Arizona

Storms in Arizona in 2015

518 events in 207 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 2015, 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 2015 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
518
Deaths
10
Injuries
70
Damage
$11 million
Episodes
207

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
Thunderstorm Wind17200$3.5 million
Flash Flood9226$3.2 million
Heavy Rain5800
Hail5010$2.3 million
Heavy Snow3106$60,000
High Wind1400$2,000
Lightning1427$7,000
Drought1200
Dust Storm1200$20,000
Dense Fog1122$50,000
Funnel Cloud900
Frost/Freeze800$1.0 million
Flood600
Wildfire500$550,000
Tornado500$22,000
Winter Storm400
Strong Wind400$11,000
Excessive Heat4048
Dust Devil200$30,000
Heat221
Winter Weather100
Avalanche100
Cold/Wind Chill110

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.