62
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1K
Property damage
Heavy Rain in Plumas County, California: 62 recorded events between 2000 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 2.3. That places the county #66 nationally and #12 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Heavy Rain in Plumas County, California: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for heavy rain in Plumas County is the 2010s, when 37 of the county's 62 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 Plumas County archive, heavy rain makes up 51.7% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #66 for this hazard and #12 within California, putting it in the 97.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jan is the peak month for heavy rain in Plumas County with 11 recorded events, while Aug 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2025 | CROMBERG | 0 | $0 |
| Nov 22, 2024 | BECKWOURTH | 0 | $0 |
| Nov 18, 2023 | CROMBERG | 0 | $0 |
| Sep 29, 2023 | MERLIN | 0 | $0 |
| Sep 3, 2023 | PORTOLA | 0 | $0 |
| Sep 1, 2023 | MERLIN | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 12, 2023 | GENESEE | 0 | $0 |
| May 2, 2023 | VINTON | 0 | $0 |
| Mar 9, 2023 | BECKWOURTH ARPT | 0 | $0 |
| Sep 20, 2022 | GENESEE | 0 | $0 |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A mesonet station (GW0802-Taylorsville) located 6.0 NW of Genesee, CA, a mesonet station (PIEC1-Pierce) located 5.0 mi NNW of Antelope Lake, CA, and mesonet station (QCSC1-Carman Saddle) located 4.0 mi SSW of Portola, CA, reported total rainfall amounts of 1.14, 0.89 and 0.85 inches respectively.
Caltrans District 2 reported a slide along State Route 70 just south of PG and E Rock Powerhouse due to rainfall over a 24 to 48 hour period. The slide was 3 feet in diameter. The road closure lasted approximately 2 hours and the road reopened at 0850 am on September 3, 2023.
A total of 3.00 inches of rain fell in a 12-hour period 2 miles west-northwest of Cromberg.A strong winter storm moved through the Sierra and western Nevada on Dec. 30th and 31st. Heavy rainfall was associated with this storm, with some locations reporting near-record 12- to 24-hour rainfall amounts, especially in the eastern Sierra foothills. Temperatures with this storm were very warm with snow levels as high as 9,000 feet. This correlated to relatively little snowfall being reported, even in the higher elevations of the Sierra. Most of the precipitation was in the form of rain. Since the ground was already saturated, the rainfall quickly ran off, and contributed to the flooding.This New Year's Eve flood event was not as destructive as the incredible New Year's Flood of 1997. However, many locations experienced significant flooding, especially in the Steamboat Creek basin south of Reno, and in Sparks, Nevada. Most of the rainfall ended on December 31st in eastern California, but continued into January 1st in western Nevada.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many heavy rain events are on record in Plumas County, California?
62 heavy rain events are recorded in Plumas County between 2000 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest heavy rain recorded in Plumas County?
The strongest heavy rain on record in Plumas County measured 2.3.
Where does the heavy rain data for Plumas 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.
Cite this page
“Heavy Rain in Plumas County, California.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/california/plumas-county/heavy-rain/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.