Washington

Storms in Washington in 2010

324 events in 134 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Washington 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.

Washington 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
324
Deaths
12
Injuries
27
Damage
$11 million
Episodes
134

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 Wind8501$1.5 million
Heavy Snow7712
Strong Wind2931$3,000
Wildfire1803$1,000
Thunderstorm Wind1510$301,000
Hail1300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1120
Flood900$25,000
Winter Weather9212
Heavy Rain800$5,000
Flash Flood800$1.1 million
Dust Storm711$697,000
Debris Flow600$7.2 million
Funnel Cloud600
Blizzard604$1,000
Avalanche413
Winter Storm400
Lightning300$113,000
Tornado200$16,000
Excessive Heat210
Coastal Flood100$150,000
Ice Storm100

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.