Arizona

Storms in Arizona in 2022

1,419 events in 271 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 2022, 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 2022 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

Open the live radar over Arizona

The year

Events
1,419
Deaths
439
Injuries
4
Damage
$44 million
Episodes
271

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
Flash Flood45821$16 million
Thunderstorm Wind26500$551,000
Excessive Heat1693000
Heat1311330
Dust Storm10801$5.7 million
High Wind9800$108,000
Hail4300$195,000
Wildfire2410$21 million
Heavy Snow2100
Drought1400
Cold/Wind Chill1320
Dense Fog1200
Flood1000$275,000
Debris Flow901$97,000
Tornado901$751,000
Heavy Rain800
Strong Wind710$66,000
Lightning700$7,000
Funnel Cloud600
Avalanche300
Dust Devil200$50,000
Winter Weather200

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.