Storm History: Placer County, California

Events

1,230

Deaths

32

Injuries

19

Damage

$512 million

Episodes

783

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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• Avalanche, February 15, 20269 deaths · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, December 20, 19962 deaths · $75,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, October 10, 20082 deaths · $10,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Rain, January 18, 19982 deaths · 1 event here
• Flood, November 22, 20242 deaths · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 11, 20141 death · $200,000 · 92 kt wind · 1 event here
• Avalanche, March 2, 20091 death · $50,000 · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, October 3, 20081 death · 1 event here
• Avalanche, December 24, 20081 death · 2 events here
• Avalanche, March 1, 20121 death · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 21, 20121 death · 2 events here
• Avalanche, January 14, 20161 death · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, June 10, 20161 death · 1 event here
• Debris Flow, December 10, 20161 death · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 9, 20171 death · 52 kt wind · 3 events here
• Blizzard, March 1, 20181 death · 5 injured · 10 events here
• Avalanche, January 16, 20201 death · 2 injured · 101 kt wind · 14 events here
• Flood, February 4, 20241 death · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, January 2, 20261 death · 4 events here
• Avalanche, January 3, 20261 death · 2 events here

• Wildfire, June 24, 20073 injured · $500 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 6, 2017$5.0 million · EF0 · 8 events here
• Flood, January 1, 2006$2.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, December 30, 2005$1.0 million · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 14, 2002$880,000 · 100 kt wind · 4 events here
• Heavy Snow, April 15, 20024 injured · $500,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 17, 20102 injured · $400,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 7, 2002$300,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 22, 1983$250,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 11, 20141 death · $200,000 · 92 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, January 26, 1997$150,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 8, 2002$100,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 18, 2008$100,000 · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, August 18, 2010$100,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, May 4, 2024$90,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 20, 19962 deaths · $75,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, June 11, 2010$60,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, December 3, 2014$58,000 · 8 events here
• High Wind, December 9, 1996$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 22, 2000$50,000 · 1 event here

• Flash Flood, May 23, 20193 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 23, 20032 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, March 21, 20171.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, October 2, 20161.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Debris Flow, February 17, 20241 in hail · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, April 23, 20151 in hail · 3 events here
• Debris Flow, July 25, 20131 in hail · 1 event here

