California

Storm History: Shasta County, California

111 episodes, 199 events since 1986

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Shasta 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
199
Deaths
9
Injuries
18
Damage
$60 million
Episodes
111

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
Flood5200$65,000
Flash Flood4240$7.3 million
Heavy Rain2331$10,000
Heavy Snow1500
Hail1400$10,000
Tornado1400$105,000
Wildfire11017$53 million
Winter Storm1100$60,000
Debris Flow620$5,000
Excessive Heat500
Thunderstorm Wind300
Funnel Cloud200
Dust Devil100

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 Shasta CountyEvery warning in Shasta 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.