California

Storm History: Marin County, California

237 episodes, 549 events since 1996

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Marin 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
549
Deaths
47
Injuries
70
Damage
$267 million
Episodes
237

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
Debris Flow12910$35 million
Flash Flood8730$7.7 million
Flood7613$217 million
High Wind5421$1.0 million
Coastal Flood2901$340,000
Strong Wind2596$234,000
Wildfire2401$40,000
Heat17128$10
Dense Fog1704$100,000
Tornado1411$2.3 million
High Surf14174$45,000
Frost/Freeze1105$3.0 million
Hail800$800
Storm Surge/Tide810$325,000
Excessive Heat810$10
Heavy Rain700$315,000
Dense Smoke600
Rip Current420
Sneakerwave451
Lightning200$31,000
Thunderstorm Wind100
Winter Weather1215
Heavy Snow100$40,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill110
Cold/Wind Chill100

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.

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Marin CountyEvery warning in Marin 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.