Imperial County Except the Lower Colorado River Valley storm history
Storm events recorded in Imperial County Except the Lower Colorado River Valley, California between 1950 and 2025.
31
Total events
0
Tornadoes
0
Hail
0
Floods
0
Deaths
$5.3M
Property damage
Most significant events
Strongest tornadoes, deadliest events, and biggest damage in this county. Up to 50 shown.
A very cold airmass settled in across southeastern California during the day on Friday, January 11th, and it lingered through the day on Tuesday January 15th. As a result, a Freeze Warning was issued for Imperial County beginning Friday evening and continuing through the morning …
Dust Storm Dust Storm
Very strong thunderstorms developed over higher terrain areas to the south of Imperial County during the middle of the afternoon, and they sent gusty outflow winds in excess of 40 mph northward into Imperial County. The strong wind stirred up dust, sand and dirt and created areas…
Dust Storm Dust Storm
Thunderstorms developed across portions of Imperial County during the late afternoon hours on August 19th and the stronger storms generated gusty outflow winds in excess of 40 mph. The strong wind created dense blowing dust that primarily impacted the Imperial Valley; visibility …
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
A very cold upper level low pressure system, and associated cold front, ushered in freezing temperatures to the deserts of Imperial county beginning on January 1st and the cold temperatures persisted through the morning hours on the 3rd. According to the official ASOS weather sta…
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
A very cold upper level low pressure system, and associated cold front, ushered in freezing temperatures to the deserts of Imperial county beginning on January 1st. According to the official ASOS weather station at Imperial, the low temperature on January 1st was 27 degrees. A Fr…
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
A very cold upper level low pressure system, and associated cold front, ushered in freezing temperatures to the deserts of Imperial county beginning on January 1st and the cold temperatures persisted through the morning hours on January 2nd. According to the official ASOS weather…
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Areas of dense fog developed across the Imperial Valley during the early morning hours on December 12th, affecting communities such as Brawley, Calexico, El Centro and Seeley. According to a trained weather spotter located 1 mile south of Seeley, dense fog lowered visibility to 1…
Dust Storm Dust Storm
A line of strong thunderstorms developed across south central Imperial county during the early afternoon hours on August 21st, and the storms affected the communities of Imperial and El Centro. Initially, the storms produced strong gusty outflow winds in excess of 50 mph; the gus…
Dust Storm Dust Storm
Thunderstorms developed across northwest Mexico during the afternoon hours on September 7th and they generated strong gusty outflow winds in excess of 60 mph. The strong outflow winds then spread to the north and into communities such as Calexico and Heber. The winds picked up co…
Dust Storm Dust Storm
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms developed across portions of Imperial county during the late afternoon hours, and they affected communities such as Seeley and Ocotillo. The gusty thunderstorm outflow winds, estimated to be at least 40 mph, picked up considerable amounts of du…
Dust Storm Dust Storm
Strong thunderstorms developed across portions of central Imperial county during the afternoon hours on August 24th, and they generated gusty outflow winds in excess of 50 mph. The winds were sufficiently strong to generate locally dense blowing sand and dust; at 1355PST a traine…
Dust Storm Dust Storm
Thunderstorms developed across portions of far southwest Arizona and southeast California during the afternoon hours on August 22nd, and they generated strong gusty outflow winds in excess of 50 mph. The gusty winds produced dense blowing sand and dust across portions of Imperial…
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
A very strong upper level high pressure system was situated across the desert southwest in late June, 2013, and it lead to excessive heat across the southeastern California deserts. According to the Imperial ASOS, high temperatures at Imperial reached or exceeded 113 degrees each…
High Wind High Wind
On April 8th, strong, westerly gradient winds developed during the morning hours across Imperial county. The winds were associated with a powerful Pacific low pressure system moving into the desert southwest. By early afternoon, peak wind gusts in excess of 50 mph were seen and a…
High Wind High Wind
A powerful spring storm moving through the desert southwest led to the development of strong and gusty winds across Imperial county on April 8th. Southwest to west winds gusted in excess of 50 mph at times and led to the issuance of a High Wind Warning for Imperial county. The wa…
High Wind High Wind
A powerful spring storm moving through the desert southwest led to very strong and gusty southwest to west winds across Imperial county on the 8th. Winds increased during the morning hours and by afternoon, peak gusts in excess of 58 were noted. These winds led to the issuance of…
Dust Storm Dust Storm
Isolated thunderstorms developed to the south of the Mexican border, and they affected the southern portions of Imperial county during the afternoon hours on August 13th. Due to the excessive heat and dry conditions, the high based thunderstorms were able to generate strong gusty…
High Wind High Wind
A Pacific low pressure system brought windy conditions to Imperial county early on the 3rd of March. The official weather station at El Centro reported a measured west wind gust to 50 knots at 0735Z or 35 minutes past midnight. The high gust resulted in a squall being reported in…
Dust Storm Dust Storm
Isolated thunderstorms developed across portions of Imperial county during the very early morning hours on July 3rd. The storms generated strong gusty outflow winds which led to dense blowing dust and sand in the area around Brawley. At 115 am, a trained weather spotter 3 miles s…
Dust Storm Dust Storm
A sudden blast of wind, estimated up to 45 mph, struck 6 miles north of Bard. Very low visibility was observed, estimated to be about a quarter mile due to blowing dust.
High Wind High Wind
Winds gusted to over 40 mph late Saturday night and into early Sunday. The strongest official wind gust was 63 mph measured at the El Centro NAF at 1:27 AM PDT. Minor damage was reported in the area, such as fences blown down.
Dust Storm Dust Storm
Blowing dust reduced the visibility to 1/4 mile at El Centro. Wind gusts of 53 mph were recorded.
Strong Wind Strong Wind
Imperial airport recorded wind gusts to 40 mph while a spotter reported a visibility down to 1/2 mile in blowing dust.
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Near zero visibility reported in Imperial and El Centro.
Dust Storm Dust Storm
Strong winds, generally between 40 and 50 mph caused widespread areas of visibility less than 1/4 mile.
Dust Storm Dust Storm
Dense blowing dust was reported along Interstate 8 near Ocotillo. Other reports from the Imperial Valley included visibility reduced to less than a quarter mile.
Dust Storm Dust Storm
The visibility was reported as low as 1/4 mile at Imperial Airport. Spotters and other sources across Imperial County reported low visibilities due to blowing dust and sand associated with strong winds.
Dust Storm Dust Storm
Winds increased to 35 to 45 mph across much of the area, resulting in very low visibility. At times near zero visibility was reported.
High Wind High Wind
Winds gusted to 50 knots at the Cahuilla CA RAWS site.
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
Record Low temperature of 25F occurred at Blythe.
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Dense fog reduced visibility to less than 100 feet between Imperial and Brawley.
Events by year
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 9 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |