Storms in Arizona in 2012
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 2012, 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 2012 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
The year
- Events
- 498
- Deaths
- 9
- Injuries
- 40
- Damage
- $22 million
- Episodes
- 210
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 137 | 4 | 8 | $20 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 108 | 0 | 1 | $1.2 million |
| Heavy Rain | 63 | 0 | 1 | $350,000 |
| Dust Storm | 39 | 0 | 10 | $130,000 |
| High Wind | 35 | 0 | 2 | $135,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 33 | 0 | 2 | $61,000 |
| Drought | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 12 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Wildfire | 11 | 0 | 13 | $47,000 |
| Strong Wind | 6 | 1 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Winter Weather | 4 | 0 | 2 | $10,000 |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Winter Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Tornado | 1 | 0 | 0 | $500 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Debris Flow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2012
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, January 8, 2012
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, January 16, 2012
- Dust Storm and High Wind in Arizona, January 21, 2012
- High Wind in Arizona, January 21, 2012
February 2012
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, February 2, 2012
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, February 13 to 14, 2012
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, February 14, 2012
- Winter Weather in Arizona, February 16, 2012
- Dust Storm in Arizona, February 27, 2012
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Arizona, February 27 to 28, 2012
- Winter Weather in Arizona, February 28, 2012
March 2012
- Dust Storm and High Wind in Arizona, March 6, 2012
- High Wind in Arizona, March 6, 2012
- Strong Wind in Arizona, March 7, 2012
- Drought in Arizona, March 13 to 31, 2012
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Arizona, March 17 to 19, 2012
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Arizona, March 17 to 19, 2012
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Arizona, March 18 to 19, 2012
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, March 18 to 19, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, March 18, 2012
April 2012
- Drought in Arizona, April 1 to 30, 2012
- High Wind in Arizona, April 1, 2012
- Strong Wind in Arizona, April 2, 2012
- Dust Devil in Arizona, April 6, 2012
- Dust Storm in Arizona, April 11, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, April 13 to 14, 2012
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, April 14 to 15, 2012
- Dust Storm and High Wind in Arizona, April 26, 2012
May 2012
- Drought in Arizona, May 1 to 31, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, May 8, 2012
- Tornado and Hail in Arizona, May 9, 2012
- Dust Storm in Arizona, May 9, 2012
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Arizona, May 9, 2012
- Wildfire in Arizona, May 13 to 31, 2012
- Dust Storm and High Wind in Arizona, May 18, 2012
- Heat in Arizona, May 19 to 21, 2012
- Dust Storm and High Wind in Arizona, May 23, 2012
- Dust Storm and High Wind in Arizona, May 25, 2012
- High Wind in Arizona, May 25, 2012
- Dust Storm and High Wind in Arizona, May 26, 2012
- Strong Wind in Arizona, May 26, 2012
June 2012
- Drought in Arizona, June 1 to 30, 2012
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 10 to 30, 2012
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 16 to 20, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, June 16, 2012
- Dust Storm in Arizona, June 16, 2012
- Heat in Arizona, June 19, 2012
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, June 22, 2012
- High Wind in Arizona, June 24, 2012
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 25 to 30, 2012
- Dust Storm in Arizona, June 26, 2012
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 27 to 30, 2012
- Dust Storm and Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 27, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, June 28, 2012
- Strong Wind in Arizona, June 29, 2012
July 2012
- Wildfire in Arizona, July 1 to 6, 2012
- Drought in Arizona, July 1 to 31, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 3, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 4, 2012
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, July 4, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 5, 2012
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, July 9 to 11, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 10, 2012
- Wildfire in Arizona, July 11 to 23, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 12, 2012
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 12, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 12, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Dust Storm in Arizona, July 12 to 16, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 13, 2012
- High Wind in Arizona, July 13, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 13, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 13, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 13, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 13, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 14, 2012
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 14, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 14, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 14, 2012
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arizona, July 14, 2012
- Hail in Arizona, July 14, 2012
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, July 14, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 14, 2012
- Hail in Arizona, July 15, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arizona, July 15, 2012
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 15 to 16, 2012
- Hail in Arizona, July 16, 2012
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 16, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 20, 2012
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 21, 2012
- Dust Storm in Arizona, July 21, 2012
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 21, 2012
- Dust Storm in Arizona, July 21, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 22, 2012
- Dust Storm in Arizona, July 22, 2012
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arizona, July 22, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 22, 2012
- Dust Storm in Arizona, July 23, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 23, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 23, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 23, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 23, 2012
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 24, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 24, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 24, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 24, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 28, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 28, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 28, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 29, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Arizona, July 29, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 29, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 29, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 29, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 29, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strikes in Arizona, July 30 to 31, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 30, 2012
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 30, 2012
- Hail in Arizona, July 31, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 31, 2012
- Funnel Cloud in Arizona, July 31, 2012
- Dust Storm in Arizona, July 31, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 31, 2012
- Funnel Cloud in Arizona, July 31, 2012
August 2012
- Drought in Arizona, August 1 to 21, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 1, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, August 3, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 5, 2012
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 5, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 5, 2012
- Dust Storm in Arizona, August 5, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 6, 2012
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Arizona, August 7, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 8, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 8, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 9, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 10, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 11, 2012
- Dust Storm in Arizona, August 11, 2012
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 11, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 12, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 13, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 14, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 14 to 15, 2012
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 15, 2012
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, August 16, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 16 to 17, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Arizona, August 17, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 18, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 19, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 19, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 20, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 20, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arizona, August 20 to 22, 2012
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, August 20, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 20, 2012
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Arizona, August 20, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 21, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 21, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 21, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, August 21, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Arizona, August 21 to 22, 2012
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 21, 2012
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Arizona, August 21, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 23, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 23, 2012
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 24, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, August 26, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 27, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 29, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 30, 2012
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Arizona, August 31, 2012
September 2012
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arizona, September 2, 2012
- Dust Storm in Arizona, September 2, 2012
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 3, 2012
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, September 3, 2012
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, September 3, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 3, 2012
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 4, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 4, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 4, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 4, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, September 4, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, September 4 to 5, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 4, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Arizona, September 6 to 7, 2012
- Dust Storm and Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 6, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 7, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 7, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, September 7 to 10, 2012
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 9, 2012
- Dust Storm in Arizona, September 9, 2012
- Flood in Arizona, September 9 to 13, 2012
- Flash Flood in Arizona, September 10, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 11, 2012
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Arizona, September 11, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 12, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, September 12, 2012
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 30, 2012
October 2012
November 2012
December 2012
- High Wind in Arizona, December 9 to 10, 2012
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Arizona, December 13 to 14, 2012
- Winter Storm in Arizona, December 13 to 14, 2012
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, December 14 to 15, 2012
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, December 24, 2012
- High Wind in Arizona, December 25, 2012
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, December 30 to 31, 2012
- Winter Storm in Arizona, December 31, 2012
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, December 31, 2012
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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.