Storm History: Humboldt County, California
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Humboldt 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
- 762
- Deaths
- 13
- Injuries
- 37
- Damage
- $51 million
- Episodes
- 145
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 | 207 | 1 | 6 | $3.2 million |
| Heavy Snow | 183 | 0 | 19 | $39 million |
| Winter Storm | 146 | 1 | 1 | $90,000 |
| Winter Weather | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 51 | 0 | 0 | $4.7 million |
| Hail | 21 | 0 | 4 | $9,000 |
| Flash Flood | 21 | 0 | 1 | $207,000 |
| Tornado | 16 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 12 | 0 | 0 | $500 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 11 | 1 | 1 | $2,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 6 | 0 | 0 | $3.5 million |
| Debris Flow | 6 | 0 | 0 | $9,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| High Surf | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sneakerwave | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Waterspout | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Avalanche | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 27, 2023
- Heavy Rain, February 26, 2017
- High Wind, February 19, 2017
- Flood, December 14, 2016
- High Wind, February 5, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2023
- Avalanche, March 13, 2023
- Flash Flood, January 2, 2026
- Flood, January 2, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2024
- Flood, December 26, 2022
- Flood, December 18, 2025
- High Wind, November 18, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2019
- High Wind, November 1, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2022
- Debris Flow, February 1, 2025
- Strong Wind, April 9, 2022
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 episode, newest first
- Hail, April 9, 2026
- Flash Flood, January 2, 2026
- Flood, December 23, 2025
- Flood, December 18, 2025
- Coastal Flood, November 4, 2025
- High Wind, March 14, 2025
- Heavy Rain, March 4, 2025
- Flood, February 13, 2025
- Heavy Rain, February 6, 2025
- Debris Flow, February 1, 2025
- Flood, January 1, 2025
- Flood, December 28, 2024
- Flood, December 24, 2024
- High Wind, December 12, 2024
- Sneakerwave, December 1, 2024
- High Wind, November 18, 2024
- Heavy Rain, November 13, 2024
- High Wind, November 1, 2024
- Sneakerwave, October 16, 2024
- High Wind, March 22, 2024
- Heavy Rain, March 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2024
- Strong Wind, February 29, 2024
- Flood, February 18, 2024
- Flood, February 4, 2024
- Flood, January 30, 2024
- Flood, January 13, 2024
- Winter Weather, May 3, 2023
- Funnel Cloud, April 17, 2023
- Winter Weather, April 17, 2023
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 27, 2023
- Avalanche, March 13, 2023
- Avalanche, March 9, 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 14, 2023
- Flood, January 7, 2023
- Flood, January 2, 2023
- Flood, December 26, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 7, 2022
- Storm Surge/Tide, May 29, 2022
- Hail, May 7, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 2022
- Winter Weather, April 10, 2022
- Strong Wind, April 9, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2021
- Hail, December 13, 2021
- Heavy Snow, March 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow, March 8, 2021
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2021
- High Surf, January 10, 2021
- High Wind, December 25, 2020
- High Surf, December 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, April 4, 2020
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2020
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2019
- High Wind, November 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2019
- Sneakerwave, March 22, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2019
- Flood, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2019
- Flood, January 16, 2019
- Flood, January 16, 2019
- High Wind, January 5, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 5, 2018
- Flood, March 22, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2018
- Tornado, January 25, 2018
- Hail, January 18, 2018
- Dense Fog, December 31, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2017
- High Wind, November 15, 2017
- High Wind, November 8, 2017
- Hail, July 25, 2017
- High Wind, April 6, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2017
- Heavy Rain, February 26, 2017
- High Wind, February 19, 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
- Coastal Flood, December 9, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2012
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2004
- Funnel Cloud, December 7, 2003
- Wildfire, September 3, 2003
- Hail, August 4, 2003
- Hail, August 4, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 30, 2002
- Flood, December 27, 2002
- Flood, December 14, 2002
- Rip Current, March 25, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 30, 1999
- Wildfire, October 1, 1999
- Flood, March 24, 1999
- Funnel Cloud, January 18, 1999
- Flood, December 2, 1998
- Flood, November 20, 1998
- Rip Current, October 30, 1998
- Flood, March 22, 1998
- Flood, February 21, 1998
- Coastal Flood, February 17, 1998
- Lightning, February 3, 1998
- Hail, January 29, 1998
- Funnel Cloud, April 23, 1997
- Waterspout, April 23, 1997
- Funnel Cloud, March 30, 1997
- Flood, December 29, 1996
- Flood, December 4, 1996
- High Wind, October 25, 1996
- Hail, March 4, 1996
- Waterspout, February 21, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 1995
- Hail, March 20, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 9, 1983
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 26, 1983
- Hail, June 24, 1982
- Tornado, March 29, 1958
More
Tornadoes in Humboldt CountyEvery warning in Humboldt 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.