Los Angeles has faced more coastal flooding days in 2026 than in its recorded history over the last 100 years, according to NOAA data, since the city’s tide gauge was installed in 1923.
So far in 2026, LA has experienced 12 recorded flooding days. The most in the city’s 100-year history before that was in 1983, which saw nine flooding days.
Karen Kavanaugh, a NOAA oceanographer, says the agency’s current data online has not yet factored in October 2026 flooding days, so, she says, the 2026 totals are on track to far surpass previous years with high flooding counts…