Arizona

Storms in Arizona in 2013

561 events in 204 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 2013, 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 2013 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
561
Deaths
36
Injuries
41
Damage
$170 million
Episodes
204

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
Flash Flood14524$4.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind9900$1.2 million
Heavy Rain5500$21,000
Excessive Heat4439$25,000
Heavy Snow3003$10,000
High Wind3000$3,000
Drought2800
Hail2700$500
Dust Storm22317$617,000
Frost/Freeze1912$164 million
Lightning1346$500
Winter Storm1200
Flood800$110,000
Cold/Wind Chill600
Wildfire6190$77,000
Funnel Cloud500
Strong Wind300$20,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Dust Devil200$3,000
Winter Weather100
Heat140
Tornado100
Debris Flow100

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.