Arizona

Storms in Arizona in 2008

397 events in 180 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 2008, 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 2008 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
397
Deaths
13
Injuries
94
Damage
$49 million
Episodes
180

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
Thunderstorm Wind9803$2.4 million
Flash Flood7176$18 million
Heavy Snow56014
Hail4111$27 million
High Wind3901$92,000
Heavy Rain2400$105,000
Winter Storm2011
Lightning1105$105,000
Dust Storm800$130,000
Flood700$777,000
Funnel Cloud500
Strong Wind400$50,000
Winter Weather3253
Tornado300
Excessive Heat3210
Debris Flow200
Dense Fog100
Dust Devil100$5,000

Every episode, month by month

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November 2008

December 2008

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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.