Washington

Storms in Washington in 2004

229 events in 121 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Washington in 2004, 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 2004 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
229
Deaths
1
Injuries
10
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
121

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 Snow5700$1.0 million
High Wind3611$8.9 million
Flood2100$700,000
Winter Weather1602
Cold/Wind Chill1400
Strong Wind1200$66,000
Hail1100$11,000
Tornado900$60,000
Flash Flood900$472,000
Thunderstorm Wind800$101,000
Wildfire800$5,000
Winter Storm700
Lightning703$22,000
Heavy Rain504$545,000
Funnel Cloud300
Ice Storm200
Dust Storm200
Blizzard100
Dense Fog100

Every episode, month by month

January 2004

February 2004

March 2004

April 2004

May 2004

June 2004

July 2004

August 2004

September 2004

October 2004

November 2004

December 2004

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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.