California

Storm History: Inyo County, California

346 episodes, 575 events since 1982

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Inyo 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
575
Deaths
25
Injuries
20
Damage
$583 million
Episodes
346

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
Flash Flood27623$569 million
High Wind8500$200,000
Heavy Snow7700$10,000
Excessive Heat4856
Thunderstorm Wind1700$62,000
Avalanche1752$3.5 million
Flood1600$10 million
Heat14126
Dust Storm800
Tornado700$5,000
Hail200
Cold/Wind Chill212
Ice Storm200$5,000
Lightning100$1,000
Wildfire101$100,000
Dense Fog100
Winter Weather100

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 Inyo County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Inyo CountyEvery warning in Inyo 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.