California

Storm History: Fresno County, California

631 episodes, 2,502 events since 1957

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.

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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
Dense Fog544919$1.3 million
Flash Flood30101$11 million
Drought25000
Flood22324$28 million
Debris Flow20301$91,000
Frost/Freeze17900
Excessive Heat13120
Heat11700
Tornado8703$89 million
Hail8304$66 million
Heavy Snow8113$302,000
High Wind7400$16,000
Winter Storm6501$1.4 million
Heavy Rain3420$57 million
Winter Weather2500
Thunderstorm Wind22115$27 million
Lightning2211$2.8 million
Wildfire2200$14 million
Funnel Cloud1700
Dust Storm1305$520,000
Avalanche710$30,000
Strong Wind200$10,000

The deadliest

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 Fresno County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.