California

Storm History: Mono County, California

608 episodes, 915 events since 1980

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mono 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
915
Deaths
8
Injuries
18
Damage
$6.6 million
Episodes
608

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
Heavy Snow39810$70,000
High Wind24402$1.9 million
Debris Flow4930$43,000
Winter Storm4112$55,000
Avalanche3923$100,000
Winter Weather3000$3.0 million
Flood2100$52,000
Heavy Rain1900
Flash Flood1600$472,000
Blizzard1507$300,000
Hail1001
Thunderstorm Wind800$500
Wildfire810$50,000
Strong Wind701$511,000
Lightning302
Tornado200
Funnel Cloud200
Cold/Wind Chill100
Dense Fog100
Dense Smoke100

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 Mono County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Mono CountyEvery warning in Mono 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.