Storms in Arizona in 1985
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 1985, 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 1985 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
- 24
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 24
- Damage
- $25,000
- Episodes
- 16
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 | 15 | 0 | 24 | |
| Hail | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 3 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1985
April 1985
July 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 6, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 7, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 8, 1985
- Hail in Arizona, July 14, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 17, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 29, 1985
August 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 3, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 8, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 25, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 26, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 27, 1985
September 1985
More
Every year in ArizonaEvery state in 1985Tornadoes in Arizona in 198519841986
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.