavy Rain	126	2	3	$270 million
Heavy Snow	84	0	0
High Wind	82	0	0	$1.7 million
Winter Storm	73	1	6	$200,000
Hail	73	0	0	$358,000
Flood	58	2	4	$315 million
Strong Wind	57	0	2	$797,000
Funnel Cloud	49	0	0
Debris Flow	41	1	5	$35 million
Lightning	41	2	9	$456,000
Wildfire	35	0	20	$6.6 million
Tornado	30	0	0	$2.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind	29	0	0	$177,000
Dense Fog	24	0	0
Heat	19	2	0
Winter Weather	15	0	0
Frost/Freeze	14	0	0
Storm Surge/Tide	8	0	1	$130 million
Coastal Flood	8	0	3	$555,000
High Surf	7	1	0	$10,000
Dust Storm	2	0	0	$10,000
Ice Storm	1	0	0
Dust Devil	1	0	0	$500

Every episode, month by month

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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.