California

Storm History: Sacramento County, California

110 episodes, 246 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Sacramento 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
246
Deaths
5
Injuries
2
Damage
$279 million
Episodes
110

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
Flood9210$139 million
Tornado4800$1.5 million
Winter Storm3000
Flash Flood2641$138 million
Heavy Rain1601$415,000
Hail900$11,000
Thunderstorm Wind700$25,000
Debris Flow700
Heavy Snow600$150,000
Funnel Cloud400
Lightning100$150,000

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 Sacramento County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Sacramento CountyEvery warning in Sacramento 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.