Washington

Storms in Washington in 2011

303 events in 150 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Washington 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.

Washington 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
303
Deaths
9
Injuries
13
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
150

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
Heavy Snow7711
High Wind6722$460,000
Flood4700$4.2 million
Strong Wind2100$123,000
Debris Flow2011$5.1 million
Wildfire1702$8.7 million
Winter Weather1014$5,000
Hail1000$21,000
Thunderstorm Wind700$1,000
Heavy Rain700$640,000
Avalanche432
Flash Flood400$205,000
Funnel Cloud300
Winter Storm200
Tornado200$10,000
Blizzard100
Lightning100
Dust Devil100$3,000
Rip Current100
Freezing Fog111

Every episode, month by month

January 2011

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March 2011

April 2011

May 2011

June 2011

July 2011

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September 2011

October 2011

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.