California

Storms in California in 2014

1,141 events in 269 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 2014, 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 2014 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
1,141
Deaths
31
Injuries
173
Damage
$1.6 billion
Episodes
269

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 Wind18462$6.0 million
Flash Flood156520$18 million
Drought13400$1.5 billion
Flood11400$241,000
Strong Wind11300$260,000
Dense Fog6630$200,000
Heavy Rain6000
Wildfire59256$57 million
Thunderstorm Wind3300
Heavy Snow3000$612,000
Frost/Freeze2800
Winter Weather2400
High Surf2233$40 million
Winter Storm2201$5.1 million
Debris Flow2200$60,000
Hail1800$500
Dust Storm1201$272,000
Lightning1119$4,000
Tornado912
Coastal Flood700$15,000
Sneakerwave554
Funnel Cloud500
Dust Devil200
Rip Current230
Heat2175
Excessive Heat110

Every episode, month by month

January 2014

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November 2014

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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.