California

Storms in California in 2019

2,753 events in 416 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 2019, 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 2019 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
2,753
Deaths
61
Injuries
129
Damage
$165 million
Episodes
416

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
Flood50010$151,000
High Wind39830$699,000
Strong Wind30604$68,000
Heavy Snow21900$200,000
Winter Weather17900
Dense Fog16036$290,000
Heavy Rain13610$50,000
Excessive Heat12841$2.0 million
Debris Flow12524$6.5 million
Flash Flood120848$122 million
Winter Storm7731$2.5 million
Frost/Freeze7470
Heat6302
Wildfire56658$12 million
Hail5300$289,000
Funnel Cloud4200
Thunderstorm Wind2300$61,000
High Surf2030
Tornado1520$18 million
Cold/Wind Chill1282
Rip Current1181
Lightning1001$2,000
Dust Storm700$205,000
Coastal Flood600$5,000
Freezing Fog300
Astronomical Low Tide200
Avalanche201
Sneakerwave220
Dense Smoke200
Blizzard100
Dust Devil100

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.