Storms in California in 2017
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 2017, 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 2017 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
- 1,889
- Deaths
- 56
- Injuries
- 111
- Damage
- $867 million
- Episodes
- 331
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 375 | 0 | 0 | $617 million |
| High Wind | 341 | 1 | 3 | $11 million |
| Flash Flood | 156 | 9 | 24 | $44 million |
| Debris Flow | 149 | 0 | 3 | $11 million |
| Heavy Snow | 132 | 0 | 0 | $54 million |
| Heavy Rain | 131 | 0 | 0 | $19 million |
| Dense Fog | 76 | 2 | 8 | $309,000 |
| Strong Wind | 72 | 1 | 2 | $472,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 64 | 0 | 2 | $50,000 |
| Wildfire | 59 | 19 | 32 | $97 million |
| Hail | 55 | 0 | 0 | $350,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 49 | 17 | 33 | $10,000 |
| Heat | 45 | 2 | 1 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 20 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 18 | 0 | 0 | $45,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 15 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Rip Current | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 3 | 1 | 1 | $14 million |
| Avalanche | 3 | 0 | 2 | $50,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 3 | 1 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $55,000 |
| Blizzard | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2017
- Drought in California, January 1 to 31, 2017
- Drought in California, January 1 to 31, 2017
- Flood and Heavy Snow in California, January 1 to 4, 2017
- Flash Flood and High Wind in California, January 1 to 2, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, January 1 to 4, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, January 1 to 5, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in California, January 3 to 4, 2017
- Winter Storm in California, January 3 to 4, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, January 3 to 4, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in California, January 4 to 5, 2017
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, January 6 to 11, 2017
- Tornadoes and Debris Flows in California, January 6 to 12, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, January 7, 2017
- Debris Flow and Flooding in California, January 7 to 31, 2017
- Ice Storm and Flood in California, January 7, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in California, January 7 to 9, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in California, January 7 to 11, 2017
- Flooding in California, January 8 to 9, 2017
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in California, January 8 to 9, 2017
- Blizzard and Avalanche in California, January 9 to 12, 2017
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, January 9 to 11, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, January 10 to 12, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in California, January 10 to 11, 2017
- Flooding and Coastal Flood in California, January 12 to 13, 2017
- Flash Flood and Flooding in California, January 12, 2017
- Flash Flood in California, January 12, 2017
- High Wind in California, January 16, 2017
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, January 17 to 22, 2017
- High Wind in California, January 17 to 18, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, January 18 to 19, 2017
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in California, January 18 to 20, 2017
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, January 18 to 22, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, January 18 to 23, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in California, January 18 to 22, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in California, January 18 to 24, 2017
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in California, January 18 to 22, 2017
- Heavy Snow and Hail in California, January 19 to 23, 2017
- Flooding and Hail in California, January 19 to 20, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, January 19 to 20, 2017
- Avalanche and Heavy Snow in California, January 19 to 24, 2017
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in California, January 20 to 24, 2017
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in California, January 20, 2017
- High Surf in California, January 21, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, January 21 to 22, 2017
- Flash Flood and Debris Flows in California, January 22 to 23, 2017
- High Wind in California, January 22 to 23, 2017
- Flash Flood and Winter Storm in California, January 22 to 23, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, January 22, 2017
- Avalanche and Winter Weather in California, January 23 to 26, 2017
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in California, January 23, 2017
- High Wind in California, January 27, 2017
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, January 27 to 28, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, January 29 to 31, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, January 31, 2017
February 2017
- Drought in California, February 1 to 28, 2017
