Storms in Washington in 1983

7 events in 5 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Washington 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.

Washington 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

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The year

Events: 7
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Damage: $75,000
Episodes: 5

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
Tornado	4	0	0	$75,000
Hail	3	0	0

Every episode, month by month

April 1983

Tornadoes in Washington, April 23, 1983$25,000 · F1 · 2 events

July 1983

August 1983

Hail in Washington, August 27, 19830.75 in hail · 2 events

October 1983

Tornado in Washington, October 17, 1983$25,000 · F1 · 1 event

Every year in Washington Every state in 1983 Tornadoes in Washington in 1983 1982 1984

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.