Storms in Arizona in 2018

1,125 events in 277 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 2018, 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 2018 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: 1,125
Deaths: 255
Injuries: 59
Damage: $67 million
Episodes: 277

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	293	3	8	$13 million
Excessive Heat	203	175	38
Thunderstorm Wind	185	0	5	$3.6 million
Heat	91	73	0
Drought	72	0	0
Dust Storm	69	1	0	$279,000
Hail	63	0	1	$189,000
Heavy Rain	41	0	1	$8,000
High Wind	37	0	0
Heavy Snow	18	0	0
Wildfire	10	0	0	$50 million
Flood	8	0	0	$25,000
Dense Fog	6	0	0
Funnel Cloud	6	0	0
Lightning	5	0	2	$150,000
Tornado	5	0	0
Winter Storm	4	0	0
Winter Weather	3	3	3	$15,000
Strong Wind	3	0	0	$22,000
Dust Devil	3	0	1	$11,000

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.