Storms in California in 2020
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 2020, 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 2020 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
- 1,828
- Deaths
- 65
- Injuries
- 259
- Damage
- $41 million
- Episodes
- 366
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 373 | 0 | 0 | $534,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 244 | 13 | 109 | $6.0 million |
| Dense Fog | 175 | 8 | 3 | $150,000 |
| Strong Wind | 160 | 0 | 0 | $189,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 123 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 117 | 26 | 103 | $30 million |
| Winter Weather | 116 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 105 | 0 | 2 | $71,000 |
| Flood | 101 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 58 | 1 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 49 | 0 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| Hail | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 31 | 1 | 0 | $2.8 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 20 | 0 | 0 | $51,000 |
| Drought | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 13 | 4 | 5 | |
| High Surf | 11 | 3 | 3 | |
| Heavy Rain | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| Coastal Flood | 9 | 0 | 2 | $40,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 8 | 0 | 29 | $21,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| Dense Smoke | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dust Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Astronomical Low Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sneakerwave | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 1, 2020
- Rip Current and High Surf in California, January 1 to 2, 2020
- High Wind in California, January 1, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 2, 2020
- High Wind in California, January 2, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 2, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 3, 2020
- High Wind in California, January 3 to 4, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 4, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 5, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 5, 2020
- High Wind in California, January 5, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 5 to 6, 2020
- High Wind in California, January 6, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 6 to 7, 2020
- Winter Weather in California, January 7 to 8, 2020
- High Wind and Dense Fog in California, January 7 to 8, 2020
- High Wind in California, January 9, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 10, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 11, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 12, 2020
- High Wind in California, January 13, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 13, 2020
- High Wind in California, January 13 to 14, 2020
- High Wind in California, January 15, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in California, January 15 to 17, 2020
- Heavy Snow in California, January 15 to 16, 2020
- Avalanche and Heavy Snow in California, January 16 to 17, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in California, January 16 to 17, 2020
- Debris Flow and Flooding in California, January 16, 2020
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, January 16 to 17, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, January 16, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 17, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 17 to 18, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 20, 2020
- Winter Weather in California, January 21 to 22, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 22, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 23, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 24, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 24 to 25, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 25, 2020
- Winter Weather in California, January 25 to 26, 2020
- High Wind in California, January 26, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 27, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 28, 2020
- High Wind in California, January 28, 2020
- High Wind in California, January 28 to 29, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, January 29 to 31, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 30, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, January 31, 2020
February 2020
- Dense Fog in California, February 1, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, February 2, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, February 2 to 4, 2020
- High Wind and Winter Weather in California, February 2 to 3, 2020
- Strong Wind in California, February 2, 2020
- High Wind in California, February 2, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, February 2 to 3, 2020
- High Wind in California, February 2 to 3, 2020
- High Wind and Frost and Freeze in California, February 2 to 5, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, February 3 to 5, 2020
- High Wind in California, February 4, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, February 5, 2020
- High Wind in California, February 8 to 9, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, February 8 to 10, 2020
- Strong Wind in California, February 9 to 10, 2020
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, February 9 to 11, 2020
- Strong Wind in California, February 9, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, February 10, 2020
- High Wind in California, February 10, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, February 14, 2020
- High Wind in California, February 16, 2020
- Heavy Snow in California, February 22 to 23, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, February 23, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, February 25 to 26, 2020
- High Wind in California, February 29, 2020
- Winter Weather in California, February 29, 2020
March 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in California, March 1, 2020
- Winter Weather in California, March 1, 2020
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, March 1 to 3, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, March 1 to 3, 2020
- High Wind in California, March 1 to 2, 2020
- Winter Weather in California, March 7 to 8, 2020
- Flash Flood and Debris Flows in California, March 10 to 11, 2020
- Flash Flood in California, March 10, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in California, March 10 to 13, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, March 12, 2020
- Flash Flooding in California, March 12, 2020
- Flood in California, March 12 to 13, 2020
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, March 13 to 18, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Hail in California, March 13 to 17, 2020
- Winter Storm in California, March 14 to 17, 2020
- Heavy Snow in California, March 15 to 16, 2020
- Heavy Snow in California, March 16 to 19, 2020
- Winter Storm in California, March 16, 2020
- Heavy Snow in California, March 17 to 18, 2020
- Hail in California, March 17, 2020
- Funnel Cloud in California, March 19, 2020
- Flood and Winter Weather in California, March 22 to 23, 2020
- Winter Weather in California, March 24 to 25, 2020
- Flood and High Wind in California, March 25, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Lightning Strike in California, March 25 to 27, 2020
- Hail in California, March 25 to 26, 2020
April 2020
- High Wind in California, April 1, 2020
- Winter Weather and Heavy Rain in California, April 4 to 6, 2020
