California

Storms in California in 2024

2,588 events in 410 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in California in 2024, 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 2024 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
2,588
Deaths
79
Injuries
123
Damage
$142 million
Episodes
410

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
High Wind58301$461,000
Flood414117$5.7 million
Heavy Snow27513$148,000
Dense Fog2261017$195,000
Excessive Heat186154$60,000
Winter Weather12600
Heat1061025
Heavy Rain10400$10,000
Flash Flood10120$36 million
Strong Wind8063$147,000
Thunderstorm Wind7300$10,000
Frost/Freeze7000
Winter Storm6600$144,000
Wildfire56036$98 million
Debris Flow3731$172,000
Hail2110
High Surf1324$10
Funnel Cloud1200
Cold/Wind Chill9100
Dust Storm707$410,000
Lightning600$1.0 million
Blizzard600
Tornado406$50,000
Sneakerwave331
Rip Current103
Freezing Fog100
Dust Devil122
Coastal Flood133$20

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.