California

Storms in California in 2007

862 events in 267 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 2007, 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 2007 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
61
Injuries
275
Damage
$2.8 billion
Episodes
267

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 Wind15420$399 million
Heavy Snow14900$77,000
Drought7700$2.0 million
Frost/Freeze7000$976 million
Wildfire6612218$1.4 billion
Strong Wind5926$98,000
Flash Flood4100$2.2 million
Heat3610
Excessive Heat36255
Thunderstorm Wind3132$4.1 million
Winter Storm2600$224,000
Heavy Rain2100$50,000
Hail2100
Cold/Wind Chill1910
Dense Fog9443
Winter Weather910
High Surf870$90,000
Flood600
Tornado600$278,000
Funnel Cloud600
Dust Storm520$555,000
Lightning300$98,000
Rip Current211
Dense Smoke100
Debris Flow100$48 million

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.