California

Storms in California in 2010

871 events in 244 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 2010, 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 2010 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
871
Deaths
22
Injuries
51
Damage
$236 million
Episodes
244

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 Wind16001$529,000
Winter Storm14812$2.8 million
Heavy Snow89111$2.1 million
Strong Wind8813$931,000
Flash Flood7422$195 million
Flood5933$22 million
Heavy Rain4500$180,000
Winter Weather3000$6,000
Thunderstorm Wind2900$11,000
Frost/Freeze2900
Dense Fog2400
Wildfire2409$676,000
Hail2200$61,000
Debris Flow1111$1.1 million
Tornado930$10 million
High Surf885$45,000
Lightning800$7,000
Funnel Cloud500
Tsunami400$305,000
Coastal Flood200
Rip Current2214$50,000
Dust Storm100

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.