Arizona

Storms in Arizona in 2010

549 events in 166 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 2010, 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 2010 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
549
Deaths
9
Injuries
83
Damage
$2.9 billion
Episodes
166

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 Wind11207$1.2 million
Flash Flood90315$2.8 billion
Heavy Rain6300
High Wind5701$97,000
Hail4500$11 million
Heavy Snow40016$1,000
Dust Storm3515$190,000
Winter Storm3200
Flood1603$2.4 million
Tornado15014$1.7 million
Lightning1313$5,000
Blizzard500$281,000
Wildfire500$10 million
Funnel Cloud500
Winter Weather326$30,000
Strong Wind300
Heat320
Debris Flow200
Excessive Heat200
Ice Storm1013$100,000
Dense Fog100
Sleet100

Every episode, month by month

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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.