Storms in Arizona in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 1983, 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 1983 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
- 56
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $553,000
- Episodes
- 18
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 | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 5 | 0 | 0 | $553,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1983
February 1983
March 1983
July 1983
August 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 6, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 7, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 8, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 13, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 14, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 16, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 31, 1983
September 1983
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, September 23, 1983
- Hail in Arizona, September 28, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arizona, September 29, 1983
October 1983
December 1983
More
Every year in ArizonaEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in Arizona in 198319821984
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.