Storms in California in 2015
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 2015, 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 2015 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
- 1,143
- Deaths
- 23
- Injuries
- 57
- Damage
- $109 million
- Episodes
- 279
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 205 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 157 | 2 | 3 | $79 million |
| High Wind | 132 | 0 | 2 | $104,000 |
| Dense Fog | 113 | 10 | 12 | $100,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 84 | 0 | 2 | $60,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 78 | 0 | 0 | $300,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 56 | 1 | 0 | $26,000 |
| Strong Wind | 52 | 0 | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Hail | 37 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Wildfire | 34 | 7 | 12 | $2.0 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 32 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Flood | 31 | 0 | 3 | $1.4 million |
| High Surf | 21 | 1 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 20 | 0 | 0 | $235,000 |
| Lightning | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 10 | 0 | 15 | |
| Tornado | 10 | 0 | 3 | $21 million |
| Winter Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sneakerwave | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tsunami | 1 | 0 | 0 | $875,000 |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Avalanche | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, January 1 to 3, 2015
- Drought in California, January 1 to 31, 2015
- Drought in California, January 1 to 31, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, January 1, 2015
- Heavy Rain in California, January 11, 2015
- Dense Fog in California, January 11 to 16, 2015
- Dense Fog in California, January 13 to 15, 2015
- Dense Fog in California, January 19 to 20, 2015
- Dense Fog in California, January 22 to 26, 2015
- High Wind in California, January 23 to 24, 2015
- High Wind in California, January 23 to 24, 2015
- Heavy Rain and Dense Fog in California, January 26 to 27, 2015
- Dense Fog in California, January 28 to 31, 2015
- Flooding in California, January 30, 2015
February 2015
- Drought in California, February 1 to 28, 2015
- Drought in California, February 1 to 28, 2015
- Dense Fog in California, February 2 to 5, 2015
- High Wind in California, February 4 to 5, 2015
- High Wind in California, February 5 to 6, 2015
- Flood and High Wind in California, February 5 to 9, 2015
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, February 6 to 12, 2015
- Flood in California, February 6 to 8, 2015
- Debris Flow and Flooding in California, February 6 to 9, 2015
- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, February 6 to 9, 2015
- Wildfire in California, February 6 to 12, 2015
- Strong Wind in California, February 6, 2015
- High Wind in California, February 6 to 9, 2015
- High Wind in California, February 6 to 7, 2015
- Flood in California, February 7 to 8, 2015
- Flood in California, February 7, 2015
- High Surf in California, February 8 to 10, 2015
- Flood in California, February 8 to 9, 2015
- High Wind in California, February 8 to 9, 2015
- Dense Fog in California, February 11 to 14, 2015
- High Wind in California, February 11 to 12, 2015
- Dense Fog in California, February 18 to 20, 2015
- Dense Fog in California, February 19, 2015
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in California, February 22 to 23, 2015
- Tornado and Heavy Rain in California, February 22 to 23, 2015
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in California, February 22 to 23, 2015
- Winter Weather in California, February 27 to 28, 2015
- Heavy Snow in California, February 27 to 28, 2015
- Sneakerwave in California, February 28, 2015
March 2015
- Debris Flow and Heavy Snow in California, March 1 to 2, 2015
- Drought in California, March 1 to 31, 2015
- Drought in California, March 1 to 31, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Rain in California, March 1 to 2, 2015
- High Wind in California, March 4 to 5, 2015
- High Wind in California, March 15, 2015
- High Wind in California, March 23, 2015
- High Wind in California, March 31, 2015
- High Wind in California, March 31, 2015
April 2015
- High Wind in California, April 1 to 2, 2015
- Drought in California, April 1 to 30, 2015
- Drought in California, April 1 to 30, 2015
- High Wind in California, April 1, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, April 1, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, April 2, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, April 3, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, April 6, 2015
- Winter Storm and Heavy Rain in California, April 6 to 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow in California, April 6 to 7, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, April 7, 2015
- Hail in California, April 7, 2015
- Winter Weather in California, April 7 to 8, 2015
- Strong Wind in California, April 13 to 14, 2015
- Dust Storm in California, April 14, 2015
- High Wind in California, April 14 to 16, 2015
- High Wind in California, April 14, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, April 15, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, April 16, 2015
- Damaging Wind in California, April 19, 2015
- Tornado in California, April 21, 2015
- Heavy Snow and Hail in California, April 23 to 25, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, April 23, 2015
- High Wind in California, April 24, 2015
- Flash Flood and High Wind in California, April 25, 2015
- High Wind in California, April 25 to 27, 2015
