Storm History: San Benito County, California

Events

133

Deaths

4

Injuries

7

Damage

$23 million

Episodes

67

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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• Strong Wind, December 11, 20222 deaths · 1 event here
• Heat, October 2, 20121 death · 1 event here
• Flood, February 17, 20261 death · 1 injured · 1 event here

• Debris Flow, January 26, 2021$20 million · 61 kt wind · 11 events here
• Frost/Freeze, January 6, 2007$3.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 6, 2016$75,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 14, 2009$65,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Debris Flow, January 19, 2012$11,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, February 15, 2009$10,000 · 64 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 22, 2009$5,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, February 28, 2014$4,000 · 62 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 11, 1985$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 8, 2013$1,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, November 13, 2025$20 · 70 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flood, February 10, 2026$20 · 57 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, February 3, 2025$10 · 78 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 2025$10 · 83 kt wind · 1 event here

• Hail, March 15, 20081 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, March 11, 1985$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in San Benito County, with its track

• Heat, March 16, 20263 events here
• Flood, February 17, 20261 death · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Flood, February 10, 2026$20 · 57 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, January 2, 202662 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, December 21, 202599 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, November 13, 2025$20 · 70 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 2025$10 · 83 kt wind · 1 event here
• Debris Flow, February 13, 20251 event here
• Flood, February 3, 2025$10 · 78 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, February 3, 202489 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 21, 202359 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, December 11, 20222 deaths · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, October 7, 20226 injured · 1 event here
• Heat, September 4, 20224 events here
• Heat, August 16, 20221 event here
• Heat, June 21, 20221 event here
• Heat, June 10, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 9, 20211 event here
• Debris Flow, January 26, 2021$20 million · 61 kt wind · 11 events here
• Wildfire, January 18, 202184 kt wind · 3 events here
• Strong Wind, November 7, 20202 events here
• Wildfire, July 15, 20201 event here
• Frost/Freeze, February 3, 20204 events here
• Flood, December 21, 201950 kt wind · 2 events here
• Dense Fog, December 12, 20191 event here
• Debris Flow, December 6, 20191 event here
• Debris Flow, December 1, 201954 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, November 29, 201950 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flood, November 26, 201963 kt wind · 3 events here
• Dense Fog, November 8, 20192 events here
• Frost/Freeze, October 31, 20191 event here
• Dense Fog, August 11, 20191 event here
• Debris Flow, February 12, 201979 kt wind · 6 events here
• Debris Flow, February 3, 20191 event here
• Debris Flow, February 2, 201951 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, January 16, 201985 kt wind · 4 events here
• Strong Wind, January 15, 20191 event here
• Frost/Freeze, January 1, 20192 events here
• Frost/Freeze, January 1, 20192 events here
• Frost/Freeze, December 28, 20182 events here
• Hail, April 12, 20180.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 20, 20181 event here
• Debris Flow, April 6, 201772 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, March 21, 20170.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, February 20, 201767 kt wind · 9 events here
• Debris Flow, February 17, 201755 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, February 9, 201750 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, January 18, 201750 kt wind · 2 events here
• Debris Flow, October 28, 20161 event here
• Tornado, January 6, 2016$75,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 6, 2016EF0 · 1 event here
• Debris Flow, February 6, 201561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, February 28, 2014$4,000 · 62 kt wind · 3 events here
• High Wind, October 27, 201365 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 8, 2013$1,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heat, October 2, 20121 death · 1 event here
• Debris Flow, January 19, 2012$11,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, October 13, 200970 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 14, 2009$65,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 22, 2009$5,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, February 15, 2009$10,000 · 64 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, March 15, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, January 6, 2007$3.0 million · 1 event here
• Heat, July 22, 20061 event here
• Flash Flood, February 2, 19981 event here
• Flash Flood, January 26, 19972 events here
• Tornado, March 11, 1985$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here

Tornadoes in San Benito CountyEvery warning in San Benito County since 1986Every county in California

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.