Storms in Arizona in 2006

389 events in 299 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 2006, 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 2006 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: 389
Deaths: 21
Injuries: 26
Damage: $159 million
Episodes: 299

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	94	5	0	$4.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind	84	0	2	$154 million
Hail	60	0	0	$178,000
Dust Storm	39	2	22	$257,000
Heavy Rain	23	0	0
Winter Storm	19	3	0
High Wind	18	0	0	$9,000
Funnel Cloud	13	0	0
Lightning	7	2	2	$161,000
Tornado	6	0	0	$13,000
Wildfire	5	0	0
Heavy Snow	5	0	0	$5,000
Ice Storm	4	5	0
Flood	4	0	0	$550,000
Debris Flow	3	0	0
Strong Wind	2	4	0
Drought	1	0	0
Heat	1	0	0
Dense Fog	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

January 2006

February 2006

March 2006

April 2006

May 2006

June 2006

July 2006

August 2006

September 2006

October 2006

November 2006

High Wind in Arizona, November 28, 200652 kt wind · 1 event

December 2006

Every year in Arizona Every state in 2006 Tornadoes in Arizona in 2006 Warnings in Arizona in 2006 2005 2007

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.