Storms in California in 2022
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 2022, 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 2022 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
- 2,832
- Deaths
- 43
- Injuries
- 112
- Damage
- $86 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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 606 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 473 | 0 | 1 | $201,000 |
| Heat | 229 | 6 | 64 | |
| Flash Flood | 172 | 3 | 2 | $8.0 million |
| Flood | 164 | 1 | 3 | $92,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 160 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dense Fog | 155 | 3 | 14 | $660,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 155 | 0 | 1 | $61,000 |
| Strong Wind | 129 | 2 | 0 | $33,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 125 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 118 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 81 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 51 | 4 | 0 | $794,000 |
| Winter Storm | 50 | 0 | 2 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 43 | 1 | 1 | $125,000 |
| Wildfire | 42 | 8 | 11 | $60 million |
| Dust Storm | 28 | 0 | 1 | $360,000 |
| Hail | 9 | 0 | 3 | $5,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 6 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tsunami | 5 | 0 | 0 | $9.5 million |
| High Surf | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tornado | 4 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 2 | 3 | 2 | $6.0 million |
| Rip Current | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 1 | 1 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Sneakerwave | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Smoke | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2022
- Drought in California, January 1 to 31, 2022
- Drought in California, January 1 to 31, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 1, 2022
- Tsunami in California, January 1, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 2, 2022
- High Wind in California, January 2 to 3, 2022
- High Wind in California, January 3, 2022
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, January 3 to 4, 2022
- Winter Storm in California, January 3, 2022
- Winter Storm in California, January 3 to 4, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 5, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 6, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 7, 2022
- Winter Storm in California, January 7, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 7 to 8, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 8 to 9, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 9 to 10, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 10 to 11, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 11 to 12, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 14, 2022
- High Wind in California, January 14, 2022
- High Wind in California, January 14, 2022
- Avalanche and Dense Fog in California, January 14 to 16, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 15 to 16, 2022
- Tsunami in California, January 15, 2022
- Tsunami in California, January 15, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 17, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 18, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 19, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 20, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 21, 2022
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, January 21 to 22, 2022
- High Wind in California, January 21 to 22, 2022
- High Wind in California, January 21 to 22, 2022
- High Wind in California, January 21 to 22, 2022
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, January 21 to 22, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 21 to 22, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 25, 2022
- High Wind in California, January 25, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 26, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, January 27, 2022
- High Wind in California, January 28, 2022
- High Wind in California, January 28, 2022
February 2022
- Drought in California, February 1 to 28, 2022
- Drought in California, February 1 to 28, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, February 1, 2022
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, February 2 to 3, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, February 2, 2022
- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, February 2, 2022
- High Wind in California, February 2, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, February 3, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, February 4, 2022
- Wildfire and Heat in California, February 8 to 15, 2022
- Wildfire in California, February 9, 2022
- High Wind in California, February 10, 2022
- Winter Storm and High Wind in California, February 14 to 15, 2022
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, February 15 to 18, 2022
- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, February 15, 2022
- High Wind in California, February 15, 2022
- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, February 15, 2022
- High Wind in California, February 17, 2022
- Extreme Cold and Heavy Snow in California, February 21 to 25, 2022
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, February 21 to 22, 2022
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, February 21 to 22, 2022
- High Wind in California, February 21 to 22, 2022
- Winter Weather in California, February 21 to 22, 2022
- Winter Storm in California, February 21 to 23, 2022
- Winter Weather in California, February 22 to 23, 2022
- Winter Storm in California, February 22 to 23, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, February 24 to 25, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, February 24 to 26, 2022
- High Wind in California, February 26 to 28, 2022
March 2022
- Drought in California, March 1 to 31, 2022
- Drought in California, March 1 to 31, 2022
- Wildfire in California, March 2 to 27, 2022
- Heavy Snow and Heavy Rain in California, March 3 to 6, 2022
- Winter Storm in California, March 4 to 5, 2022
- Flood in California, March 4, 2022
- Heavy Snow in California, March 4 to 5, 2022
- Strong Wind in California, March 4, 2022
- High Wind in California, March 6 to 8, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, March 6, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, March 7, 2022
- Winter Storm and High Wind in California, March 9 to 13, 2022
- High Wind in California, March 10 to 12, 2022
- High Wind in California, March 10 to 11, 2022
- High Wind in California, March 12, 2022
- High Wind in California, March 13, 2022
- High Wind in California, March 13, 2022
- High Wind in California, March 13 to 14, 2022
- Wildfire in California, March 14 to 16, 2022
- High Wind in California, March 15 to 16, 2022
- Strong Wind and Heavy Rain in California, March 19 to 21, 2022
- Winter Storm in California, March 19, 2022
- Strong Wind in California, March 19, 2022
- High Wind in California, March 20, 2022
- Heat and High Wind in California, March 22 to 24, 2022
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, March 27 to 29, 2022
- High Wind and Winter Weather in California, March 27 to 29, 2022
- High Wind in California, March 27 to 28, 2022
- Debris Flows and Flooding in California, March 28 to 29, 2022
- Wildfire in California, March 28, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, March 29, 2022
April 2022
- Drought in California, April 1 to 30, 2022
- Drought in California, April 1 to 30, 2022
- High Wind in California, April 4 to 5, 2022
- High Wind in California, April 4, 2022
- Heat and Dense Fog in California, April 6 to 8, 2022
- High Wind in California, April 7, 2022
- Strong Wind in California, April 9, 2022
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, April 10 to 12, 2022
- Winter Weather in California, April 10 to 12, 2022
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, April 11 to 12, 2022
- Winter Storm in California, April 11, 2022
- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, April 11, 2022
- High Wind and Winter Weather in California, April 11 to 12, 2022
- Strong Wind in California, April 11, 2022
- Winter Storm in California, April 13 to 15, 2022
- High Wind and Winter Weather in California, April 13 to 14, 2022
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, April 14 to 16, 2022
- High Wind and Winter Weather in California, April 16, 2022
- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, April 16, 2022
- High Wind in California, April 16, 2022
- High Wind and Winter Weather in California, April 17 to 19, 2022
- High Wind in California, April 18, 2022
- High Wind in California, April 19, 2022
- High Wind in California, April 19, 2022
- High Wind in California, April 19, 2022
- High Wind in California, April 20, 2022
- Tornado and Winter Storm in California, April 20 to 22, 2022
- Damaging Wind in California, April 20, 2022
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, April 21 to 22, 2022
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, April 21 to 24, 2022
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, April 21 to 22, 2022
- High Wind in California, April 21, 2022
- High Wind in California, April 21, 2022
- High Wind in California, April 28, 2022
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, April 28, 2022
May 2022
- Drought in California, May 1 to 31, 2022
- Drought in California, May 1 to 31, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 1, 2022
- Strong Wind in California, May 2, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 2, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 2 to 3, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 5, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 5 to 6, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 7 to 8, 2022
- Hail and Winter Weather in California, May 7 to 10, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 7 to 8, 2022
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, May 8 to 10, 2022
- Winter Storm in California, May 8 to 11, 2022
- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, May 8, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 9 to 13, 2022
- Wildfire in California, May 10, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 10, 2022
- Wildfire in California, May 11 to 17, 2022
- Heat in California, May 13 to 15, 2022
- Heat in California, May 16, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 16, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 19 to 20, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 19 to 20, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 19 to 20, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, May 20, 2022
- Wildfire in California, May 20, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 22, 2022
- Heat in California, May 24 to 25, 2022
- Heat in California, May 25, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 28 to 30, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 28 to 29, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 28 to 29, 2022
- High Wind in California, May 28, 2022
- Storm Surge and Sneakerwave in California, May 29, 2022
June 2022
- Drought in California, June 1 to 30, 2022
- Drought in California, June 1 to 30, 2022
- Heat in California, June 2, 2022
- Extreme Cold in California, June 4 to 6, 2022
- Wildfire and Heat in California, June 9 to 19, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, June 9 to 12, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, June 9 to 12, 2022
- Excessive Heat and Heat in California, June 10 to 11, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, June 10 to 11, 2022
- Heat in California, June 10 to 11, 2022
- High Wind in California, June 12, 2022
- Debris Flow in California, June 12, 2022
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, June 13 to 14, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, June 13, 2022
- High Wind in California, June 13 to 14, 2022
- Rip Current in California, June 14 to 15, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, June 14, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, June 15, 2022
- High Wind in California, June 17, 2022
- High Wind in California, June 17, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, June 21, 2022
- Heat in California, June 21, 2022
- Flash Flood and Flood in California, June 21 to 22, 2022
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in California, June 22, 2022
- Lightning Strike in California, June 22, 2022
- Flash Flood and Dust Storm in California, June 22, 2022
- Heat in California, June 25 to 27, 2022
- Wildfire in California, June 28 to 30, 2022
July 2022
- Drought in California, July 1 to 31, 2022
