California

Storms in California in 2015

1,143 events in 279 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Drought20500
Flash Flood15723$79 million
High Wind13202$104,000
Dense Fog1131012$100,000
Heavy Rain8402$60,000
Frost/Freeze7800$300,000
Heavy Snow5610$26,000
Strong Wind5201$1.5 million
Hail3700$1.0 million
Wildfire34712$2.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind3200$1.3 million
Flood3103$1.4 million
High Surf2110
Debris Flow2000$235,000
Lightning2000
Winter Weather1600
Coastal Flood1400
Funnel Cloud1100
Dust Storm10015
Tornado1003$21 million
Winter Storm500
Sneakerwave111
Tsunami100$875,000
Heat101
Cold/Wind Chill102
Avalanche110

Every episode, month by month

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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.