California

Storms in California in 2013

739 events in 217 episodes

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

Open the live radar over California

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Wind15913$440 million
Flash Flood11936$46 million
Frost/Freeze10010$7.5 million
Strong Wind6801$31,000
Dense Fog5200$1.0 million
Wildfire42351$33 million
Thunderstorm Wind3000$139,000
Winter Storm2222$62,000
Heavy Snow2102$12,000
Hail2100$40,000
Flood1900$41,000
Excessive Heat1602
Heat15215
Winter Weather1300
Dust Storm800$10,000
Tornado500$25,000
High Surf500
Heavy Rain400
Debris Flow410$10,000
Dense Smoke300
Sneakerwave232
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill221
Dust Devil200
Funnel Cloud200
Avalanche200
Coastal Flood100
Lightning100
Freezing Fog100

Every episode, month by month

January 2013

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September 2013

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November 2013

December 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.