Washington

Storms in Washington in 2006

434 events in 195 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Washington 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.

Washington 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
434
Deaths
21
Injuries
338
Damage
$241 million
Episodes
195

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 Wind108115$22 million
Heavy Snow7000$13 million
Hail3300$38 million
Flood3200$589,000
Thunderstorm Wind3000$1.3 million
Wildfire3000
Winter Storm2705$300,000
Heavy Rain2000$7.1 million
Strong Wind2010$50,000
Heat1600
Flash Flood1515313$88 million
Lightning901$52,000
Debris Flow520$70 million
Coastal Flood400$500,000
Winter Weather403
Tornado200
Avalanche221
Dust Storm200
Funnel Cloud200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Blizzard100

Every episode, month by month

January 2006

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November 2006

December 2006

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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.