Storms in California in 2013
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 2013, 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 2013 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
- 739
- Deaths
- 18
- Injuries
- 85
- Damage
- $528 million
- Episodes
- 217
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 | 159 | 1 | 3 | $440 million |
| Flash Flood | 119 | 3 | 6 | $46 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 100 | 1 | 0 | $7.5 million |
| Strong Wind | 68 | 0 | 1 | $31,000 |
| Dense Fog | 52 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Wildfire | 42 | 3 | 51 | $33 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 30 | 0 | 0 | $139,000 |
| Winter Storm | 22 | 2 | 2 | $62,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 21 | 0 | 2 | $12,000 |
| Hail | 21 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Flood | 19 | 0 | 0 | $41,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 16 | 0 | 2 | |
| Heat | 15 | 2 | 15 | |
| Winter Weather | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Tornado | 5 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| High Surf | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 4 | 1 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Dense Smoke | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sneakerwave | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Dust Devil | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2013
- Sneakerwave in California, January 1, 2013
- High Wind in California, January 1 to 2, 2013
- Frost and Freeze and Dense Fog in California, January 2 to 6, 2013
- High Wind in California, January 2, 2013
- Frost and Freeze and Winter Weather in California, January 10 to 15, 2013
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in California, January 10 to 11, 2013
- High Wind in California, January 10, 2013
- Winter Storm and High Wind in California, January 10 to 11, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, January 12 to 14, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, January 12 to 16, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, January 12 to 14, 2013
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, January 14 to 16, 2013
- High Wind in California, January 14 to 15, 2013
- Extreme Cold in California, January 16, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, January 16 to 19, 2013
- High Wind in California, January 16, 2013
- High Wind in California, January 16 to 17, 2013
- Dense Fog in California, January 19 to 22, 2013
- High Wind in California, January 23, 2013
- Dense Fog and Strong Wind in California, January 23 to 27, 2013
- Dense Fog in California, January 26, 2013
February 2013
- Dense Fog in California, February 1 to 5, 2013
- Heavy Snow and Hail in California, February 7 to 9, 2013
- Frost and Freeze and Dense Fog in California, February 7 to 12, 2013
- High Wind in California, February 15 to 16, 2013
- Winter Storm and Strong Wind in California, February 18 to 20, 2013
- Heavy Snow in California, February 18 to 19, 2013
- Tornadoes and Winter Storm in California, February 19, 2013
- Heavy Snow and High Surf in California, February 19 to 20, 2013
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20, 2013
- Winter Storm in California, February 20, 2013
- Frost and Freeze and Strong Wind in California, February 21 to 25, 2013
- High Wind in California, February 23 to 24, 2013
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, February 24, 2013
- High Wind in California, February 28, 2013
March 2013
- Wildfire in California, March 1 to 3, 2013
- High Wind in California, March 1 to 3, 2013
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in California, March 5 to 6, 2013
- Flooding and Strong Wind in California, March 5 to 9, 2013
- Heavy Snow in California, March 5 to 6, 2013
- High Wind in California, March 6, 2013
- Flood and Damaging Wind in California, March 8, 2013
- Flash Flood and Winter Weather in California, March 8, 2013
- Heavy Snow in California, March 8, 2013
- Strong Wind in California, March 19, 2013
- High Wind in California, March 22, 2013
- Hail in California, March 29 to 31, 2013
April 2013
- Tornado in California, April 4, 2013
- High Wind in California, April 5 to 8, 2013
- High Wind in California, April 7 to 9, 2013
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, April 8, 2013
- High Wind in California, April 8 to 9, 2013
- High Wind in California, April 8, 2013
- Strong Wind in California, April 8 to 9, 2013
- High Wind and Dust Devil in California, April 8, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, April 9, 2013
- High Wind in California, April 13 to 14, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, April 14, 2013
- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, April 14 to 16, 2013
- High Wind in California, April 15 to 16, 2013
- High Wind in California, April 15, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, April 16, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, April 17, 2013
May 2013
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, May 1, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, May 1, 2013
- Wildfire in California, May 1 to 4, 2013
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, May 2 to 11, 2013
- High Wind in California, May 2, 2013
- Wildfire in California, May 2, 2013
- Tornado and Flood in California, May 4 to 9, 2013
- Flood and Hail in California, May 5 to 6, 2013
- Damaging Wind in California, May 6, 2013
- Wildfire in California, May 13 to 14, 2013
- Damaging Winds in California, May 14, 2013
- Wildfire in California, May 15 to 21, 2013
- High Wind in California, May 18 to 19, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, May 22, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, May 23, 2013
- High Wind in California, May 27 to 28, 2013
- High Wind in California, May 28, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, May 30, 2013
- Wildfire in California, May 30 to 31, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, May 31, 2013
June 2013
- Wildfire in California, June 1 to 12, 2013
- Damaging Wind in California, June 4, 2013
- High Surf in California, June 7, 2013
- Heat in California, June 7 to 9, 2013
- Wildfire in California, June 9 to 20, 2013
- Hail in California, June 10, 2013
- Wildfire in California, June 16 to 26, 2013
- Dust Devil in California, June 19, 2013
- Heat in California, June 28 to 30, 2013
- Excessive Heat in California, June 28 to 30, 2013
- Excessive Heat in California, June 28 to 30, 2013
- Excessive Heat in California, June 28 to 30, 2013
- Wildfire in California, June 28 to 30, 2013
- Sneakerwave in California, June 30, 2013
July 2013
- Heat in California, July 1 to 5, 2013
- Excessive Heat in California, July 1 to 3, 2013
