Storms in Arizona in 1987
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 1987, 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 1987 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
- 33
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $3,000
- Episodes
- 19
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 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tornado | 3 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1987
June 1987
July 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 14, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 16, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 26, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 31, 1987
August 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 2, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 3, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 4, 1987
- Hail in Arizona, August 7, 1987
- Hail in Arizona, August 12, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 23, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 24, 1987
- Hail in Arizona, August 25, 1987
- Tornado in Arizona, August 29, 1987
September 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, September 4, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Arizona, September 22, 1987
October 1987
November 1987
More
Every year in ArizonaEvery state in 1987Tornadoes in Arizona in 1987Warnings in Arizona in 198719861988
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.