• Heavy Snow, April 21, 20261 event here
• Flood, April 20, 20263 events here
• Heavy Snow, April 11, 20261 event here
• Tornado, April 10, 2026EF0 · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, April 1, 2026119 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 24, 202676 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 19, 20261 event here
• Winter Storm, February 15, 20261 event here
• Avalanche, February 15, 20269 deaths · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 9, 20261 event here
• Avalanche, January 3, 20261 death · 2 events here
• Flood, January 2, 20261 death · 4 events here
• Flood, December 24, 202568 kt wind · 4 events here
• Avalanche, December 23, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, December 21, 20251 event here
• Flood, December 21, 202578 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, December 19, 202572 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 17, 202568 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, November 20, 20251 event here
• High Wind, November 16, 202576 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 13, 202552 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, November 13, 20251 event here
• High Wind, November 5, 202566 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 202577 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 25, 202552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 13, 20252 events here
• Heavy Rain, August 23, 20251 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 202587 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, May 11, 202578 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, April 25, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 1, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 30, 2025111 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, March 27, 2025105 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 19, 202560 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 15, 202572 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 12, 202593 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, March 11, 2025$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 5, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, March 2, 20251 event here
• High Wind, February 24, 202572 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 13, 202587 kt wind · 2 events here
• Debris Flow, February 6, 20253 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 6, 2025143 kt wind · 4 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 4, 2025126 kt wind · 3 events here
• Debris Flow, February 3, 20256 events here
• Winter Weather, February 1, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, January 25, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 3, 2025109 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, December 29, 202479 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 202488 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, December 23, 202483 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 21, 202470 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, December 16, 2024136 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 14, 202497 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 12, 202487 kt wind · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, November 25, 20241 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 22, 2024127 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flood, November 22, 20242 deaths · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 20, 202463 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, November 14, 20241 event here
• High Wind, November 13, 202465 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 11, 202471 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 27, 202487 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 18, 202488 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Rain, October 15, 20241 event here
• High Wind, October 4, 202451 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Rain, September 18, 20241 event here
• High Wind, September 11, 202456 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, September 2, 202457 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Rain, August 24, 20241 event here
• High Wind, August 2, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, May 4, 2024$90,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, May 4, 202460 kt wind · 3 events here
• High Wind, April 12, 202477 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 3, 202481 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 29, 20241 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 27, 2024110 kt wind · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 22, 202482 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 2, 202456 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 1, 2024120 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 29, 2024126 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 26, 2024122 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 18, 2024111 kt wind · 2 events here
• Debris Flow, February 17, 20241 in hail · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 14, 2024134 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, February 4, 20241 death · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 4, 2024109 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 1, 20242 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 21, 202484 kt wind · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 19, 202492 kt wind · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 12, 202490 kt wind · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 9, 2024129 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 6, 2024121 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 2, 20245 events here
• Heavy Rain, December 17, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 6, 202391 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, November 18, 2023134 kt wind · 3 events here
• High Wind, November 15, 202359 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 5, 202366 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 25, 202357 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, August 18, 2023$20,000 · 0.88 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 18, 202374 kt wind · 1 event here
• Debris Flow, June 8, 202352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, May 5, 20232 events here
• Heavy Snow, May 1, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 17, 2023100 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, April 2, 2023116 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 28, 202396 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, March 25, 20231 event here
• Tornado, March 10, 2023EF1 · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 9, 2023100 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flood, March 9, 202389 kt wind · 4 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 4, 20234 events here
• Avalanche, March 1, 20233 events here
• Blizzard, February 27, 202390 kt wind · 5 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 23, 20232 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 21, 2023103 kt wind · 4 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 4, 2023103 kt wind · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 29, 202356 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 18, 20232 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 14, 20236 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 13, 20232 events here
• Tornado, January 13, 2023EF0 · 5 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 11, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 7, 2023100 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, January 7, 2023EF1 · 1 event here
• Flood, January 3, 202352 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 3, 20232 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 1, 20232 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 30, 2022139 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, December 27, 2022$25,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, December 26, 202296 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 10, 202290 kt wind · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 1, 202286 kt wind · 7 events here
• Heavy Snow, November 7, 202271 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, November 1, 202270 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, October 22, 202264 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Rain, September 20, 20221 event here
• Dense Smoke, September 12, 20221 event here
• High Wind, June 17, 202269 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 12, 202297 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 28, 202264 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, May 8, 202291 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 5, 202268 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 2, 202279 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 21, 202273 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 17, 202276 kt wind · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, April 14, 202298 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 13, 202258 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, April 11, 2022136 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 4, 202272 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 27, 202251 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 9, 202295 kt wind · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 4, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, February 22, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 21, 202255 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 2, 202296 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 21, 2022104 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 14, 202295 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 3, 202289 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 21, 202192 kt wind · 4 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 15, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, December 12, 20212 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 8, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, October 24, 20211 event here
• Flash Flood, October 22, 2021138 kt wind · 5 events here
• Lake-Effect Snow, October 11, 20211 event here
• High Wind, April 24, 202176 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 13, 202159 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 19, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 14, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, March 11, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, March 10, 20211 event here
• High Wind, March 6, 202186 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 20, 202175 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 12, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 1, 202195 kt wind · 2 events here
• Blizzard, January 27, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 24, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, January 22, 20211 event here
• High Wind, January 18, 2021119 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 4, 2021118 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, December 30, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, December 27, 20201 event here
• High Wind, December 25, 202080 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, December 16, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 13, 202083 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 11, 20201 event here
• Wildfire, November 17, 202080 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, November 13, 202096 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 8, 20201 event here
• Tornado, May 18, 2020EF0 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 6, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, April 4, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 13, 2020100 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 1, 20201 event here
• High Wind, February 29, 202076 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 8, 2020126 kt wind · 5 events here
• High Wind, February 2, 2020115 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, January 25, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, January 21, 20201 event here
• Avalanche, January 16, 20201 death · 2 injured · 101 kt wind · 14 events here
• High Wind, January 13, 2020119 kt wind · 5 events here
• Winter Weather, January 7, 20201 event here
• High Wind, January 3, 202083 kt wind · 4 events here
• Winter Weather, December 25, 20191 event here
• High Wind, December 21, 2019$5,000 · 98 kt wind · 8 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 13, 20195 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 6, 20196 events here
• Debris Flow, December 1, 20196 events here
• Heavy Snow, November 26, 201910 events here
• Heavy Rain, May 25, 20192 events here
• Flash Flood, May 23, 20193 in hail · 3 events here
• Winter Weather, May 20, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, May 18, 20191 event here
• High Wind, May 15, 201985 kt wind · 6 events here
• Flood, April 8, 20190.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 25, 201994 kt wind · 2 events here
• Avalanche, March 22, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, March 9, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 5, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, March 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, February 24, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, February 12, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 20, 2019109 kt wind · 4 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 16, 2019143 kt wind · 6 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 15, 201978 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 8, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 5, 201962 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 24, 20181 event here
• High Wind, December 14, 201892 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 4, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 1, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 28, 20185 events here
• Heavy Snow, November 21, 2018102 kt wind · 6 events here
• Heavy Rain, October 3, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, October 2, 20182 events here
• Debris Flow, July 11, 20182 events here
• High Wind, June 9, 201881 kt wind · 3 events here
• Debris Flow, May 24, 20183 events here
• Heavy Rain, May 16, 20181 event here
• High Wind, April 15, 2018137 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 10, 2018106 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, April 6, 20181 event here
• Heavy Rain, April 6, 20184 events here
• Avalanche, March 20, 20186 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 13, 201813 events here
• Blizzard, March 1, 20181 death · 5 injured · 10 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 25, 20183 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 22, 20181 event here

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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.