Storms in Arizona in 2016

444 events in 183 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 2016, 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 2016 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: 444
Deaths: 13
Injuries: 58
Damage: $11 million
Episodes: 183

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	101	1	4	$8.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind	74	0	0	$377,000
Heavy Rain	51	0	0
Dust Storm	41	1	4	$1.0 million
High Wind	33	0	0	$22,000
Hail	29	0	0	$96,000
Heavy Snow	23	0	17
Excessive Heat	21	8	33
Flood	18	0	0	$53,000
Wildfire	13	0	0
Winter Storm	11	0	0	$105,000
Strong Wind	9	0	0	$24,000
Lightning	9	0	0	$381,000
Funnel Cloud	4	0	0
Dense Fog	1	0	0
Freezing Fog	1	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	1	0	0
Winter Weather	1	2	0
Dust Devil	1	0	0
Tornado	1	0	0	$5,000
Heat	1	1	0

Every episode, month by month

January 2016

February 2016

March 2016

April 2016

May 2016

June 2016

July 2016

August 2016

September 2016

October 2016

Flash Flood and Hail in Arizona, October 8 to 9, 2016$6.2 million · 2.5 in hail · 2 events

November 2016

December 2016

Every year in Arizona Every state in 2016 Tornadoes in Arizona in 2016 Warnings in Arizona in 2016 2015 2017

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.