Washington

Storms in Washington in 2016

320 events in 127 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Washington 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.

Washington 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
320
Deaths
7
Injuries
7
Damage
$8.4 million
Episodes
127

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 Snow11200
High Wind7713$3.1 million
Wildfire3000
Debris Flow1700$85,000
Strong Wind1600$2,000
Thunderstorm Wind1100$4.8 million
Winter Weather900
Flood800$300,000
Winter Storm700
Flash Flood700$19,000
Funnel Cloud500
Hail400
Tornado400$42,000
Avalanche221
Rip Current211
Lightning200$15,000
High Surf100$15,000
Cold/Wind Chill112
Heat110
Heavy Rain100
Astronomical Low Tide100
Excessive Heat110
Ice Storm100$3,000

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.