Storms in Arizona in 1959
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 1959, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Arizona in 1959 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 11
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $275,000
- Episodes
- 9
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 2 | 0 | 1 | $275,000 |
Every episode, month by month
June 1959
July 1959
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 7, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 17, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 21, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 26, 1959
August 1959
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 1, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 10, 1959
- Tornado in Arizona, August 17, 1959
November 1959
More
Every year in ArizonaEvery state in 1959Tornadoes in Arizona in 195919581960
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.