May 2015
- Drought in California, May 1 to 31, 2015
- Drought in California, May 1 to 31, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, May 4, 2015
- Winter Weather in California, May 7 to 8, 2015
- Funnel Cloud in California, May 7, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Snow in California, May 7 to 8, 2015
- Hail and High Wind in California, May 7, 2015
- Winter Weather in California, May 7 to 8, 2015
- Wildfire in California, May 7, 2015
- Heavy Rain and Winter Weather in California, May 14 to 15, 2015
- Funnel Clouds in California, May 14, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in California, May 14, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, May 14 to 15, 2015
- Dense Fog in California, May 16, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, May 19, 2015
- Damaging Wind in California, May 25, 2015
June 2015
- Drought in California, June 1 to 30, 2015
- Drought in California, June 1 to 30, 2015
- Flooding and Hail in California, June 5 to 9, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, June 5, 2015
- Flash Flooding in California, June 10 to 12, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, June 10, 2015
- Flash Flood and Hail in California, June 10, 2015
- Flash Flooding in California, June 12, 2015
- Flood in California, June 12, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, June 12, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, June 13, 2015
- Wildfire in California, June 17 to 30, 2015
- Wildfire in California, June 18 to 29, 2015
- Wildfire in California, June 18 to 25, 2015
- Damaging Wind in California, June 27, 2015
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strikes in California, June 30, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, June 30, 2015
July 2015
- Drought in California, July 1 to 31, 2015
- Drought in California, July 1 to 31, 2015
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in California, July 1, 2015
- Debris Flow in California, July 1, 2015
- Flood and Hail in California, July 3 to 8, 2015
- Hail in California, July 5, 2015
- Flash Flooding in California, July 5 to 6, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in California, July 6, 2015
- Tornado and Debris Flows in California, July 6 to 8, 2015
- Damaging Wind in California, July 7, 2015
- Hail in California, July 7, 2015
- Flash Flood and Hail in California, July 8 to 9, 2015
- Heavy Rain in California, July 9 to 10, 2015
- Damaging Wind in California, July 9, 2015
- Wildfire in California, July 17, 2015
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in California, July 17 to 21, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in California, July 17 to 19, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, July 18, 2015
- Hail in California, July 18, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in California, July 18 to 20, 2015
- Wildfire in California, July 18 to 20, 2015
- Wildfire in California, July 19 to 31, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, July 19, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, July 19, 2015
- Flash Flooding in California, July 19, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, July 19, 2015
- Hail and Heavy Rain in California, July 20, 2015
- Tornado and Debris Flow in California, July 20 to 21, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, July 20, 2015
- Damaging Wind in California, July 20, 2015
- Wildfire in California, July 21 to 26, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, July 21, 2015
- Wildfire in California, July 22 to 30, 2015
- Wildfire in California, July 24 to 29, 2015
- Wildfire in California, July 25 to 31, 2015
- Wildfire in California, July 25 to 31, 2015
- Wildfire in California, July 27 to 31, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, July 29 to 30, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Dust Storm in California, July 29 to 30, 2015
- Flash Flooding in California, July 29 to 30, 2015
- Wildfire in California, July 30 to 31, 2015
- Heavy Rain in California, July 30, 2015
- Wildfire in California, July 30 to 31, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, July 30, 2015
August 2015
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 7, 2015
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 31, 2015
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 31, 2015
- Drought in California, August 1 to 31, 2015
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 12, 2015
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 25, 2015
- Drought in California, August 1 to 31, 2015
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 11, 2015
- Hail in California, August 1, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, August 1, 2015
- Debris Flow in California, August 4, 2015
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in California, August 6, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, August 6, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, August 14, 2015
- Flash Flooding in California, August 26, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, August 26, 2015
September 2015
- Drought in California, September 1 to 30, 2015
- Drought in California, September 1 to 30, 2015
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 30, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, September 6, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, September 7, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, September 7 to 9, 2015
- Wildfire in California, September 7 to 16, 2015
- Flash Flooding in California, September 8 to 9, 2015
