Washington

Storms in Washington in 2018

429 events in 130 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Washington 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.

Washington 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
429
Deaths
4
Injuries
43
Damage
$142 million
Episodes
130

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 Snow24210$662,000
High Wind7400$1.0 million
Wildfire2600$113 million
Flood2300$26 million
Thunderstorm Wind1700$155,000
Debris Flow1100$34,000
Dense Smoke1100
Winter Weather9043$200,000
Strong Wind600$11,000
Flash Flood200$121,000
Coastal Flood100
Rip Current120
Funnel Cloud100
Hail100$1,000
Dust Storm100$10,000
Dense Fog110$200,000
Tornado100$1.2 million
Astronomical Low Tide100

Every episode, month by month

January 2018

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June 2018

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November 2018

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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.