Storms in Arizona in 2020
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 2020, 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 2020 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
The year
- Events
- 816
- Deaths
- 345
- Injuries
- 12
- Damage
- $3.9 million
- Episodes
- 175
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excessive Heat | 443 | 264 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 76 | 0 | 0 | $71,000 |
| Drought | 60 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 52 | 73 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 39 | 4 | 3 | $727,000 |
| Wildfire | 32 | 1 | 9 | $2.0 million |
| High Wind | 27 | 0 | 0 | $125,000 |
| Hail | 17 | 0 | 0 | $58,000 |
| Dust Storm | 17 | 0 | 0 | $772,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 6 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $31,000 |
| Dense Fog | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 3 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Tornado | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 2 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2020
February 2020
- High Wind in Arizona, February 3, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, February 10 to 11, 2020
- Flooding in Arizona, February 22 to 26, 2020
- Flash Flood in Arizona, February 22, 2020
- Flash Flood in Arizona, February 23, 2020
- High Wind in Arizona, February 25 to 26, 2020
March 2020
- Flash Flood and Flood in Arizona, March 10 to 13, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, March 12 to 13, 2020
- Flood in Arizona, March 12 to 13, 2020
- Hail in Arizona, March 13, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Arizona, March 13, 2020
- Flash Flood and Heavy Snow in Arizona, March 18 to 20, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, March 18 to 19, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, March 18, 2020
- High Wind in Arizona, March 26, 2020
April 2020
- Flash Flood in Arizona, April 12, 2020
- Funnel Cloud in Arizona, April 13, 2020
- Dust Devil in Arizona, April 21, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, April 26 to 30, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, April 30, 2020
May 2020
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, May 4 to 7, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, May 6 to 7, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, May 9, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, May 10, 2020
- Flash Flood in Arizona, May 10, 2020
- Dust Devil in Arizona, May 18, 2020
- Dust Devil in Arizona, May 19, 2020
- High Wind in Arizona, May 19, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, May 26, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, May 27 to 31, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, May 27 to 29, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, May 28 to 31, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, May 30, 2020
- Dust Storm in Arizona, May 30, 2020
June 2020
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, June 1 to 6, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 1, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, June 3 to 5, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, June 3 to 4, 2020
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Arizona, June 5 to 6, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 5 to 14, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 5 to 24, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 5 to 11, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 5 to 30, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 6 to 30, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 8 to 30, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, June 12, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 13 to 30, 2020
- Hail in Arizona, June 15, 2020
- Hail in Arizona, June 16, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 18 to 25, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, June 21, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 23 to 26, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, June 24 to 28, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, June 27, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, June 28, 2020
July 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, July 1 to 23, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, July 1 to 29, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 2, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, July 3 to 25, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, July 3 to 8, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, July 5, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, July 8, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, July 9 to 14, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, July 10 to 13, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, July 11 to 13, 2020
- Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 11, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, July 11 to 22, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, July 11 to 15, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, July 12 to 18, 2020
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, July 12, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 13, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 14, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, July 15 to 17, 2020
- Debris Flows and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 15, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, July 16 to 27, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, July 16, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, July 18 to 22, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, July 21, 2020
- Debris Flows in Arizona, July 22, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, July 23, 2020
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 23, 2020
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 23, 2020
- Tornado in Arizona, July 24, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, July 24, 2020
- Tornado in Arizona, July 24, 2020
- Funnel Cloud in Arizona, July 25, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, July 26 to 31, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, July 27, 2020
- Debris Flows in Arizona, July 27, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, July 29 to 31, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, July 30 to 31, 2020
August 2020
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, August 1 to 6, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, August 1, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, August 1, 2020
- Hail in Arizona, August 1, 2020
- Hail in Arizona, August 1, 2020
- Hail in Arizona, August 1, 2020
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arizona, August 2, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 3, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, August 8, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, August 9 to 11, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, August 10, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, August 10 to 18, 2020
- Dust Storm in Arizona, August 11, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, August 12 to 20, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, August 13 to 19, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 13, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, August 14 to 21, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 14, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 15, 2020
- Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 16, 2020
- Flash Flood and Dust Storm in Arizona, August 16, 2020
- Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 16, 2020
- Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 17, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 17, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 18, 2020
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 20, 2020
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arizona, August 20, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 20 to 21, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, August 21 to 31, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 21, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 22, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 22, 2020
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 22, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, August 23 to 28, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, August 23, 2020
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 23, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, August 24 to 27, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, August 24 to 27, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, August 24 to 30, 2020
- Drought in Arizona, August 25 to 31, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 26, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 27, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, August 28, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, August 28 to 31, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 29 to 30, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 29, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arizona, August 30, 2020
September 2020
- Drought in Arizona, September 1 to 30, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, September 1 to 15, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, September 2 to 7, 2020
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, September 4 to 7, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, September 4 to 7, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, September 6, 2020
- High Wind in Arizona, September 8, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arizona, September 8, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, September 8 to 9, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, September 17, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, September 20, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, September 23 to 30, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, September 25 to 29, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, September 28 to 29, 2020
- Drought in Arizona, September 29 to 30, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, September 29, 2020
October 2020
- Drought in Arizona, October 1 to 31, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, October 1 to 22, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, October 1 to 6, 2020
- Drought in Arizona, October 6 to 31, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, October 6, 2020
- Wildfire in Arizona, October 6 to 26, 2020
- Heat in Arizona, October 20, 2020
- Extreme Cold and Heavy Snow in Arizona, October 25 to 27, 2020
November 2020
- Drought in Arizona, November 1 to 30, 2020
- High Wind in Arizona, November 6, 2020
- Dust Storm and Strong Wind in Arizona, November 7, 2020
- High Wind in Arizona, November 7, 2020
- Dust Storm in Arizona, November 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, November 8 to 9, 2020
December 2020
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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.