California

Storm History: Napa County, California

165 episodes, 336 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Napa 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
336
Deaths
9
Injuries
46
Damage
$189 million
Episodes
165

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 Flow6910$35 million
Flash Flood5920$1.4 million
High Wind3611$530,000
Flood3412$148 million
Wildfire2001$40,000
Coastal Flood1800
Heat17128$10
Dense Fog1704$100,000
Tornado1411$50,000
Strong Wind1214$232,000
Frost/Freeze1005$3.0 million
Hail800$500
Heavy Rain500$230,000
Excessive Heat500$10
Dense Smoke400
Storm Surge/Tide300$285,000
Thunderstorm Wind100
Heavy Snow100$40,000
Lightning100$500
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 Napa CountyEvery warning in Napa 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.