- Drought in California, February 1 to 9, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, February 1, 2017
- Strong Wind in California, February 1, 2017
- Winter Storm and Heavy Rain in California, February 2 to 6, 2017
- Flash Flood and Flooding in California, February 3, 2017
- Flash Flood and Debris Flows in California, February 5 to 8, 2017
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in California, February 5 to 9, 2017
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in California, February 6 to 11, 2017
- High Wind in California, February 6, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in California, February 6 to 8, 2017
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in California, February 7 to 14, 2017
- Flood in California, February 7 to 12, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, February 8 to 10, 2017
- High Wind in California, February 9, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in California, February 9 to 11, 2017
- Flood in California, February 9 to 10, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in California, February 9, 2017
- Flood in California, February 9 to 11, 2017
- High Wind in California, February 9, 2017
- Flood in California, February 10, 2017
- Flooding in California, February 11 to 13, 2017
- Flash Flood in California, February 11, 2017
- High Wind in California, February 12, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, February 15, 2017
- Heavy Rain in California, February 15 to 16, 2017
- High Wind in California, February 15 to 16, 2017
- Flash Flood and Winter Storm in California, February 17 to 22, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, February 17, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Winter Storm in California, February 17 to 18, 2017
- Debris Flow and High Wind in California, February 17, 2017
- Flash Flood and Flooding in California, February 17 to 20, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in California, February 17 to 19, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, February 19 to 20, 2017
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in California, February 19 to 20, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20 to 22, 2017
- High Wind in California, February 20, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in California, February 20 to 24, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20 to 21, 2017
- Flood in California, February 22 to 23, 2017
- Heavy Rain in California, February 26, 2017
- Flooding and Strong Wind in California, February 27 to 28, 2017
March 2017
- Drought in California, March 1 to 31, 2017
- High Wind in California, March 2, 2017
- Winter Storm and Hail in California, March 4 to 6, 2017
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in California, March 4 to 7, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, March 4 to 6, 2017
- Debris Flows and Flooding in California, March 4 to 5, 2017
- Strong Wind in California, March 5, 2017
- High Wind in California, March 5, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, March 11, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, March 11 to 16, 2017
- Flooding and Hail in California, March 21 to 22, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Wind in California, March 21, 2017
- Flood and Hail in California, March 21 to 24, 2017
- Hail in California, March 22, 2017
- Winter Weather and Heavy Rain in California, March 24 to 27, 2017
- High Wind in California, March 27, 2017
- High Wind in California, March 27 to 28, 2017
- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, March 30, 2017
- High Wind in California, March 30, 2017
- Strong Wind in California, March 30, 2017
- High Wind in California, March 30 to 31, 2017
- Strong Wind in California, March 31, 2017
April 2017
- Drought in California, April 1 to 30, 2017
- High Wind in California, April 6 to 7, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, April 6 to 8, 2017
- Debris Flows and Flooding in California, April 6 to 8, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, April 6 to 8, 2017
- High Wind in California, April 6 to 8, 2017
- High Wind in California, April 7, 2017
- Heavy Snow and Hail in California, April 7 to 8, 2017
- Lightning Strike and Winter Weather in California, April 12 to 13, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, April 12 to 13, 2017
- Flash Flood and Dust Storm in California, April 13, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, April 13 to 14, 2017
- Heavy Rain in California, April 17 to 18, 2017
- High Wind in California, April 20, 2017
- High Wind in California, April 24, 2017
- High Wind in California, April 24, 2017
- High Wind in California, April 26, 2017
- High Wind in California, April 26, 2017
- High Wind in California, April 27, 2017
- High Wind in California, April 27, 2017
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, April 29 to 30, 2017
May 2017
- Flood in California, May 2 to 31, 2017
- Hail in California, May 4, 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, May 6, 2017
- Tornado and Flood in California, May 7, 2017
- Strong Wind in California, May 9, 2017
- High Wind in California, May 16 to 17, 2017
