Storms in Washington in 1998
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Washington in 1998, 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.
Washington in 1998 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
- 217
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 15
- Damage
- $106 million
- Episodes
- 76
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow | 67 | 1 | 7 | $100,000 |
| High Wind | 33 | 0 | 0 | $6.5 million |
| Winter Storm | 21 | 1 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 18 | 0 | 0 | $5.6 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 12 | 0 | 1 | $93 million |
| Hail | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 10 | 0 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 7 | 0 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Waterspout | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 1 to 2, 1998
- Winter Storm in Washington, January 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Cold in Washington, January 5 to 23, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 10 to 11, 1998
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Washington, January 10 to 14, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 11, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 12, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 12 to 13, 1998
- Winter Storm in Washington, January 14, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 16, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, January 16, 1998
- Avalanche in Washington, January 18, 1998
February 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, February 12 to 23, 1998
- Waterspout in Washington, February 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in Washington, February 25, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Washington, February 25, 1998
March 1998
April 1998
- Lightning Strike in Washington, April 8, 1998
- Hail in Washington, April 10, 1998
- Hail in Washington, April 23, 1998
- Hail in Washington, April 23, 1998
May 1998
June 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Washington, June 5 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Washington, June 6, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Washington, June 8, 1998
- Avalanche in Washington, June 11, 1998
- Hail in Washington, June 30, 1998
July 1998
- Flash Flood in Washington, July 3, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Wildfire in Washington, July 3 to 31, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Washington, July 10, 1998
- Wildfire in Washington, July 27 to 28, 1998
- Wildfire in Washington, July 27 to 31, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Washington, July 30, 1998
August 1998
September 1998
- Wildfire in Washington, September 6 to 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Washington, September 8 to 25, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, September 17, 1998
October 1998
November 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, November 7 to 8, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, November 12, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, November 19 to 30, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, November 23, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, November 23 to 24, 1998
- Flood in Washington, November 25 to 26, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, November 25, 1998
- Flooding in Washington, November 26, 1998
December 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 1 to 3, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, December 1, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, December 1 to 2, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Snow in Washington, December 1 to 29, 1998
- Flood in Washington, December 2 to 3, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, December 5, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, December 5, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 5, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 5 to 6, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, December 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 7 to 8, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, December 12 to 13, 1998
- Cold in Washington, December 18 to 24, 1998
- Winter Storm in Washington, December 19, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 24, 1998
- Winter Storm in Washington, December 24, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 24, 1998
- Winter Storm in Washington, December 25, 1998
- Ice Storm and High Wind in Washington, December 25, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, December 25 to 31, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, December 25, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Washington, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 27, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 27, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, December 27 to 28, 1998
- Flooding in Washington, December 27 to 30, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, December 27, 1998
- Flooding in Washington, December 28 to 31, 1998
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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.