Dense Smoke in California

Events

35

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Damage

None recorded

• Excessive Heat and Wildfire in California, August 14 to 31, 20204 deaths · 18 injured · 61 kt wind · 29 eventsA prolonged and oppressive heat wave swept the Central Coast and Bay Area for almost a week from August 14th to August 19th with widespread record breaking temperatures observed across the region.
• Wildfire and High Wind in California, October 27 to 29, 20191 death · $4,000 · 89 kt wind · 19 eventsA series of offshore wind events plagued much of California towards the end of October. Cut off lows (also known as insider sliders) moved into the Great Basin as an upper ridge sat over the eastern Pacific.
• Wildfire and High Wind in California, October 23 to 31, 20194 injured · 66 kt wind · 9 eventsA series of offshore wind events plagued much of California towards the end of October. Cut off lows (also known as insider sliders) moved into the Great Basin as an upper ridge sat over the eastern Pacific.
• Dense Smoke in California, November 8 to 21, 201812 eventsWildfire smoke from the Camp Fire in northern California brought widespread unhealthy air quality to the Central Coast and the Bay Area through late November.
• Excessive Heat and Rip Current in California, September 6 to 9, 202011 eventsA large area of high pressure over the west brought excessive heat and dry conditions to the region. Numerous record high temperatures were broken with 13 broken records on Sunday the 6th alone including records set that weekend for the month of September.
• Dense Smoke in California, November 14 to 16, 20188 eventsWildfire smoke from the Camp Fire in northern California brought widespread unhealthy air quality to the Central Coast and the Bay Area through late November.
• Wildfire and Rip Current in California, September 27 to 30, 20206 eventsDry gusty offshore winds as well as strengthening high pressure enabled the generation and rapid spread of the Glass Fire across Napa and Sonoma counties at the end of September.
• Dense Smoke in California, November 10 to 11, 20185 eventsWildfire smoke brought areas of dense smoke, with visibility levels at times dropping to less than a half mile. Hazardous air quality was measured across much of the Central Valley and Delta, causing numerous school and outdoor event cancellations.
• Dense Smoke in California, August 26 to 31, 20132 eventsFrom the 26rd through the end of the month, smoke from the massive Rim Fire near Yosemite brought periods of low visibility and unhealthy air quality to portions of eastern California.
• Dense Smoke in California, September 4 to 9, 20071 eventThe Moonlight Fire in Lassen County produced dense smoke across portions of northeast California.
• Dense Smoke in California, August 23 to 28, 20131 eventSouth to southwest winds blew dense smoke from the massive Rim Fire near Yosemite into the eastern Sierra of Alpine and El Dorado Counties between the 23rd and the 28th.
• Dense Smoke in California, September 12 to 18, 20221 eventTwenty miles south of Emigrant Gap, CA. Timber, brush and hardwood litter. Extreme fire behavior with running, spotting and torching. Numerous structures threatened. Evacuations, road, area and trail closures were in effect. 78 structures were lost to the fire.

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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.