- Debris Flow in California, May 19 to 21, 2017
- Wildfire in California, May 19 to 26, 2017
- Coastal Flood in California, May 24, 2017
- Strong Wind in California, May 25, 2017
June 2017
- Flood in California, June 1 to 23, 2017
- Flood in California, June 2 to 30, 2017
- Debris Flow and Hail in California, June 8 to 12, 2017
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in California, June 11 to 12, 2017
- Flood and Hail in California, June 11, 2017
- High Wind in California, June 11, 2017
- Frost and Freeze in California, June 14, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, June 16, 2017
- Excessive Heat in California, June 17 to 23, 2017
- Excessive Heat and Heat in California, June 17 to 27, 2017
- Heat in California, June 18 to 25, 2017
- Wildfire in California, June 18 to 25, 2017
- Heat in California, June 18 to 21, 2017
- Damaging Wind in California, June 19, 2017
- Flooding in California, June 19 to 29, 2017
- Wildfire in California, June 23 to 28, 2017
- Excessive Heat in California, June 24 to 25, 2017
July 2017
- Flood in California, July 1 to 31, 2017
- Wildfire in California, July 1 to 31, 2017
- Wildfire in California, July 5 to 12, 2017
- Excessive Heat in California, July 6 to 8, 2017
- Wildfire in California, July 6 to 25, 2017
- Wildfire in California, July 7 to 8, 2017
- Excessive Heat and Heat in California, July 7 to 8, 2017
- Heat in California, July 7, 2017
- Heat in California, July 7 to 9, 2017
- Rip Current and High Surf in California, July 8 to 13, 2017
- Flash Flooding in California, July 8 to 10, 2017
- Flash Flood in California, July 9, 2017
- Wildfire in California, July 10 to 12, 2017
- Wildfire in California, July 13 to 17, 2017
- Wildfire in California, July 16 to 31, 2017
- Wildfire in California, July 17 to 22, 2017
- Wildfire in California, July 23 to 31, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in California, July 24 to 25, 2017
- Wildfire in California, July 25 to 31, 2017
- Hail in California, July 25, 2017
- Flash Flood in California, July 29, 2017
- Flash Flood in California, July 29, 2017
August 2017
- Excessive Heat in California, August 1 to 4, 2017
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 14, 2017
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 24, 2017
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 31, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in California, August 1 to 3, 2017
- Excessive Heat and Hail in California, August 1 to 3, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in California, August 2 to 3, 2017
- Flash Flooding in California, August 2 to 4, 2017
- Flash Flood in California, August 3, 2017
- Wildfire in California, August 3 to 15, 2017
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in California, August 3, 2017
- Flash Flood and Hail in California, August 3, 2017
- Flash Flood in California, August 5, 2017
- Hail in California, August 6, 2017
- Hail in California, August 6 to 10, 2017
- Hail in California, August 6, 2017
- Hail in California, August 9, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in California, August 10 to 11, 2017
- Wildfire in California, August 10 to 31, 2017
- Heat in California, August 12, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in California, August 12, 2017
- Wildfire in California, August 13 to 31, 2017
- High Wind in California, August 13 to 14, 2017
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in California, August 18, 2017
- Debris Flow and Hail in California, August 18 to 20, 2017
- Heat in California, August 26 to 31, 2017
- Excessive Heat in California, August 28 to 31, 2017
- Wildfire in California, August 29 to 31, 2017
- Wildfire in California, August 29 to 31, 2017
- Wildfire in California, August 29 to 31, 2017
- Wildfire in California, August 29 to 31, 2017
- Flash Flood and Flooding in California, August 31, 2017
- Damaging Wind in California, August 31, 2017
September 2017
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 28, 2017
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 30, 2017
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 15, 2017
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 24, 2017
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 11, 2017
- Excessive Heat in California, September 1 to 3, 2017
- Excessive Heat in California, September 1 to 2, 2017
- Excessive Heat in California, September 1, 2017
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 9, 2017
- Debris Flows and Dust Storm in California, September 3, 2017
- Wildfire in California, September 3 to 13, 2017
- Damaging Winds in California, September 3, 2017
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in California, September 3, 2017
- Hail in California, September 6 to 8, 2017
- Dust Storm in California, September 7, 2017
- Flash Flooding in California, September 7 to 9, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in California, September 7 to 9, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in California, September 8, 2017
- Dust Storm in California, September 8, 2017
- Flash Flooding in California, September 8, 2017
- Hail in California, September 8, 2017
