Storms in Arizona in 2005

341 events in 286 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 2005, 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 2005 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: 341
Deaths: 59
Injuries: 17
Damage: $8.8 million
Episodes: 286

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
Flash Flood	97	4	0	$4.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind	73	0	1	$1.4 million
Hail	65	1	0	$70,000
Heavy Snow	21	2	3
Heavy Rain	20	0	0
Funnel Cloud	15	0	0
High Wind	9	0	0	$10,000
Tornado	9	0	0	$20,000
Heat	8	51	0
Dust Storm	7	0	0	$55,000
Lightning	6	1	0	$850,000
Flood	4	0	0	$1.5 million
Wildfire	3	0	13
Dense Fog	2	0	0
Winter Storm	1	0	0
Avalanche	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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October 2005

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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.