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    Roofing Contractors in El Cajon, CA

    57 roofing listings in El Cajon, California · San Diego County

    57 roofing listings are recorded at El Cajon, California addresses. One carries a Google rating — 4.9 from 862 reviews.

    All of them are recorded in San Diego County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in El Cajon goes through San Diego County or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.

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    Hiring a roofer in El Cajon: what this page knows

    The most-reviewed listing on this page carries a 4.9 Google rating over 862 reviews — the business's own profile figure, shown as it stands and not a rating by this directory.

    Listings in El Cajon are tagged to one of the directory's service category: Shingle Roofing (1). Each links to the listings that carry the tag.

    California licenses roofing contractors at state level, so a El Cajon roofer should hold a current state license before quoting; the California roofing license rules set out the class and how to check it.

    California's peak severe-weather season: November–March, plus autumn offshore wind events. The California storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 67 severe-weather events for San Diego County between 2016 and 2026 — the county the listings on this page put El Cajon in. The most recent event meeting the dataset's severity definition was a thunderstorm wind gust of 59 kt (about 68 mph) on August 13, 2022.

    We have not modeled a cost index for El Cajon. The national baseline puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000 and a repair at $250–$3,500; local labor, permit fees and access move both.

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    Licensing for roofers working in El Cajon

    California licenses roofing contractors at state level, and the requirement applies to work in El Cajon. The license is issued by the Contractors State License Board.

    A state license is not a substitute for local rules: the job still needs a permit and an inspection through San Diego County or the city, and some municipalities require their own contractor registration on top of the state license.

    Source: Contractors State License Board. Checked August 2026. Licensing rules change — verify before you sign anything.

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    What roofing work costs

    We have not modeled a cost index for El Cajon, so there is no El Cajon figure here. These are the national baseline bands, unadjusted.

    $5,625–$27,000
    $250–$3,500
    $450–$12,000

    National reference bands, not quotes and not local numbers. Local labor rates, permit fees and access all move them.

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    Storm history in San Diego County

    El Cajon has no weather record of its own — NOAA records severe weather against counties, and the listings on this page put El Cajon in San Diego County. These are weather records for the whole county, not an assessment of any building in El Cajon.

    NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 67 severe-weather events recorded against San Diego County between 2016 and 2026: 56 thunderstorm wind events, 10 hail reports and 1 tornado.

    Of the 10 hail reports, 1 measured 1.00 in across or larger and 9 measured under an inch. The largest on record is 1.00 in (Quarter - Half Dollar) on September 24, 2021.

    The strongest wind gust in the record is 63 kt (about 72 mph), a measured gust, on January 31, 2016. One tornado is recorded in the county over the same period.

    The busiest complete year in the record is 2016, with 18 events. The most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition is a thunderstorm wind gust of 59 kt (about 68 mph) on August 13, 2022.

    Events on record

    67

    2016–2026

    Hail 1.00 in or larger

    1

    of 10 hail reports

    Largest hail

    1.00 in

    Quarter - Half Dollar · September 24, 2021

    Peak gust

    63 kt

    about 72 mph · January 31, 2016

    Tornadoes

    1

    in the county record

    Significant events

    9

    by this dataset's definition

    Events recorded per year

    2016
    18
    2017
    6
    2018
    1
    2019
    3
    2020
    1
    2021
    13
    2022
    5
    2023
    5
    2024
    9
    2025
    5
    2026*
    1

    * The most recent data year is partial. NOAA publishes storm reports on a rolling basis and the final months are still being processed, so a low count in the last year is not evidence of a quiet year. The curated archive behind these counts runs through May 31, 2026; anything later sits in the preliminary block below.

    Notable events in the archive

    • Sep 24, 2021 -- Hail (Quarter - Half Dollar hail, 1.00 in)
    • Apr 22, 2019 -- Tornado (EFU)
    • Jan 20, 2017 -- Thunderstorm Wind (61 kt gust) -- $1.00M property damage reported
    • Jan 31, 2016 -- Thunderstorm Wind (63 kt gust)
    • Jan 6, 2016 -- Thunderstorm Wind (56 kt gust) -- $80K property damage reported

    Selected by the dataset’s own rule rather than by editorial choice: the largest hail, the peak wind gust, the strongest tornado and the two costliest events by recorded property damage, deduplicated and newest first. Any dollar figure above is NOAA’s recorded estimate for that one event.

    What these counts cover. County figures count events NOAA recorded against a county (hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes). High wind, winter storms, ice storms, blizzards, heavy snow, hurricanes and tropical storms are recorded against National Weather Service forecast zones rather than counties, so they are reported at state level instead. Counts reflect events that were observed and reported.

    “Significant” on this page means an event meeting any one of three tests: hail 1.00 in across or larger, a wind gust of 58 kt or more (the National Weather Service severe thunderstorm criterion), or any tornado. It is a severity definition used by this dataset and is not an official NOAA classification.

    The damage figure. $1,465,750 is the sum of NOAA’s recorded property-damage estimates across every event in San Diego County over the period — a county total, not a figure for any one property, any one building or any one claim. NOAA records these figures as estimates made at the time of reporting. They are not adjusted for inflation, and they are frequently absent or zero — a zero means nothing was recorded, not that nothing was damaged.

    Source. Archived figures come from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events Database, covering 2016 through May 31, 2026. Anything after that date comes from NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary storm reports and is labelled preliminary wherever it appears. Both are US Government works in the public domain.

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    Shingle Roofing in El Cajon, CA

    One listing in El Cajon is tagged Shingle Roofing in this directory. See shingle roofing contractors in El Cajon.

    Roofing in El Cajon, CA: questions answered from the data

    How many roofing contractors are listed in El Cajon, CA?

    57 roofing listings are recorded at El Cajon, California addresses in this directory, 1 of which carries a Google rating. The count is read from the directory's own database each time this page is rebuilt; a listing is a location record, and the list above shows one card per company.

    Does California require a roofing license?

    Yes. California licenses roofing contractors at state level, so a El Cajon roofer should hold a current state license before quoting; the California roofing license rules set out the class and how to check it. You can check a credential on the California authority's own site.

    How much does a roof replacement cost in El Cajon?

    We have not modeled a cost index for El Cajon. The national baseline puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000 and a repair at $250–$3,500; local labor, permit fees and access move both. Nobody has priced your roof from this page; the only number worth planning around is a written quote from a contractor who has been on it.

    When is storm season in El Cajon?

    California's peak severe-weather season: November–March, plus autumn offshore wind events. The California storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. Season boundaries are National Weather Service climatology for the state, not a forecast for any one property.

    What was the most recent severe storm recorded near El Cajon?

    In NOAA's record for San Diego County, the most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition — hail 1.00 in or larger, a 58 kt gust, or any tornado — was a thunderstorm wind gust of 59 kt (about 68 mph) on August 13, 2022. The San Diego County storm history on this page shows the full 2016–2026 record; it describes weather that happened, not the condition of any building.

    Which county handles roofing permits in El Cajon?

    Every listing on this page is recorded in San Diego County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in El Cajon goes through the county or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.