Storms in Arizona in 1989

26 events in 23 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 1989, 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 1989 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: 26
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 3
Damage: $25,000
Episodes: 23

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	25	0	3
Tornado	1	0	0	$25,000

Every episode, month by month

January 1989

Tornado in Arizona, January 4, 1989$25,000 · F0 · 1 event

July 1989

August 1989

September 1989

October 1989

Damaging Wind in Arizona, October 21, 19891 event

Every year in Arizona Every state in 1989 Tornadoes in Arizona in 1989 Warnings in Arizona in 1989 1988 1990

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.