Storms in Arizona in 1986

61 events in 37 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 1986, 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 1986 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

Open the live radar over Arizona

The year

Events: 61
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 2
Damage: $250,000
Episodes: 37

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	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	49	2
Hail	10	0
Tornado	2	0	$250,000

Every episode, month by month

March 1986

April 1986

Damaging Wind in Arizona, April 23, 198653 kt wind · 1 event

May 1986

June 1986

July 1986

August 1986

September 1986

Damaging Winds in Arizona, September 3, 198661 kt wind · 2 events

October 1986

November 1986

Tornadoes in Arizona, November 18, 1986$250,000 · F1 · 2 events

Every year in Arizona Every state in 1986 Tornadoes in Arizona in 1986 Warnings in Arizona in 1986 1985 1987

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.