California

Storm History: Tehama County, California

80 episodes, 145 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Tehama 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
145
Deaths
1
Injuries
25
Damage
$572 million
Episodes
80

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
Flood2800$14 million
Tornado2401$2.8 million
Flash Flood2312$6.8 million
Debris Flow2000
Hail1000$8,000
Winter Storm1000$400,000
Heavy Rain900
Wildfire6022$548 million
Heavy Snow600$6,000
Thunderstorm Wind400$6,000
Excessive Heat400
Funnel Cloud100

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 Tehama County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Tehama CountyEvery warning in Tehama 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.