- Winter Storm and Flooding in California, April 4 to 6, 2020
- Flooding and Hail in California, April 5 to 6, 2020
- Flood and Heavy Snow in California, April 5 to 6, 2020
- Heavy Snow in California, April 6, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in California, April 6 to 10, 2020
- Debris Flows and Flooding in California, April 7 to 10, 2020
- Flash Flood in California, April 8, 2020
- Rip Current in California, April 17, 2020
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in California, April 17 to 18, 2020
- High Wind in California, April 21 to 23, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Heat in California, April 24 to 30, 2020
- Cold in California, April 24 to 28, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, April 26 to 30, 2020
- High Wind in California, April 30, 2020
May 2020
- High Wind in California, May 1, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Heat in California, May 5 to 10, 2020
- High Wind in California, May 5 to 6, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, May 6 to 7, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, May 8 to 9, 2020
- High Wind in California, May 12 to 14, 2020
- High Wind in California, May 14 to 15, 2020
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in California, May 18 to 19, 2020
- Tornado and Flooding in California, May 18, 2020
- High Surf in California, May 19 to 20, 2020
- High Wind in California, May 22, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, May 26 to 28, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, May 26 to 28, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, May 27 to 29, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, May 27 to 29, 2020
- Rip Current in California, May 27, 2020
- Cold in California, May 28, 2020
- Rip Current in California, May 28, 2020
- Hail in California, May 30, 2020
- Rip Current in California, May 31, 2020
June 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, June 2 to 4, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, June 3 to 4, 2020
- Heat in California, June 3 to 4, 2020
- Wildfire in California, June 3 to 18, 2020
- Rip Currents in California, June 3, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, June 3 to 4, 2020
- Rip Current in California, June 4, 2020
- Wildfire and Strong Wind in California, June 5 to 16, 2020
- High Wind in California, June 5, 2020
- High Wind in California, June 6, 2020
- Wildfire in California, June 6 to 10, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, June 8, 2020
- High Wind in California, June 8, 2020
- Wildfire in California, June 10 to 17, 2020
- Rip Current in California, June 11, 2020
- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, June 12 to 14, 2020
- Wildfire in California, June 15 to 19, 2020
- High Wind in California, June 15 to 17, 2020
- Wildfire in California, June 16 to 20, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, June 17, 2020
- Wildfire in California, June 17 to 26, 2020
- Heat in California, June 23 to 27, 2020
- Damaging Winds in California, June 25, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in California, June 25, 2020
- High Wind in California, June 28, 2020
- High Wind in California, June 28, 2020
- High Wind in California, June 28, 2020
- Wildfire in California, June 28 to 29, 2020
- Cold in California, June 30, 2020
July 2020
- Rip Current in California, July 1, 2020
- Wildfire in California, July 1 to 5, 2020
- Wildfire in California, July 3 to 6, 2020
- Coastal Flood and Dense Fog in California, July 3 to 6, 2020
- Wildfire in California, July 4 to 13, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, July 5 to 8, 2020
- Wildfire in California, July 5 to 10, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, July 11 to 13, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, July 11 to 13, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Heat in California, July 11 to 12, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, July 11 to 13, 2020
- Wildfire in California, July 12 to 15, 2020
- Wildfire in California, July 13 to 26, 2020
- Wildfire in California, July 15 to 20, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Wildfire in California, July 16 to 21, 2020
- Wildfire in California, July 20, 2020
- Hail in California, July 20, 2020
- Wildfire in California, July 21 to 29, 2020
- Wildfire in California, July 22 to 31, 2020
- Hail in California, July 22, 2020
- Wildfire in California, July 24 to 31, 2020
- Lightning Strike in California, July 25, 2020
- Wildfire in California, July 27, 2020
- Hail in California, July 27, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, July 30 to 31, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, July 30 to 31, 2020
- Wildfire in California, July 31, 2020
August 2020
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 20, 2020
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 31, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, August 1, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, August 1 to 3, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Dense Fog in California, August 1 to 3, 2020
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 9, 2020
- High Wind in California, August 2, 2020
- Wildfire in California, August 3 to 17, 2020
- Wildfire in California, August 12 to 31, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, August 13 to 20, 2020
- Wildfire in California, August 13 to 28, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, August 14 to 20, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, August 14 to 17, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Heavy Rain in California, August 14 to 20, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, August 14 to 21, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, August 14 to 20, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Wildfire in California, August 14 to 31, 2020
- Tornadoes in California, August 15, 2020
- Wildfire in California, August 15 to 25, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in California, August 15 to 18, 2020
- Flash Flood in California, August 15, 2020
- Wildfire in California, August 16 to 31, 2020
- Damaging Winds in California, August 16 to 18, 2020
- Wildfire in California, August 17 to 23, 2020
- Flash Flood in California, August 17, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, August 18 to 23, 2020
- Wildfire in California, August 19 to 31, 2020
- Wildfire in California, August 19 to 31, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, August 20, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in California, August 22, 2020
- Lightning Strike and Strong Wind in California, August 23, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, August 24 to 28, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, August 24 to 27, 2020
September 2020
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 30, 2020
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 30, 2020
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 30, 2020
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 30, 2020
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 30, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Wildfire in California, September 4 to 30, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, September 4 to 7, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Heat in California, September 4 to 7, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, September 4 to 7, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, September 4 to 7, 2020
