Washington

Storms in Washington in 2003

270 events in 128 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Washington in 2003, 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 2003 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
270
Deaths
4
Injuries
37
Damage
$41 million
Episodes
128

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
High Wind6623$22 million
Heavy Snow5800$300,000
Flood5000$13 million
Heavy Rain2500$2.9 million
Hail12011$50,000
Thunderstorm Wind1000$19,000
Wildfire800$1.0 million
Winter Storm800
Storm Surge/Tide700$90,000
Dust Storm6020
Strong Wind600$4,000
Funnel Cloud400
Lightning201$2,000
Tornado200$5,000
Avalanche222
High Surf100
Frost/Freeze100$20,000
Dust Devil100$1,000
Debris Flow100$1.8 million

Every episode, month by month

January 2003

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May 2003

June 2003

July 2003

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September 2003

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November 2003

December 2003

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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.