Arizona

Storms in Arizona in 2009

360 events in 160 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 2009, 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 2009 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
360
Deaths
11
Injuries
84
Damage
$15 million
Episodes
160

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 Wind7704$1.7 million
High Wind7600$116,000
Heavy Snow4402$3,000
Dust Storm28523$651,000
Flash Flood2717$4.3 million
Heavy Rain2500$21,000
Strong Wind1701$105,000
Lightning1515$125,000
Wildfire1301$6.2 million
Hail1200
Winter Storm7019
Tornado400
Winter Weather3012$500,000
Blizzard3210$1.7 million
Dense Fog200
Flood200
Funnel Cloud200
Heat100
Excessive Heat120
Frost/Freeze100

Every episode, month by month

January 2009

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March 2009

April 2009

May 2009

June 2009

July 2009

August 2009

September 2009

October 2009

November 2009

December 2009

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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.