Storms in Arizona in 2021

1,301 events in 233 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 2021, 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 2021 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: 1,301
Deaths: 348
Injuries: 26
Damage: $105 million
Episodes: 233

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	398	11	10	$93 million
Thunderstorm Wind	226	0	0	$737,000
Excessive Heat	186	205	0
Heat	108	131	0
Drought	106	0	0
Hail	49	0	0	$47,000
High Wind	49	0	0	$98,000
Dust Storm	36	0	13	$482,000
Heavy Snow	35	0	0	$10,000
Wildfire	30	0	0	$10 million
Heavy Rain	18	0	0
Flood	12	0	0
Lightning	11	0	0
Funnel Cloud	9	0	0
Winter Storm	8	0	1	$132,000
Tornado	6	0	2	$210,000
Winter Weather	4	0	0
Strong Wind	4	0	0	$3,000
Debris Flow	2	0	0
Dense Fog	2	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	1	1	0
Ice Storm	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Arizona Every state in 2021 Tornadoes in Arizona in 2021 Warnings in Arizona in 2021 2020 2022

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.