Storm History: Fresno County, California
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Fresno 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
- 2,502
- Deaths
- 19
- Injuries
- 57
- Damage
- $298 million
- Episodes
- 631
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dense Fog | 544 | 9 | 19 | $1.3 million |
| Flash Flood | 301 | 0 | 1 | $11 million |
| Drought | 250 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 223 | 2 | 4 | $28 million |
| Debris Flow | 203 | 0 | 1 | $91,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 179 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 131 | 2 | 0 | |
| Heat | 117 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 87 | 0 | 3 | $89 million |
| Hail | 83 | 0 | 4 | $66 million |
| Heavy Snow | 81 | 1 | 3 | $302,000 |
| High Wind | 74 | 0 | 0 | $16,000 |
| Winter Storm | 65 | 0 | 1 | $1.4 million |
| Heavy Rain | 34 | 2 | 0 | $57 million |
| Winter Weather | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 22 | 1 | 15 | $27 million |
| Lightning | 22 | 1 | 1 | $2.8 million |
| Wildfire | 22 | 0 | 0 | $14 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 13 | 0 | 5 | $520,000 |
| Avalanche | 7 | 1 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
The deadliest
- Dense Fog, December 3, 2021
- Flood, May 1, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 29, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 2, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 12, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 18, 2024
- Heavy Rain, December 1, 2019
- Avalanche, January 14, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 3, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 1994
- Heavy Rain, November 20, 2016
- Lightning, July 30, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 21, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 22, 2024
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, March 5, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 1995
- Hail, May 20, 2002
- Heavy Rain, May 8, 2005
- Tornado, May 1, 1995
- Flood, June 6, 1998
- Tornado, May 18, 2019
- Heavy Rain, April 2, 2006
- Hail, April 8, 1999
- Hail, April 7, 2001
- Flash Flood, January 8, 2023
- Heavy Rain, April 1, 2003
- Hail, April 16, 1996
- Heavy Rain, May 1, 1998
- Wildfire, August 19, 2001
- Flood, March 28, 1998
- Hail, June 2, 1999
- Flood, October 10, 2000
- Heavy Rain, February 1, 1998
- Tornado, February 19, 1980
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Winter Storm, April 11, 2012
- Hail, May 13, 1957
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2009
- Hail, April 4, 2006
- Wildfire, June 1, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 11, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2019
- Flash Flood, October 29, 2007
- Hail, April 4, 2006
- Flash Flood, April 21, 2006
- Hail, May 20, 2002
- Hail, May 20, 2002
- Flood, October 10, 2000
- Hail, April 8, 1999
- Flood, March 13, 1998
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Heat, March 18, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2026
- Dense Fog, February 1, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 29, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 24, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 18, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 12, 2026
- Frost/Freeze, January 9, 2026
- Flood, January 3, 2026
- Flood, December 24, 2025
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2025
- Dense Fog, November 22, 2025
- Flash Flood, November 15, 2025
- Dense Fog, November 6, 2025
- Dense Fog, October 16, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2025
- High Wind, June 21, 2025
- High Wind, May 11, 2025
- Wildfire, May 6, 2025
- Winter Weather, April 25, 2025
- High Wind, April 1, 2025
- Heavy Snow, March 31, 2025
- Debris Flow, March 17, 2025
- Dense Fog, March 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2025
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2025
- Flood, March 2, 2025
- Dense Fog, February 26, 2025
- Dense Fog, February 21, 2025
- Dense Fog, February 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 13, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, February 9, 2025
- Flood, February 6, 2025
- Dense Fog, February 6, 2025
- High Wind, February 4, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2025
- Dense Fog, January 30, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, January 28, 2025
- Dense Fog, January 27, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, January 21, 2025
- Dense Fog, January 20, 2025
- Dense Fog, January 19, 2025
- Dense Fog, January 18, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, January 12, 2025
- Dense Fog, January 11, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, January 9, 2025
- High Wind, January 7, 2025
- Dense Fog, January 6, 2025
- Dense Fog, January 5, 2025
- Dense Fog, January 3, 2025
- Dense Fog, January 2, 2025
- Dense Fog, January 1, 2025
- Dense Fog, December 31, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 30, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 28, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 28, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 26, 2024
- High Wind, December 26, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 25, 2024
- Flood, December 24, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 20, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 19, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 17, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 15, 2024
- High Wind, December 13, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 12, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 11, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 10, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 8, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 7, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 6, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 5, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 4, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 3, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 3, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 1, 2024
- Dense Fog, November 30, 2024
- Dense Fog, November 28, 2024
- Dense Fog, November 27, 2024
- Debris Flow, November 25, 2024
- Dense Fog, November 23, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 22, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, November 19, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, November 17, 2024
