61
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$0
Property damage
Heavy Rain in Lassen County, California: 61 recorded events between 2002 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #68 nationally and #13 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Heavy Rain in Lassen County, California: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for heavy rain in Lassen County is the 2010s, when 29 of the county's 61 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Lassen County archive, heavy rain makes up 54.5% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #68 for this hazard and #13 within California, putting it in the 97.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Dec is the peak month for heavy rain in Lassen County with 12 recorded events, while Oct is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2025 | LODGEPOLE | 0 | $0 |
| Mar 16, 2025 | SUSANVILLE | 0 | $0 |
| Feb 13, 2025 | DOYLE | 0 | $0 |
| Feb 6, 2025 | SUSANVILLE | 0 | $0 |
| Feb 4, 2025 | (SVE)SUSANVILLE MUNI | 0 | $0 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | SUSANVILLE | 0 | $0 |
| Nov 22, 2024 | SUSANVILLE | 0 | $0 |
| Nov 21, 2024 | (SVE)SUSANVILLE MUNI | 0 | $0 |
| Oct 16, 2024 | SUSANVILLE | 0 | $0 |
| Feb 19, 2024 | DOYLE | 0 | $0 |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A Cocorahs station (CA-LS-2) located 3.5 mi SSW Susanville, CA, a trained spotter located 5.0 mi WNW of Susanville, CA, and a mesonet station (GORC1-Gordon) located 9.0 mi NW of Spaulding, CA, reported storm total rainfall amounts of 0.56, 0.67, and 1.37 inches respectively.
Mesonet station FW8884 (6.0 mi SSW of Susanville, CA), a trained spotter ( 5.0 mi WNW of Susanville, CA), and a COCORAHS Station CA-LS-1 (3.2 mi SSW of Susanville, CA) reported heavy rainfall amounts of 1.22, 0.97 and 0.72 inches respectively.
CoCoRahs Observers, trained spotters, and Mesonet/ASOS sites reported rainfall amounts ranging from 0.5-3.0 in the area between Janesville to Susanville, CA; 3.0-4.0 in the Westwood to Lake Almanor region; and up to 6.0 about 3.0 mi SSW of Susanville, CA.||Trained spotter in Doyle at an elevation of 4500 feet reported 7.28 inches of rain as of midnight (24 hour period starting 24/0001 LST) with an additional 1.49 inches falling since midnight. The spotter also reported that snow was falling around midnight but not accumulating. Total rainfall amount of 8.77 was reported at this site.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many heavy rain events are on record in Lassen County, California?
61 heavy rain events are recorded in Lassen County between 2002 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest heavy rain recorded in Lassen County?
The strongest heavy rain on record in Lassen County measured 0.
Where does the heavy rain data for Lassen County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
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“Heavy Rain in Lassen County, California.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/california/lassen-county/heavy-rain/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.