Storms in California in 2010
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
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 160 | 0 | 1 | $529,000 |
| Winter Storm | 148 | 1 | 2 | $2.8 million |
| Heavy Snow | 89 | 1 | 11 | $2.1 million |
| Strong Wind | 88 | 1 | 3 | $931,000 |
| Flash Flood | 74 | 2 | 2 | $195 million |
| Flood | 59 | 3 | 3 | $22 million |
| Heavy Rain | 45 | 0 | 0 | $180,000 |
| Winter Weather | 30 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 29 | 0 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 24 | 0 | 9 | $676,000 |
| Hail | 22 | 0 | 0 | $61,000 |
| Debris Flow | 11 | 1 | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Tornado | 9 | 3 | 0 | $10 million |
| High Surf | 8 | 8 | 5 | $45,000 |
| Lightning | 8 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tsunami | 4 | 0 | 0 | $305,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 2 | 2 | 14 | $50,000 |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2010
- Coastal Flood in California, January 1, 2010
- Dense Fog in California, January 2, 2010
- High Wind in California, January 2, 2010
- High Wind in California, January 11, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, January 12 to 13, 2010
- Winter Storm and Dense Fog in California, January 12 to 15, 2010
- High Wind in California, January 13 to 14, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, January 17 to 18, 2010
- Winter Storm and Hail in California, January 17 to 22, 2010
- Tornado and Flash Flood in California, January 17 to 22, 2010
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in California, January 18, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, January 18 to 21, 2010
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in California, January 18 to 22, 2010
- Flash Flood and High Wind in California, January 18, 2010
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, January 18 to 19, 2010
- Debris Flow and Flooding in California, January 19, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, January 19 to 21, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, January 19, 2010
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in California, January 19, 2010
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in California, January 19 to 21, 2010
- Hail in California, January 19, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, January 20 to 21, 2010
- Flooding and Hail in California, January 20 to 21, 2010
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, January 20 to 22, 2010
- Flash Flood and Winter Storm in California, January 20, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in California, January 21 to 23, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Snow in California, January 21, 2010
- Strong Wind in California, January 22, 2010
- Tornado in California, January 23, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, January 24 to 26, 2010
- High Wind in California, January 24, 2010
- Flood and Strong Wind in California, January 25 to 26, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, January 25 to 26, 2010
- Strong Wind in California, January 28, 2010
February 2010
- Winter Storm and Dense Fog in California, February 3 to 7, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, February 4 to 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, February 4 to 5, 2010
- Flash Flooding in California, February 6, 2010
- Flash Flood in California, February 6, 2010
- Flash Flooding in California, February 6 to 7, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, February 9 to 10, 2010
- Flash Flood and Winter Storm in California, February 9 to 10, 2010
- Rip Current and High Surf in California, February 13, 2010
- Dense Fog in California, February 15 to 19, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20 to 21, 2010
- Winter Storm and Strong Wind in California, February 21 to 22, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, February 23 to 24, 2010
- Winter Weather in California, February 23 to 24, 2010
- Strong Wind in California, February 23 to 24, 2010
- Winter Storm and Heavy Rain in California, February 23 to 24, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, February 23 to 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, February 25 to 26, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, February 26 to 27, 2010
- Tornado and Winter Storm in California, February 26 to 27, 2010
- Strong Wind in California, February 26, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, February 26 to 27, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, February 26 to 27, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Winter Storm in California, February 27, 2010
- Tsunami in California, February 27, 2010
- Tsunami in California, February 27, 2010
March 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, March 2 to 3, 2010
- Winter Weather and Strong Wind in California, March 2 to 4, 2010
- Winter Weather in California, March 3, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, March 3 to 4, 2010
- Funnel Cloud in California, March 6, 2010
- High Wind and Frost and Freeze in California, March 8 to 11, 2010
- Tornado in California, March 8, 2010
- High Wind in California, March 9, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, March 9 to 10, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, March 11 to 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, March 12 to 13, 2010
- Strong Wind and Winter Weather in California, March 12, 2010
- Winter Storm and High Wind in California, March 12 to 14, 2010
- Strong Wind in California, March 18, 2010
- High Wind in California, March 19, 2010
- High Wind in California, March 25, 2010
- High Wind in California, March 26, 2010
- High Wind in California, March 27, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, March 29 to 30, 2010
- Winter Storm and High Wind in California, March 29 to 31, 2010
- High Wind in California, March 30 to 31, 2010
- Winter Storm and Strong Wind in California, March 30 to 31, 2010
April 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, April 2, 2010
- High Wind in California, April 2, 2010
- High Wind in California, April 2, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, April 2 to 3, 2010
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in California, April 3 to 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, April 4, 2010
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, April 4 to 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, April 4 to 6, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, April 4 to 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in California, April 4 to 5, 2010
- High Wind in California, April 4 to 5, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, April 4 to 5, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, April 11 to 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, April 11 to 12, 2010
- Winter Weather in California, April 11, 2010
- Winter Storm and Hail in California, April 11 to 12, 2010
- Flood and Heavy Rain in California, April 11 to 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, April 11 to 12, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, April 12, 2010
- Winter Storm and Strong Wind in California, April 19 to 22, 2010
- High Wind in California, April 20, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, April 20 to 21, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, April 27, 2010
- High Wind in California, April 27, 2010
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, April 27 to 29, 2010
- High Wind in California, April 28 to 29, 2010
- High Wind and Winter Weather in California, April 28 to 29, 2010
- High Wind in California, April 29, 2010
May 2010
- High Wind in California, May 9 to 10, 2010
- Winter Storm and High Wind in California, May 10 to 11, 2010
- High Wind in California, May 11 to 12, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, May 17 to 18, 2010
- Wildfire in California, May 20 to 21, 2010
- High Wind in California, May 21, 2010
- Frost and Freeze in California, May 22, 2010
- High Wind in California, May 22 to 23, 2010
- Frost and Freeze in California, May 23, 2010
- High Surf in California, May 23, 2010
- Frost and Freeze in California, May 24, 2010
- Winter Weather in California, May 25 to 26, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, May 25 to 28, 2010
- Winter Weather in California, May 27 to 28, 2010
- High Wind in California, May 28 to 29, 2010
- Frost and Freeze in California, May 29, 2010
June 2010
- Flood and High Wind in California, June 6 to 9, 2010
- High Wind in California, June 10, 2010
- Strong Wind in California, June 11 to 12, 2010
July 2010
- Strong Wind in California, July 2 to 3, 2010
- High Surf in California, July 3, 2010
- Hail in California, July 9, 2010
- Wildfire in California, July 13 to 14, 2010
- High Surf in California, July 14, 2010
- Wildfire in California, July 15, 2010
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in California, July 15 to 16, 2010
- Wildfire in California, July 15 to 18, 2010
- Lightning Strike and Heavy Rain in California, July 15, 2010
- Damaging Wind in California, July 15, 2010
- Wildfire in California, July 15 to 18, 2010
- Wildfire in California, July 15 to 18, 2010
- Damaging Wind in California, July 15, 2010
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in California, July 15, 2010
- Flash Flooding in California, July 15 to 16, 2010
- Wildfire in California, July 17, 2010
- Hail in California, July 25, 2010
- Wildfire in California, July 26 to 31, 2010
- Hail in California, July 26, 2010
August 2010
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 4, 2010
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 31, 2010
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 31, 2010
- Wildfire in California, August 3, 2010
- Wildfire in California, August 7 to 31, 2010
- Flash Flood in California, August 8, 2010
- Hail in California, August 8, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Wind in California, August 17, 2010
- Strong Wind in California, August 18, 2010
- Wildfire in California, August 24 to 28, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in California, August 25 to 26, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in California, August 25 to 27, 2010
- Wildfire in California, August 26 to 28, 2010
- Lightning Strike in California, August 26, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in California, August 27, 2010
September 2010
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 30, 2010
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 28, 2010
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 30, 2010
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 30, 2010
- Frost and Freeze in California, September 6, 2010
- Frost and Freeze in California, September 10, 2010
- Wildfire in California, September 12 to 19, 2010
- Frost and Freeze in California, September 23, 2010
- Wildfire in California, September 23, 2010
- Frost and Freeze in California, September 24, 2010
- Damaging Wind in California, September 30, 2010
October 2010
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in California, October 1 to 2, 2010
- Flash Flood and Winter Storm in California, October 1 to 5, 2010
- Flash Flood in California, October 2, 2010
- Dust Storm in California, October 4, 2010
- Hail in California, October 5, 2010
- Flash Flood and Flood in California, October 6, 2010
- Flood and Hail in California, October 17, 2010
- Debris Flow and Flood in California, October 19, 2010
- Flash Flood and Hail in California, October 19, 2010
- Hail in California, October 19, 2010
- High Wind in California, October 23 to 25, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, October 23 to 24, 2010
- Heavy Rain and Strong Wind in California, October 24, 2010
- High Wind in California, October 24 to 25, 2010
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, October 24 to 25, 2010
- High Wind in California, October 24 to 25, 2010
- Rip Current in California, October 25, 2010
- High Wind in California, October 25 to 26, 2010
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 27, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, October 28 to 29, 2010
November 2010
- Winter Storm in California, November 7 to 8, 2010
- Winter Storm and Frost and Freeze in California, November 7 to 12, 2010
- High Wind in California, November 8, 2010
- High Wind in California, November 11, 2010
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, November 19 to 23, 2010
- Winter Storm and Flood in California, November 19 to 24, 2010
- High Wind in California, November 20 to 21, 2010
- Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in California, November 20 to 21, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, November 20 to 22, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, November 20 to 21, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, November 20 to 21, 2010
- Strong Wind in California, November 20, 2010
- Flash Flooding in California, November 21, 2010
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in California, November 22 to 23, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, November 22 to 23, 2010
- Tornado in California, November 23, 2010
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 24 to 26, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, November 26 to 27, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, November 26 to 27, 2010
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in California, November 26 to 27, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, November 27 to 28, 2010
- High Wind in California, November 28, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, November 30, 2010
December 2010
- High Wind in California, December 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, December 5 to 6, 2010
- Strong Wind in California, December 6, 2010
- Debris Flow in California, December 10, 2010
- Winter Weather in California, December 14 to 15, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, December 14, 2010
- High Wind in California, December 14, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, December 17 to 20, 2010
- Flash Flood and Winter Storm in California, December 17 to 21, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, December 17 to 24, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, December 17 to 20, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, December 17 to 21, 2010
- Debris Flows and Strong Wind in California, December 18 to 20, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in California, December 19 to 25, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Winter Storm in California, December 20 to 22, 2010
- Heavy Rain in California, December 22, 2010
- Debris Flow in California, December 22, 2010
- Flood in California, December 22, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, December 25 to 26, 2010
- Winter Storm and Flooding in California, December 25 to 30, 2010
- Heavy Snow in California, December 28 to 29, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, December 28 to 29, 2010
- Winter Storm in California, December 28 to 29, 2010
- Debris Flow and Coastal Flood in California, December 28 to 29, 2010
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, December 28 to 29, 2010
- High Wind in California, December 29 to 30, 2010
- Winter Storm and High Wind in California, December 29 to 30, 2010
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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.