Storm History: Butte County, California
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Butte County, California: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 184
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- $573 million
- Episodes
- 105
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 52 | 0 | 0 | $551 million |
| Tornado | 34 | 0 | 6 | $13 million |
| Flash Flood | 30 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Winter Storm | 19 | 0 | 0 | $465,000 |
| Debris Flow | 17 | 0 | 0 | $4.0 million |
| Hail | 12 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Heavy Rain | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 4 | 0 | 5 | $2.4 million |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $125,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, February 11, 2017
- Tornado, February 10, 1994
- Tornado, January 6, 2017
- Debris Flow, September 16, 2019
- Tornado, December 17, 1992
- Flood, February 6, 2017
- Wildfire, September 18, 2000
- Hail, November 1, 2015
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2014
- Tornado, March 10, 1994
- Wildfire, October 15, 1999
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2014
- Flash Flood, November 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2019
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Lightning, June 5, 2007
- Tornado, January 7, 1993
- Lightning, April 12, 2017
- Debris Flow, February 3, 2025
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 14, 2026
- Flood, April 20, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2026
- Flood, January 2, 2026
- Flood, December 24, 2025
- Flash Flood, December 21, 2025
- Flood, November 13, 2025
- Debris Flow, February 6, 2025
- Debris Flow, February 3, 2025
- Flood, February 1, 2025
- Debris Flow, December 24, 2024
- Flood, November 22, 2024
- Flood, November 19, 2024
- Debris Flow, February 17, 2024
- Flood, February 4, 2024
- Flood, January 19, 2024
- Tornado, December 18, 2023
- Flood, September 29, 2023
- Tornado, March 10, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2023
- Tornado, January 13, 2023
- Tornado, January 7, 2023
- Flood, January 3, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2021
- Winter Storm, October 24, 2021
- Tornado, November 17, 2020
- Flood, December 6, 2019
- Debris Flow, September 16, 2019
- Flood, May 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2019
- Flood, April 20, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 1, 2019
- Hail, March 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 12, 2019
- Tornado, February 2, 2019
- Flood, January 16, 2019
- Flood, January 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, November 28, 2018
- Flood, April 6, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2017
- Lightning, April 12, 2017
- Flood, February 11, 2017
- Flood, February 6, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2017
- Tornado, January 6, 2017
- Flood, December 14, 2016
- Flood, December 9, 2016
- Heavy Rain, October 14, 2016
- Hail, October 2, 2016
- Tornado, November 15, 2015
- Heavy Rain, November 8, 2015
- Hail, November 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, April 6, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2014
- Tornado, March 28, 2014
- Tornado, March 25, 2014
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2014
- Flood, December 1, 2012
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Heavy Rain, October 13, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2009
- Flash Flood, October 30, 2008
- Flash Flood, October 3, 2008
- Lightning, June 5, 2007
- Heavy Rain, December 17, 2005
- Hail, June 10, 2005
- Tornado, April 8, 2005
- Tornado, January 8, 2005
- Hail, February 22, 2001
- Hail, February 22, 2001
- Hail, February 22, 2001
- Hail, February 22, 2001
- Hail, February 22, 2001
- Wildfire, September 18, 2000
- Heavy Rain, January 22, 2000
- Wildfire, October 15, 1999
- Wildfire, September 1, 1999
- Wildfire, August 23, 1999
- Tornado, May 16, 1998
- Heavy Rain, January 18, 1998
- Heavy Rain, January 12, 1998
- Flood, July 5, 1997
- Flash Flood, January 22, 1997
- Flash Flood, January 22, 1997
- Flash Flood, January 22, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 1996
- Tornado, April 25, 1994
- Tornado, March 10, 1994
- Tornado, February 10, 1994
- Tornado, April 17, 1993
- Tornado, January 7, 1993
- Tornado, December 17, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 26, 1991
- Hail, April 23, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 28, 1988
- Hail, September 25, 1986
- Tornado, January 22, 1981
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 1978
- Tornado, March 23, 1978
- Tornado, March 4, 1978
- Tornado, June 28, 1970
More
Tornadoes in Butte CountyEvery warning in Butte County since 1986Every county in California
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.