- Dense Fog, November 14, 2024
- Dense Fog, November 13, 2024
- Dense Fog, November 12, 2024
- Dust Storm, November 11, 2024
- High Wind, November 2, 2024
- High Wind, October 16, 2024
- Dense Fog, October 13, 2024
- Heat, October 2, 2024
- Excessive Heat, September 4, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 4, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 2, 2024
- Lightning, June 24, 2024
- Heat, June 22, 2024
- Heat, June 11, 2024
- Heat, June 5, 2024
- Flood, May 4, 2024
- Flood, April 13, 2024
- Heavy Snow, April 4, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 29, 2024
- Winter Weather, March 28, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 22, 2024
- High Wind, March 14, 2024
- Flood, March 6, 2024
- Tornado, March 1, 2024
- Dense Fog, February 24, 2024
- Dense Fog, February 22, 2024
- Dense Fog, February 21, 2024
- Flood, February 20, 2024
- Flood, February 18, 2024
- Dense Fog, February 16, 2024
- Dense Fog, February 15, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2024
- Dense Fog, February 12, 2024
- Dense Fog, February 10, 2024
- Debris Flow, February 6, 2024
- Debris Flow, February 4, 2024
- Dense Fog, February 3, 2024
- Flood, February 1, 2024
- High Wind, January 31, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 30, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 29, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 28, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 26, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 25, 2024
- Flood, January 21, 2024
- Flood, January 20, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 19, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 18, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 17, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 15, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 15, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, January 12, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 10, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, January 8, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 6, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 3, 2024
- Flood, January 3, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 1, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 1, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 26, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 24, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 23, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 22, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 21, 2023
- Flood, December 19, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 10, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, December 9, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 8, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 8, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, November 25, 2023
- Dense Fog, November 22, 2023
- Dense Fog, November 19, 2023
- Dense Fog, November 17, 2023
- Winter Weather, September 30, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2023
- Heat, August 14, 2023
- Lightning, August 12, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2023
- Heat, June 30, 2023
- Flood, June 10, 2023
- Heat, May 14, 2023
- Flood, May 9, 2023
- Funnel Cloud, May 4, 2023
- Flood, May 1, 2023
- Flood, April 17, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 28, 2023
- Flood, March 20, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 19, 2023
- Flood, March 14, 2023
- Flash Flood, March 11, 2023
- Flash Flood, March 9, 2023
- Flood, March 4, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, March 2, 2023
- Flood, March 1, 2023
- Flood, February 27, 2023
- Flood, February 24, 2023
- High Wind, February 21, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, February 18, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, February 14, 2023
- Dust Storm, February 14, 2023
- Dense Fog, February 10, 2023
- Dense Fog, February 9, 2023
- Dense Fog, February 8, 2023
- Dense Fog, February 7, 2023
- Dense Fog, February 6, 2023
- Flood, February 4, 2023
- Dense Fog, February 3, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, February 1, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, January 31, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 30, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 30, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 29, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 28, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 27, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 26, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 25, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 22, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 21, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, January 21, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 17, 2023
- Flood, January 15, 2023
- Debris Flow, January 14, 2023
- Flash Flood, January 8, 2023
- High Wind, January 7, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 5, 2023
- Debris Flow, January 4, 2023
- Debris Flow, January 1, 2023
- Debris Flow, December 30, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 27, 2022
- Debris Flow, December 27, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 25, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 24, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 23, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 23, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 20, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 20, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 16, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 15, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 15, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, December 14, 2022
- Debris Flow, December 10, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 8, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 7, 2022
- Debris Flow, December 3, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, November 30, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, November 23, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, November 22, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, November 21, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, November 20, 2022
- Dense Fog, November 12, 2022
- Dense Fog, November 10, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 7, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Fresno CountyEvery warning in Fresno 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.