- Flash Flood in California, September 9, 2017
- Flash Flood in California, September 9, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in California, September 9, 2017
- Flood and Wildfire in California, September 11 to 15, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in California, September 11, 2017
- Damaging Wind in California, September 11, 2017
- Debris Flow and Heavy Rain in California, September 13, 2017
- High Wind in California, September 18 to 19, 2017
- Debris Flow and High Wind in California, September 20 to 21, 2017
- Frost and Freeze in California, September 21, 2017
- Winter Weather in California, September 21 to 22, 2017
- Frost and Freeze in California, September 22, 2017
- Frost and Freeze in California, September 23, 2017
- Wildfire in California, September 23, 2017
- Wildfire in California, September 25 to 27, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, September 27 to 29, 2017
October 2017
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 3, 2017
- High Wind in California, October 3, 2017
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 4, 2017
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 5, 2017
- Coastal Flood and Rip Current in California, October 6 to 8, 2017
- Wildfire in California, October 8 to 28, 2017
- High Wind in California, October 8, 2017
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, October 8 to 31, 2017
- Wildfire in California, October 8 to 31, 2017
- High Wind in California, October 9, 2017
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 9, 2017
- High Wind in California, October 9, 2017
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, October 9 to 17, 2017
- High Wind in California, October 9, 2017
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 12, 2017
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 14, 2017
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 15, 2017
- High Surf in California, October 17 to 18, 2017
- Rip Current and High Surf in California, October 19 to 20, 2017
- High Wind in California, October 19 to 20, 2017
- High Wind in California, October 20, 2017
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, October 20, 2017
- Winter Weather in California, October 20, 2017
- Excessive Heat and Heat in California, October 23 to 25, 2017
- High Surf in California, October 23, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, October 27, 2017
- Rip Current in California, October 29, 2017
November 2017
- Heavy Snow in California, November 3 to 4, 2017
- Hail in California, November 4, 2017
- High Wind in California, November 8, 2017
- High Wind in California, November 8, 2017
- High Wind in California, November 8, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, November 11, 2017
- Winter Storm and Heavy Rain in California, November 15 to 17, 2017
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, November 15 to 17, 2017
- High Wind in California, November 15, 2017
- Heavy Snow and Heavy Rain in California, November 16 to 17, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, November 17, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, November 19, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, November 22, 2017
- Heat in California, November 22 to 23, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, November 25, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, November 25 to 26, 2017
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, November 26 to 27, 2017
- High Wind in California, November 26, 2017
- High Wind in California, November 26 to 27, 2017
- Flooding and Strong Wind in California, November 27, 2017
- High Wind in California, November 27, 2017
- High Wind in California, November 28, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, November 30, 2017
December 2017
- Dense Fog in California, December 1, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, December 2, 2017
- High Wind in California, December 3, 2017
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 4, 2017
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, December 4 to 31, 2017
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, December 4 to 9, 2017
- Strong Wind in California, December 4 to 5, 2017
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 5, 2017
- High Wind in California, December 6, 2017
- High Wind in California, December 14 to 17, 2017
- Strong Wind in California, December 16, 2017
- High Wind in California, December 16, 2017
- High Wind in California, December 16, 2017
- Strong Wind in California, December 16, 2017
- High Wind in California, December 19, 2017
- High Wind in California, December 19 to 20, 2017
- High Wind in California, December 20, 2017
- Winter Weather in California, December 20, 2017
- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, December 20, 2017
- Frost and Freeze and Dense Fog in California, December 21 to 22, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, December 29 to 30, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, December 30, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, December 31, 2017
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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.