Arizona

Storms in Arizona in 2011

604 events in 216 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 2011, 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 2011 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
604
Deaths
16
Injuries
118
Damage
$107 million
Episodes
216

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
Drought12100
Thunderstorm Wind11701$1.5 million
Flash Flood7816$8.8 million
Heavy Snow5939$115,000
High Wind37110$3,000
Hail3413$170,000
Dust Storm26250$2.1 million
Heavy Rain2607$100,000
Wildfire17013$74 million
Heat1610
Lightning1526$4,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill923$4.6 million
Frost/Freeze800$4.0 million
Strong Wind602$11 million
Winter Weather610
Funnel Cloud600
Dust Devil508$29,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Tornado300$5,000
Dense Fog300
Excessive Heat220
Debris Flow200
Flood200$20,000
Dense Smoke100
Winter Storm100

Every episode, month by month

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November 2011

December 2011

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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.