Storms in Arizona in 1997

318 events in 103 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 1997, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Arizona in 1997 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: 318
Deaths: 26
Injuries: 160
Damage: $202 million
Episodes: 103

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	99	0	1	$961,000
Flash Flood	61	20	129	$706,000
Hail	42	0	0	$60,000
Heavy Snow	27	0	0
Winter Storm	26	4	0	$100,000
Flood	21	0	0	$18,000
High Wind	12	0	0	$60,000
Funnel Cloud	10	0	0
Lightning	9	0	1	$50,000
Tornado	5	2	4	$3,000
Dust Storm	2	0	25	$241,000
Dense Fog	2	0	0
Dust Devil	1	0	0
Tropical Storm	1	0	0	$200 million

Every episode, month by month

January 1997

February 1997

March 1997

Hail in Arizona, March 31, 19970.75 in hail · 1 event

April 1997

May 1997

June 1997

July 1997

August 1997

September 1997

October 1997

December 1997

Every year in Arizona Every state in 1997 Tornadoes in Arizona in 1997 Warnings in Arizona in 1997 1996 1998

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.