- Drought in California, July 1 to 31, 2022
- Wildfire in California, July 1 to 11, 2022
- Wildfire in California, July 4 to 28, 2022
- Wildfire and Heat in California, July 10 to 13, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, July 11, 2022
- Heat in California, July 11, 2022
- Coastal Flood in California, July 11 to 14, 2022
- Wildfire in California, July 14 to 19, 2022
- Wildfire and Heat in California, July 15 to 19, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, July 15 to 17, 2022
- Flash Flood in California, July 15, 2022
- Heat in California, July 16 to 20, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in California, July 18, 2022
- Rip Current in California, July 20, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, July 21 to 22, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, July 21 to 22, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, July 21 to 22, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, July 25 to 31, 2022
- Flash Flooding in California, July 25, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, July 28 to 29, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in California, July 28 to 31, 2022
- Wildfire in California, July 28 to 31, 2022
- Wildfire in California, July 29 to 31, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in California, July 30 to 31, 2022
- Heavy Rain in California, July 31, 2022
- Hail in California, July 31, 2022
August 2022
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in California, August 1 to 2, 2022
- Drought in California, August 1 to 31, 2022
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 12, 2022
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 31, 2022
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 31, 2022
- Drought in California, August 1 to 31, 2022
- Flooding in California, August 1, 2022
- Flash Flooding in California, August 1 to 5, 2022
- Flash Flood in California, August 1, 2022
- Flash Flood in California, August 2, 2022
- Flash Flood in California, August 2, 2022
- Flash Flood in California, August 2, 2022
- Debris Flows and Heavy Rain in California, August 3 to 5, 2022
- Heavy Rain in California, August 4, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in California, August 7 to 9, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in California, August 8 to 11, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Dust Storm in California, August 8, 2022
- Damaging Wind in California, August 10, 2022
- Flash Flooding in California, August 12 to 13, 2022
- Flash Flood and Debris Flow in California, August 12 to 13, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in California, August 13, 2022
- Heat in California, August 16 to 20, 2022
- Flood and Strong Wind in California, August 16 to 17, 2022
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in California, August 16, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in California, August 16 to 18, 2022
- Heat in California, August 16, 2022
- Wildfire in California, August 17, 2022
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in California, August 18, 2022
- Flash Flood in California, August 20, 2022
- Dust Storm and Damaging Wind in California, August 21, 2022
- Flash Flood and Debris Flow in California, August 23 to 25, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, August 24 to 26, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, August 24, 2022
- Tornado in California, August 28, 2022
- Heat in California, August 30 to 31, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, August 30 to 31, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, August 30 to 31, 2022
- Excessive Heat and Heat in California, August 31, 2022
- Wildfire in California, August 31, 2022
September 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, September 1 to 9, 2022
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 5, 2022
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 2, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, September 1 to 9, 2022
- Drought in California, September 1 to 30, 2022
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 7, 2022
- Drought in California, September 1 to 30, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, September 1 to 4, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, September 1 to 7, 2022
- Wildfire in California, September 2 to 13, 2022
- Wildfire in California, September 2 to 18, 2022
- Dust Storm in California, September 2, 2022
- Flash Flooding in California, September 3, 2022
- Heat in California, September 4 to 10, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, September 4 to 9, 2022
- Damaging Wind in California, September 4, 2022
- Damaging Winds in California, September 4, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, September 5 to 8, 2022
- Wildfire in California, September 5 to 17, 2022
- Excessive Heat in California, September 6 to 7, 2022
- Wildfire in California, September 7 to 25, 2022
- Wildfire in California, September 7 to 30, 2022
- Storm Surge and Flash Flooding in California, September 9 to 12, 2022
- Flash Flooding in California, September 9, 2022
- Damaging Wind in California, September 10, 2022
- Flash Flooding in California, September 10 to 13, 2022
- Flash Flooding in California, September 11, 2022
- Flood in California, September 11, 2022
- Dense Smoke in California, September 12 to 18, 2022
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in California, September 12, 2022
- Flash Flooding in California, September 12, 2022
- Wildfire in California, September 13, 2022
- Flooding and Strong Wind in California, September 18 to 19, 2022
- Heavy Rain in California, September 20, 2022
- Winter Weather in California, September 20 to 21, 2022
- Heavy Rain in California, September 21, 2022
- Wildfire in California, September 23 to 24, 2022
- Flash Flood in California, September 23, 2022
- Flash Flood in California, September 24, 2022
- Flash Flood in California, September 28, 2022
- Flash Flooding in California, September 28 to 29, 2022
- Flash Flood and Flood in California, September 28 to 29, 2022
October 2022
- Wildfire in California, October 1 to 22, 2022
- Drought in California, October 1 to 31, 2022
- Drought in California, October 1 to 31, 2022
- Flash Flood in California, October 1, 2022
- Flash Flood and Dust Storm in California, October 6, 2022
