California

Storms in California in 2009

875 events in 230 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 2009, 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 2009 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
875
Deaths
29
Injuries
182
Damage
$55 million
Episodes
230

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 Wind19002$1.3 million
Drought13300$50,000
Strong Wind8310$154,000
Heavy Snow5911$160,000
Frost/Freeze5110$86,000
Winter Storm4800$1.0 million
Wildfire403108$39 million
Heavy Rain3821$50,000
Winter Weather3300
Thunderstorm Wind3201$21,000
Dense Fog26131$725,000
Hail2628$126,000
Heat26415$30,000
Flash Flood2545$11 million
Flood2010$158,000
Lightning1210$150,000
High Surf767$130,000
Funnel Cloud600
Dust Storm603$47,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Debris Flow300$58,000
Tornado200$100,000
Avalanche210$120,000
Rip Current110

Every episode, month by month

January 2009

February 2009

March 2009

April 2009

May 2009

June 2009

July 2009

August 2009

September 2009

October 2009

November 2009

December 2009

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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.