- Wildfire in California, September 9 to 30, 2015
- Flash Flooding in California, September 9, 2015
- Damaging Wind in California, September 14, 2015
- Tsunami and Flash Flooding in California, September 15 to 17, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, September 18, 2015
- Heat in California, September 23, 2015
October 2015
- Drought in California, October 1 to 31, 2015
- Drought in California, October 1 to 31, 2015
- Cold in California, October 3, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Winter Weather in California, October 4 to 5, 2015
- Heavy Rain in California, October 4 to 5, 2015
- Damaging Wind in California, October 15, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strikes in California, October 15 to 19, 2015
- Flash Flooding in California, October 15 to 16, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Hail in California, October 15 to 16, 2015
- Debris Flow and Heavy Rain in California, October 17 to 18, 2015
- Tornado in California, October 17, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, October 18, 2015
- Flood in California, October 19 to 20, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 23, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 27, 2015
- Coastal Flood in California, October 27 to 28, 2015
- High Wind in California, October 30, 2015
- High Wind in California, October 30, 2015
November 2015
- Drought in California, November 1 to 30, 2015
- Drought in California, November 1 to 30, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Wind in California, November 1 to 2, 2015
- Heavy Snow in California, November 2, 2015
- Dust Storm and Heavy Rain in California, November 2 to 3, 2015
- High Wind in California, November 2, 2015
- Flood in California, November 3 to 4, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 3 to 4, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 4 to 5, 2015
- Heavy Rain in California, November 8 to 10, 2015
- Avalanche in California, November 10, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 12, 2015
- Dense Fog in California, November 14, 2015
- High Wind in California, November 14, 2015
- High Wind in California, November 15, 2015
- Tornado and Heavy Snow in California, November 15 to 16, 2015
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, November 15 to 16, 2015
- High Wind in California, November 15 to 16, 2015
- High Wind and High Surf in California, November 16, 2015
- Heavy Snow in California, November 24, 2015
- Winter Weather in California, November 24, 2015
- Coastal Flood in California, November 24, 2015
- Heavy Snow in California, November 24, 2015
- Heavy Snow in California, November 24 to 25, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 25 to 26, 2015
- Frost and Freeze and Dense Fog in California, November 26, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 26 to 27, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 27 to 28, 2015
December 2015
- Drought in California, December 1 to 31, 2015
- Drought in California, December 1 to 27, 2015
- High Wind in California, December 3, 2015
- Heavy Snow and Heavy Rain in California, December 3 to 4, 2015
- Strong Wind in California, December 3, 2015
- High Surf in California, December 5 to 8, 2015
- High Wind in California, December 5 to 6, 2015
- Dense Fog in California, December 8, 2015
- High Wind in California, December 9, 2015
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, December 9 to 11, 2015
- Dense Fog in California, December 9 to 10, 2015
- Coastal Flood and Hail in California, December 9 to 11, 2015
- High Wind in California, December 9 to 10, 2015
- Heavy Snow in California, December 10 to 11, 2015
- Dense Fog in California, December 10 to 11, 2015
- High Surf in California, December 10 to 11, 2015
- High Wind in California, December 11, 2015
- Flood and Coastal Flood in California, December 11 to 14, 2015
- High Wind in California, December 11 to 12, 2015
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, December 12 to 13, 2015
- Heavy Snow in California, December 12 to 13, 2015
- High Wind in California, December 12 to 13, 2015
- Strong Wind in California, December 13, 2015
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, December 13, 2015
- Flash Flood and Heavy Snow in California, December 13 to 14, 2015
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, December 13 to 14, 2015
- High Wind in California, December 13, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 15 to 16, 2015
- High Wind in California, December 18, 2015
- Dense Fog in California, December 20, 2015
- Debris Flows and Heavy Rain in California, December 20 to 22, 2015
- High Wind in California, December 20 to 21, 2015
- Heavy Snow in California, December 21 to 22, 2015
- Heavy Snow in California, December 21 to 22, 2015
- Flash Flood and Winter Storm in California, December 21 to 22, 2015
- High Wind in California, December 21 to 22, 2015
- High Wind in California, December 22, 2015
- High Wind in California, December 22, 2015
- High Surf in California, December 23, 2015
- Winter Storm in California, December 23 to 25, 2015
- Heavy Snow in California, December 23 to 24, 2015
- Heavy Snow in California, December 23 to 24, 2015
- Tornadoes and Heavy Snow in California, December 24 to 25, 2015
- High Wind in California, December 25 to 26, 2015
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, December 26 to 27, 2015
- Frost and Freeze and Dense Fog in California, December 26 to 27, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 30 to 31, 2015
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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.