California

Storms in California in 2022

2,832 events in 416 episodes

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

Open the live radar over California

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Drought60600
High Wind47301$201,000
Heat229664
Flash Flood17232$8.0 million
Flood16413$92,000
Excessive Heat16011
Dense Fog155314$660,000
Heavy Snow15501$61,000
Strong Wind12920$33,000
Heavy Rain12500
Frost/Freeze11800
Winter Weather8100
Debris Flow5140$794,000
Winter Storm5002
Thunderstorm Wind4311$125,000
Wildfire42811$60 million
Dust Storm2801$360,000
Hail903$5,000
Cold/Wind Chill760
Lightning610
Tsunami500$9.5 million
High Surf512
Tornado400$1,000
Coastal Flood300
Funnel Cloud300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill214
Storm Surge/Tide232$6.0 million
Rip Current210
Avalanche110$30,000
Sneakerwave100
Dense Smoke100

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.