Washington

Storms in Washington in 2002

226 events in 106 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Washington in 2002, 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 2002 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
226
Deaths
5
Injuries
12
Damage
$105 million
Episodes
106

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Heavy Snow9400
High Wind6404$38 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1500$65 million
Flood1100$202,000
Heat800
Lightning701$193,000
Thunderstorm Wind500$6,000
Wildfire400$200,000
Hail400$790,000
Winter Storm300
Avalanche315
Dust Storm300
Storm Surge/Tide200$5,000
Blizzard131
Funnel Cloud100
Dense Fog111

Every episode, month by month

January 2002

February 2002

March 2002

April 2002

May 2002

June 2002

July 2002

August 2002

September 2002

October 2002

November 2002

December 2002

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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.