- Debris Flow and Hail in California, July 1 to 3, 2013
- Damaging Wind in California, July 2, 2013
- Flash Flood and Debris Flow in California, July 2 to 3, 2013
- Flash Flood in California, July 4, 2013
- Wildfire in California, July 6 to 15, 2013
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in California, July 12 to 14, 2013
- Wildfire in California, July 15 to 30, 2013
- Wildfire in California, July 19 to 22, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in California, July 20 to 22, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in California, July 20 to 22, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in California, July 21 to 22, 2013
- Flash Flooding in California, July 22, 2013
- Wildfire in California, July 23 to 25, 2013
- Flash Flooding in California, July 23, 2013
- Debris Flow and Hail in California, July 25, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Dust Storm in California, July 28, 2013
August 2013
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 31, 2013
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 31, 2013
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 31, 2013
- Wildfire in California, August 5 to 9, 2013
- Wildfire in California, August 7 to 12, 2013
- Wildfire in California, August 17 to 31, 2013
- Wildfire in California, August 18 to 22, 2013
- Wildfire in California, August 18 to 22, 2013
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in California, August 18, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, August 18 to 19, 2013
- Flash Flooding in California, August 18, 2013
- Wildfire in California, August 19 to 26, 2013
- Damaging Wind in California, August 19, 2013
- Hail in California, August 20, 2013
- Hail in California, August 21, 2013
- Wildfire in California, August 22 to 26, 2013
- Hail in California, August 22, 2013
- Hail in California, August 22, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Dust Storm in California, August 22 to 25, 2013
- Dust Storm in California, August 22, 2013
- Wildfire in California, August 23 to 31, 2013
- Wildfire in California, August 23 to 31, 2013
- Dense Smoke in California, August 23 to 28, 2013
- Flash Flooding in California, August 23 to 25, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Dust Storm in California, August 24, 2013
- Flash Flood in California, August 25, 2013
- Dense Smoke in California, August 26 to 31, 2013
- Flash Flood in California, August 26, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, August 29 to 30, 2013
- Flash Flooding in California, August 29 to 31, 2013
- Dust Storm in California, August 31, 2013
September 2013
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 23, 2013
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 30, 2013
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 30, 2013
- Flash Flooding in California, September 1 to 4, 2013
- Flash Flood in California, September 1, 2013
- Heavy Rain in California, September 2 to 3, 2013
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in California, September 2, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Hail in California, September 3 to 7, 2013
- Flash Flooding in California, September 6 to 8, 2013
- Flash Flooding in California, September 7, 2013
- Flash Flood and Dust Storm in California, September 7, 2013
- Wildfire in California, September 8 to 14, 2013
- Damaging Wind in California, September 8, 2013
- Wildfire in California, September 9 to 15, 2013
- Damaging Wind in California, September 9, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Wind in California, September 9, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, September 18, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, September 19, 2013
- Heat in California, September 19, 2013
- High Wind in California, September 21 to 22, 2013
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, September 24 to 27, 2013
- High Wind in California, September 25, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, September 26, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, September 27, 2013
October 2013
- Wildfire in California, October 1 to 25, 2013
- High Wind in California, October 1 to 6, 2013
- Strong Wind in California, October 3 to 4, 2013
- Dust Storm in California, October 3, 2013
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, October 4, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 4, 2013
- High Wind in California, October 4 to 5, 2013
- Avalanche in California, October 5, 2013
- Wildfire in California, October 5 to 8, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 6, 2013
- High Wind in California, October 8 to 9, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 10, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 13, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 14, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 15, 2013
- Winter Storm and Strong Wind in California, October 27 to 28, 2013
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, October 27 to 28, 2013
- High Wind in California, October 27 to 28, 2013
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, October 27, 2013
November 2013
- Dense Fog in California, November 8 to 9, 2013
- Flooding and High Wind in California, November 20 to 23, 2013
- Wildfire and Strong Wind in California, November 20 to 22, 2013
- High Wind in California, November 21 to 24, 2013
- Heavy Snow in California, November 21 to 22, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in California, November 21 to 23, 2013
- Winter Storm in California, November 23, 2013
- High Surf in California, November 28 to 29, 2013
December 2013
- High Wind in California, December 2 to 3, 2013
- High Wind in California, December 3 to 4, 2013
- High Wind and Frost and Freeze in California, December 5 to 10, 2013
- Heavy Snow in California, December 6, 2013
- Winter Storm in California, December 6 to 7, 2013
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in California, December 6 to 7, 2013
- Heavy Snow in California, December 6 to 7, 2013
- High Wind in California, December 7, 2013
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, December 7, 2013
- High Wind in California, December 9, 2013
- High Wind in California, December 9, 2013
- High Wind in California, December 14 to 15, 2013
- High Wind in California, December 14 to 15, 2013
- Wildfire in California, December 17 to 20, 2013
- Freezing Fog in California, December 18, 2013
- Flood and High Wind in California, December 19, 2013
- Heavy Snow in California, December 19, 2013
- High Wind in California, December 23 to 25, 2013
- High Wind in California, December 29, 2013
- High Wind in California, December 29, 2013
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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.