Washington

Storms in Washington in 2017

546 events in 180 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Washington 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.

Washington 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
546
Deaths
3
Injuries
7
Damage
$82 million
Episodes
180

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 Snow25500$30,000
High Wind8022$10 million
Flood6000$23 million
Ice Storm4400$720,000
Winter Storm3000
Wildfire1800$11 million
Thunderstorm Wind1300$791,000
Debris Flow1200$2.5 million
Dense Smoke800
Winter Weather500
Flash Flood400$1.5 million
Hail400
Heavy Rain300$33 million
Blizzard200
Tornado200$4,000
Funnel Cloud200
Heat215
Avalanche100
Strong Wind100

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.