- Tornadoes and Wildfire in California, September 4 to 30, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, September 6 to 7, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Rip Current in California, September 6 to 9, 2020
- Wildfire in California, September 6 to 28, 2020
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, September 7 to 9, 2020
- Wildfire in California, September 8 to 30, 2020
- Wildfire in California, September 9 to 30, 2020
- Wildfire in California, September 14 to 30, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, September 17 to 18, 2020
- Excessive Heat in California, September 17, 2020
- Wildfire and Strong Wind in California, September 26 to 30, 2020
- Wildfire and Rip Current in California, September 27 to 30, 2020
- Drought in California, September 29 to 30, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Wildfire in California, September 29 to 30, 2020
October 2020
- Wildfire in California, October 1 to 31, 2020
- Wildfire in California, October 1 to 31, 2020
- Drought in California, October 1 to 31, 2020
- Wildfire in California, October 1 to 16, 2020
- Wildfire in California, October 1 to 31, 2020
- Wildfire in California, October 1 to 31, 2020
- Wildfire in California, October 1 to 31, 2020
- Wildfire in California, October 1 to 31, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 9, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Dense Fog in California, October 12 to 18, 2020
- Strong Wind in California, October 14 to 15, 2020
- Strong Wind in California, October 19 to 23, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 22, 2020
- Wildfire and Strong Wind in California, October 22 to 25, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 23, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 25, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, October 25 to 27, 2020
- High Wind in California, October 25 to 26, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, October 25 to 26, 2020
- Strong Wind in California, October 25, 2020
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, October 26 to 31, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 26, 2020
- High Wind in California, October 26, 2020
- High Wind in California, October 26, 2020
November 2020
- Drought in California, November 1 to 30, 2020
- Wildfire in California, November 1 to 30, 2020
- Wildfire in California, November 1 to 30, 2020
- Wildfire in California, November 1 to 30, 2020
- Wildfire in California, November 1 to 20, 2020
- Wildfire in California, November 1 to 20, 2020
- Wildfire in California, November 1 to 3, 2020
- Strong Wind in California, November 6, 2020
- High Wind in California, November 6, 2020
- Winter Storm and Flood in California, November 7 to 10, 2020
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, November 7 to 8, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in California, November 7 to 8, 2020
- Strong Wind in California, November 7 to 8, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in California, November 8 to 9, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 9, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 10, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 10, 2020
- High Wind in California, November 13, 2020
- High Wind in California, November 13, 2020
- Winter Weather in California, November 13, 2020
- High Wind in California, November 13, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, November 14, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, November 14, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, November 14 to 15, 2020
- Storm Surge and Coastal Flood in California, November 15, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, November 16, 2020
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, November 17 to 18, 2020
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in California, November 17 to 18, 2020
- High Wind in California, November 17, 2020
- High Wind in California, November 17, 2020
- High Wind in California, November 18, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, November 21, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, November 22, 2020
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, November 22 to 27, 2020
- High Wind in California, November 25 to 26, 2020
- High Wind in California, November 26 to 27, 2020
- High Surf in California, November 26, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 27, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 28, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 29, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 30, 2020
December 2020
- Wildfire in California, December 1 to 3, 2020
- Drought in California, December 1 to 31, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 1, 2020
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, December 1 to 12, 2020
- High Wind in California, December 2 to 3, 2020
- High Wind in California, December 2 to 3, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, December 7, 2020
- High Surf in California, December 7, 2020
- High Wind in California, December 7 to 8, 2020
- High Wind in California, December 7 to 8, 2020
- High Surf and Sneakerwave in California, December 8, 2020
- High Wind in California, December 10, 2020
- Winter Weather in California, December 11 to 12, 2020
- High Wind in California, December 12, 2020
- Winter Weather in California, December 13, 2020
- High Wind in California, December 13, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, December 13, 2020
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, December 13 to 14, 2020
- Winter Storm in California, December 13 to 14, 2020
- Coastal Flood in California, December 13 to 14, 2020
- Coastal Flood and Wildfire in California, December 13 to 18, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, December 14, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, December 15, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, December 16, 2020
- Winter Weather in California, December 16 to 17, 2020
- Winter Weather in California, December 16 to 17, 2020
- High Wind in California, December 17, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, December 18, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, December 18 to 19, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, December 19 to 20, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, December 20 to 21, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, December 20 to 21, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, December 21 to 22, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, December 22, 2020
- High Wind in California, December 23 to 24, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, December 23 to 24, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, December 24 to 25, 2020
- High Wind in California, December 25, 2020
- High Wind and Winter Weather in California, December 25 to 26, 2020
- High Wind and Winter Weather in California, December 25 to 26, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in California, December 25 to 26, 2020
- Winter Weather in California, December 27 to 28, 2020
- Flash Flood and Winter Storm in California, December 27 to 31, 2020
- High Wind in California, December 27 to 28, 2020
- Winter Storm in California, December 28, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, December 29, 2020
- Dense Fog in California, December 29 to 30, 2020
- Winter Weather in California, December 30 to 31, 2020
- Winter Weather in California, December 30 to 31, 2020
- Ice Storm and High Wind in California, December 31, 2020
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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.