Storm History: Del Norte County, California
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Del Norte 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
- 160
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 23
- Damage
- $20 million
- Episodes
- 82
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 | 47 | 0 | 0 | $8.9 million |
| High Wind | 28 | 0 | 0 | $226,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 24 | 0 | 0 | $16,000 |
| Winter Storm | 17 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Winter Weather | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 7 | 0 | 0 | $31,000 |
| Flash Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 4 | 0 | 23 | $2.3 million |
| Heavy Rain | 3 | 0 | 0 | $6.6 million |
| Hail | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Coastal Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tsunami | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, December 14, 2016
- Heavy Rain, February 15, 2017
- Wildfire, August 15, 2023
- Avalanche, March 13, 2023
- Tsunami, July 30, 2025
- High Wind, February 5, 2017
- Tornado, December 30, 1992
- High Wind, November 18, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2022
- Flood, December 26, 2022
- Flood, December 28, 2008
- High Wind, December 12, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 7, 2022
- Heavy Rain, March 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2024
- Flood, January 2, 2023
- Flood, January 7, 2023
- Tornado, December 11, 1992
- High Wind, March 22, 2024
- Tornado, January 20, 1996
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, April 9, 2026
- Flood, December 23, 2025
- Flood, December 18, 2025
- Coastal Flood, November 4, 2025
- Tsunami, July 30, 2025
- Flood, February 13, 2025
- Debris Flow, February 1, 2025
- Flood, January 1, 2025
- Flood, December 28, 2024
- Flood, December 24, 2024
- High Wind, December 12, 2024
- High Wind, November 18, 2024
- High Wind, March 22, 2024
- Heavy Rain, March 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2024
- Strong Wind, February 29, 2024
- Flood, January 13, 2024
- Wildfire, September 1, 2023
- Wildfire, August 15, 2023
- Avalanche, March 13, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 4, 2023
- Tornado, February 27, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2023
- High Wind, February 4, 2023
- Flood, January 7, 2023
- Flood, January 2, 2023
- Flood, December 26, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 7, 2022
- Winter Weather, April 10, 2022
- High Wind, January 3, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2021
- High Wind, November 8, 2021
- Flood, October 21, 2021
- High Surf, September 28, 2021
- Heavy Snow, March 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2021
- High Wind, December 25, 2020
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2019
- Flood, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2019
- Flood, January 16, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 5, 2018
- Flood, March 22, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2018
- High Wind, November 8, 2017
- High Wind, October 3, 2017
- High Wind, April 6, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2017
- High Wind, February 19, 2017
- Heavy Rain, February 15, 2017
- High Wind, February 5, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2017
- Flood, December 14, 2016
- Flash Flood, October 15, 2016
- High Wind, October 13, 2016
- Flood, December 28, 2008
- Flood, December 31, 2002
- Wildfire, August 1, 2002
- Wildfire, July 13, 2002
- Rip Current, March 27, 2001
- Flood, December 2, 1998
- Flood, November 20, 1998
- Flood, February 21, 1998
- Tornado, January 20, 1996
- Tornado, January 20, 1996
- Tornado, December 30, 1992
- Tornado, December 11, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 9, 1983
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 12, 1973
- Hail, April 13, 1967
- Tornado, May 13, 1960
- Tornado, January 10, 1958
More
Tornadoes in Del Norte CountyEvery warning in Del Norte 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.