Arizona

Storms in Arizona in 2020

816 events in 175 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Excessive Heat4432640
Thunderstorm Wind7600$71,000
Drought6000
Heat52730
Flash Flood3943$727,000
Wildfire3219$2.0 million
High Wind2700$125,000
Hail1700$58,000
Dust Storm1700$772,000
Heavy Snow1500
Heavy Rain800
Debris Flow600$100,000
Flood500$31,000
Dense Fog500
Funnel Cloud300
Dust Devil300$1,000
Lightning300$15,000
Tornado200
Cold/Wind Chill110
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill120$35,000
Strong Wind100

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

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June 2020

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November 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.