Washington

Storms in Washington in 2012

450 events in 178 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Washington 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.

Washington 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

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The year

Events
450
Deaths
12
Injuries
22
Damage
$28 million
Episodes
178

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 Snow15513$14,000
High Wind8000$1.0 million
Hail4310$7,000
Thunderstorm Wind3400$122,000
Wildfire2311$11 million
Strong Wind2012$21,000
Flood1900$5,000
Debris Flow1400$467,000
Winter Storm1000
Winter Weather10210$5.6 million
Flash Flood800$2.5 million
Coastal Flood800$927,000
Funnel Cloud700
Ice Storm612$7.0 million
Storm Surge/Tide300
Avalanche341
Heavy Rain300
Lightning201$10,000
Dust Storm102$100,000
Dense Fog110

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

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September 2012

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November 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.