- Dust Storm and Strong Wind in California, October 6 to 7, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, October 7, 2022
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in California, October 8, 2022
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in California, October 11 to 12, 2022
- Flash Flood in California, October 12, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, October 15, 2022
- Flash Flood and Debris Flows in California, October 15, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in California, October 15, 2022
- High Wind in California, October 19, 2022
- High Wind in California, October 22, 2022
- Strong Wind in California, October 22, 2022
- High Wind in California, October 22, 2022
- Debris Flow and Dust Storm in California, October 22 to 23, 2022
- High Wind in California, October 22, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 24, 2022
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, October 24, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 27, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 28, 2022
November 2022
- Drought in California, November 1 to 30, 2022
- Drought in California, November 1 to 30, 2022
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in California, November 1 to 2, 2022
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, November 1 to 2, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in California, November 1 to 2, 2022
- Debris Flow and Heavy Snow in California, November 2 to 3, 2022
- High Wind in California, November 2 to 3, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 4, 2022
- High Surf in California, November 6 to 7, 2022
- Tornado and Winter Storm in California, November 6 to 9, 2022
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, November 7 to 9, 2022
- Heavy Snow and Hail in California, November 7 to 9, 2022
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in California, November 7 to 8, 2022
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, November 7 to 9, 2022
- Winter Weather in California, November 7 to 8, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in California, November 8 to 9, 2022
- Winter Storm and High Wind in California, November 8, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, November 10, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, November 12, 2022
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, November 15 to 16, 2022
- High Wind in California, November 15 to 16, 2022
- Wildfire in California, November 16, 2022
- High Wind in California, November 19 to 20, 2022
- High Wind in California, November 19, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 20, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 21, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 22, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 23, 2022
- High Wind in California, November 24 to 25, 2022
- High Wind in California, November 24, 2022
- High Wind in California, November 28, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 30, 2022
- High Wind in California, November 30, 2022
- Heavy Snow in California, November 30, 2022
- High Wind in California, November 30, 2022
December 2022
- Drought in California, December 1 to 31, 2022
- Heavy Snow in California, December 1 to 2, 2022
- Heavy Snow and Hail in California, December 1, 2022
- Drought in California, December 1 to 31, 2022
- Heavy Snow in California, December 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, December 1 to 2, 2022
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, December 1 to 6, 2022
- High Wind in California, December 2, 2022
- Cold in California, December 2, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, December 2, 2022
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in California, December 3 to 5, 2022
- Debris Flow and Winter Weather in California, December 3 to 4, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, December 5, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, December 7, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, December 8, 2022
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, December 8 to 10, 2022
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in California, December 9 to 12, 2022
- High Wind in California, December 9 to 10, 2022
- Heavy Snow in California, December 9 to 10, 2022
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, December 10 to 12, 2022
- Debris Flows and Flooding in California, December 10 to 11, 2022
- Heavy Snow in California, December 10 to 11, 2022
- High Wind in California, December 10 to 11, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Dust Storm in California, December 11 to 12, 2022
- Strong Wind in California, December 11, 2022
- Cold in California, December 13 to 14, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 14 to 17, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, December 15, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, December 15 to 16, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, December 16 to 18, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, December 20, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, December 20 to 21, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, December 23, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, December 23 to 24, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, December 24 to 25, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, December 25 to 26, 2022
- Flooding and High Wind in California, December 26 to 30, 2022
- High Wind in California, December 26 to 27, 2022
- High Wind in California, December 26 to 27, 2022
- Flooding and High Wind in California, December 27, 2022
- Flash Flood and Winter Storm in California, December 27 to 31, 2022
- Debris Flow and Flooding in California, December 27, 2022
- Debris Flow and High Wind in California, December 27, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, December 27 to 28, 2022
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, December 30 to 31, 2022
- Debris Flows and Flooding in California, December 30 to 31, 2022
- Debris Flow and Flooding in California, December 31, 2022
- Flash Flood and Flood in California, December 31, 2022
- Heavy Snow in California, December 31, 2022
- Dense Fog in California, December 31, 2022
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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.