Storms in Arizona in 2017

498 events in 182 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 2017, 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 2017 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: 498
Deaths: 13
Injuries: 13
Damage: $12 million
Episodes: 182

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	156	11	2	$8.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind	116	0	0	$597,000
Heavy Snow	46	0	0
Heavy Rain	32	0	0
Wildfire	31	0	2	$1.8 million
High Wind	25	0	0	$10,000
Excessive Heat	24	2	0
Dust Storm	17	0	2	$194,000
Hail	11	0	0
Lightning	7	0	7	$30,000
Winter Storm	6	0	0	$177,000
Funnel Cloud	6	0	0
Flood	6	0	0
Dense Fog	3	0	0
Strong Wind	3	0	0	$4,000
Dust Devil	3	0	0	$20,000
Tornado	3	0	0	$242,000
Avalanche	1	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	1	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	1	0	0

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.