California

Storm History: Butte County, California

105 episodes, 184 events since 1970

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Flood5200$551 million
Tornado3406$13 million
Flash Flood3000$1.1 million
Winter Storm1900$465,000
Debris Flow1700$4.0 million
Hail1200$1.0 million
Heavy Rain700
Thunderstorm Wind400
Wildfire405$2.4 million
Lightning200$125,000
Excessive Heat200
Heavy Snow100

The deadliest

None recorded.

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

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 tornado in Butte County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.