California

Storms in California in 2006

862 events in 444 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 2006, 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 2006 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
862
Deaths
88
Injuries
125
Damage
$1.3 billion
Episodes
444

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 Wind12720$5.3 million
Heavy Snow11300$130,000
Strong Wind7610$342,000
Wildfire75640$171 million
Heat646545$493 million
Frost/Freeze5700$12 million
Heavy Rain4700$48 million
Dense Fog45111$565,000
Flood4233$460 million
Hail3613$15 million
Winter Storm3227$175,000
Flash Flood3100$665,000
Thunderstorm Wind2100$57,000
Winter Weather21215$10,000
Lightning1800$44,000
Funnel Cloud1700
Debris Flow1210$77 million
Tornado900$97,000
Cold/Wind Chill700
Dust Storm400
Coastal Flood200
High Surf220
Tsunami200$9.2 million
Avalanche111
Rip Current110

Every episode, month by month

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November 2006

December 2006

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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.